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I think some people have misunderstood about the magnesium. That wouldn't be magnesium on the frizzen. You don't strike the magnesium on a magnesium firestarting block. The magnesium is the fuel. You shave some off with your knife onto your tinder. The magnesium burns so hot it will light stuff that's damp. On the side of the magnesium block is a rod that you strike with the back of your knife or other piece of steel to get a spark to ignite the magnesium. The idea proposed above is that whatever is on the frizzen could be the same stuff that is in the rod attached to the magnesium block, not that there is magnesium on the frizzen or anyplace else. You can strike magnesium all day and it won't spark. It's soft like aluminum.
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