>>1465143Look up how to make a, "tinder bundle." Regardless of what you are using, you'll need to have one. It isn't for taking a spark specifically, but some types can of course. Normally, you want to start with a material that can ember easily. That being char cloth, dried/char tinder fungus, pile of magnesium shavings, wood powder from friction fire making, etc. You'll either spark it, light it, or it will produce its own ember from friction. Then you add this to the tinder bundle, get it flaming, and add that to your kindling. Or, have things stacked like this webm so it all happens at once.
For magnesium, it burns super hot and can actually fall through an improperly made tinder bundle without getting flames started. So, pack the tinder bundle tight in the middle, place something thin and flat like a dry leaf in the center, put the pile of magnesium shavings on the flat piece and start striking sparks. That will ensure the shavings fuse together and the ember won't burn a useless hole through and out of the tinder bundle too quickly. Most people make tinder bundles too small when first starting out. Building a proper fire can take quite a bit of time, patience, skill, and knowledge. It is no fun taking 20 mins sourcing materials only to have them ember away without flame due to things being poorly constructed.
>My Magnesiumblock failed last time in the rainIt took me a while, but I was able to light a cooking fire at 2am in a torrential summer rainstorm without a shelter or additional light using only a magnesium first starter and a camp knife. I made it in a Dakota fire hole and had to make a little dike around it with the soil to prevent sheets of water from filling it up.
