Wazoo The Bushcraft Fire Starter Necklace

So there are a lot of reviews on here saying the white cermaic striker is “plastic”, it’s fairly thin which makes it feel pretty light but IT IS NOT PLASTIC! I use it to start fires all the time and it is absolutely CERAMIC. As with any ferro cerium rod, the black rod piece requires the outer coating to be scrapped off before it causes sparks. I have started fires with the jute cord used as a tag holder, a tinderquick fire tinder, and even just Kleenex. It absolutely works and starts a fire. As with any thin leather cordage, the leather probably won’t last forever. If it does break I would recommend replacing it with SurvivorCord paracord from Titan Survival which contains jute cord for fire starting, fishing line & copper snare wire inside the cord. If you’re not comfortable with having such a strong cord around your neck i would recommend plastic break away necklace clasp also found on Amazon. I usually don’t write review but it irks me to see people who don’t understand the materials bring down the rating of this product and the reputation of the company.

Excellent product. Please ensure you notice the maximum allowable expansion to get around your neck. Most necks will be fine. The manufacturer indicates the cord is free of harmful substances such as mercury, lead, etc. As noted by others, the scraper is NOT plastic. It is indeed a ceramic scrapper, and does the job wonderfully. Some people are forgetting or don't know that the ferro rod must be scrapped first, to remove the corrosive black covering. Once that material is gone, continue to use the scrapper to produce a spark. If you use a "striking" action you will get the result you need. This is a higher end necklace ferro rod, that is, because of the necklace material, it looks good around your neck, at least in my opinion. I have a few of the necklace ferro rods, and I wear this consistently under my shirt. It's definitely one of those items that you would wish you had if you were stranded somewhere.Also, I would only mention, this would not be your primary ferro rod. If it is, you are not preparing correctly. This is your back-up, or your back-up to your back-up. It's something to keep on your person in the event you are caught off-guard and have a fire source to fall back-on. It's small just for that reason: to keep on you. Plan accordingly.

This is a other home run for wazoo. Yes it works fantastic. I have over a dozen ferro fire rods for many applications. This tiny combo of ceramic and cerium works really well. For such a tiny and beautiful combo, it throws lots of Sparks. But beyond that, it looks and feel like authentic bush craft. It is a statement of interest and conversational as well as naturally attractive in presentation. I had one of the parachord serated metal neclass strikers, but I didn't wear cause it looked cheap and, well, I worried it would cut me under the wrong circumstances. I still have it, but this magic item is a work of functional art. It pairs well with the whetstone from wazoo and due to the adjustability of both high quality knotted leather chords, they fit nicely around my neck and now I'm off to the jungle. Seriously, this is one of those things you should treat yourself to if you value survival and natural adventures. It also looks great over a T shirt, or in the v of a collared shirt. Be who you are, and buy yourself one today. You may live to tell the tale.

My daughter found this while searching for a gift for her Dad. He's a bit of a fire bug. (Understated.) He has worn it out and about. It's masculine and fashionable. He has used it to light the fireplace a few times even getting a bit scientific about the right medium to use to absorb the spark to get the fire going. So fare a bit of dryer lint worked the best (but he felt that was cheating), so he's tried may other things, chips of wood, saw dust, balled paper, but the next best medium so fare was a bit of shredded paper (like the paper gift basket filler). This gift was a hit.

I mean it's a fire starter (that's cool), it's a necklace (that's convenient), it's not that attractive and it's like $20.You can buy these types of fire starters ALL DAY LONG for way less than 1/5 of this price and quite honestly make them into a necklace yourself! In my opinion for what you get it's not worth the money.We got 2 just to have and I wish now we would have only gotten 1. It's definitely a product better suited for a guy to wear (because of the look). All in all if you want the convenience of having one around your neck then go for it, but if you just need something to start a fire with, go somewhere else and save MONEY!

I have owned and used one of theses units before and wore it all the time. After about three years the leather finally gave out and needed to be replaced. It lasted much longer than expected being exposed to salt water, -50 degree temps, and tradesman work. With the amount of wear I put on it, it survived well with. The only issue I have is they don’t ship to Alaska, so I had to have it sent to a friend and then mail it to me. Not sure why. It maybe due to the ferrite rod ( spark maker). Just a heads up on the usage of the unit. The rod is short so you don’t scrape the rod like a longer unit to make the spark. The motions are reversed. Instead of dragging the white stone across the flint. You hold the white stone still and drag the flint across the stone. It’s more effective, and there are some quality videos ( YouTube) demonstrating so.

It is all I was hoping for. There is a layer of black coating on the metal part that should be scratch away for it to work.

It took a little bit longer than anticipate to receive my purchase but other than that I am happy with it.