Fire Making Implements - Canadian Outdoor Equipment Co.
Usable in under any conditions, and in any weather, firesteels can light stoves and fires and even act as a signal flare.
Stormproof matches light in any conditions, and provide a long burn time to get your fire going.
Hearkening back to a bygone era, flint and steels produce sparks for igniting tinder.
Fire pistons use compressed air and materials in the environment to ignite tinder and produce a flame.
Electric lighters can be recharged, and use plasma and electrical arcing to achieve combustion.
A key component for many fire making methods, charcloth and tinder are the bridge between a spark and a flame.
Pocket Bellows are an ingenious device that allow for the speedy oxygenation of fires - extremely handy with wet wood.
Bees wax candles provide an all-natural light source - and they smell great too!
Homo sapiens sapiens have relied upon fire (and language) to spread to the four corners of the earth. Fire was kept by our ancestors for millennia before it was discovered that it could be made. The making of fire opened up new frontiers, and like language, has many variations and methods. Flint and steel kits hearken back to a bygone era - get good at this on a drizzly, windy 4°C day, and you've really earned your stripes. Fire pistons use technology developed by tribesmen in Indonesia to coax embers from devices using compressed air. Good ‘ol stormproof matches use 19th century chemistry to produce a flame, while firesteels use a man made metallic alloy to give off a 3000°C spark. While most outdoor use will consist of lighting stoves and getting campfires going, having a least a couple of methods on hand, and especially one on your physical person while outdoors is good practice, as should an emergency situation develop, possessing the means of making fire provides the possibility of keeping warm, purifying water, and being able to signal for help.
The Kupilka Firesteel 8 firesteel features an 8mm diameter European sourced ferrocerium rod, an ethically produced reindeer leather lanyard, and a large (can be used with mitts on) handle made from Kupilka's unique Kareline bio-material.
Char cord (like char cloth) is used to catch a spark, and begin the combustion sequence - furthered by adding tinder to the lit char cord. The advantage of using cord (as opposed to cloth), is that the ember smoulders both hotter, and more slowly, thereby using the fuel material more efficiently.
The titanLIGHT is a precision machined, ultra-durable waterproof lighter that uses two o-ring seals to prevent your fuel from evaporating or leaking when it's not in use. The titanLIGHT features an easily replaceable flint wheel, and uses standard lighter fluid as fuel (Zippo or equivalent).
Originally developed for the Swedish Department of Defense, the legendary Swedish FireSteel is the original magnesium fire starter. The second generation Swedish FireSteel 2.0 comes with an improved striker that makes it even easier to build a fire in any weather and at any altitude. It has a new design, a color matched flexible cord and a built-in emergency whistle.
Unlike other “waterproof” or “windproof” matches, our stormproof matches are easy to light, and will stay lit for up to 15 seconds, even after being submerged in water - yes, it's true!
The TERA-Light (Thermal Energy Released From Atmosphere) fire piston features precision CNC manufacturing and state of the art compression fire starting technology. The compact size is perfect for pocket, pack or belt carry, and the TERA-Light II features a hidden firesteel that provides a secondary fire making method.
These electric plasma beam USB lighters use an ingenious X configuration to boost output, which makes them powerful, temperature independent, solar rechargeable, no fuel lighters - you'll never go back to lighter fluid or isobutane again.
The Survival Pen Fire Piston is the size of a ballpoint pen, has a relief valve (2nd generation design), and features an optional hidden ferro rod.
Replacement ferrocerium rods for the Exotac fireROD.