>>505949Good God, you are so fucking pathetic...
>just buy the rod ~ without the striker or plastic handlewhy? why fuck around cobbling together something 2nd rate?
>Requires a lot of experience and practiceas does any skill. also requires a knowledge of the burning characteristics of different materials. so?
>Weather dependent, humidity will affect combustion from sparksalso affects other forms of combustion
>5 Strikes on average will give you combustionaccording to who? you? gimmie a break, you pulled this figure out of your ass. I can almost always get a fire from ONE strike as can my 9 year old son.
>A ~ bic lighter ~ is durable enough not to break or be damaged if dropped or submerged in water.have you ever tried to light a wet lighter? I didn't think so...
>in a real survival scenario its 1) lighter 2) matches 3) ferro rod. nobody is saying to only pick one form of combustion and you'd be an idiot to do so. always have multiple backups.
>A bic lighter turns into a ferro rod when its fuel is spent or it breaks.yes a tiny, wimpy as hell ferro rod.
I think your problem is that you've never been /out/side and never actually tried to build a fire.
