Spyderco Fire Steel?

[Stuart Ackerman]

Another derailment... :) I have made around 30 sets of chopsticks over the years...

Mostly African Blackwood, Leadwood, Birds Eye Maple, a few in Ebony...and a twin set in Umtisa Listerana...a rare wood from South Africa, and only known by it's Latin name...

One set in Titanium ( never again! )

About half were square tapered, and the rest round and hexagonal tapered...

[Ray Allen]

I would love to see a set of Spyderco chopsticks made available. I did two tours in Korea up on the DMZ as a Army Recon NCO, way, way, back in the day, and just fell in love with the people and the cuisine. Still absolutely addicted to kimchi to this day...

[Johnnie1801]

Here's a good instructional video from Ray Mears on starting a fire

https://youtu.be/Bwr5ybkqBss

Sal, with BFK being a local lad maybe he can come along and give a hand with your trials, not only does he have experience he also works for Coors (free beer cough, cough :D )

As for the chopsticks, they could always be turned into feather sticks after use and used as kindling. Survival chopsticks! :D

[w3tnz]

While there is no argument that a lighter is the easiest way to start a fire under controlled conditions, that is not the same situation where a firesteel would be called into use. I have dropped bic lighters into water before and it renders them totally useless, they don't spark and it takes quite a bit of time and effort drying them out to working condition, even indoors using a hairdryer, I would hate to be stuck out in the rain and wind with nothing but a bic lighter. They struggle in extreme cold also and light wind blows them out instantly, the conditions where you would be most desperate to light a fire a bic would be a poor choice. I have no videos or mathematics to support this only personal experience, I carry a zippo lighter with a can of fuel and spare flints to light my cigarettes, but always have a backup firesteel when in the wilderness, if I'm really in trouble its the only thing you can rely on. Of course I'd rather just spark up a lighter and have a roaring fire in seconds, but in reality its not always that simple. If your lighter works, sure use it, but it won't always work.
To the original post, I see little benefit in Spyderco branded firesteel, afaik there are two main types available; ferrocium (harder/sparky) and mischmetal (softer/molten gobs) it really does not matter who makes it, they come in various lengths, thicknesses and handle (or not) configurations, which is probably best left for the user to choose, rather than be dictated by mfg...

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

Personally I like fire steel but think one emblazoned with a spyderco logo would just look like the company is trying to make a quick buck from its fans and could end up cheapening the brand (which, by the way is a premium brand)

Edit: sorry I replied after only reading the first page (browsing on phone and since have read more of the thread). Glad to hear you aren't going to manufacture them Sal.