Fire Starter for Survival
There are two most popular products for emergency or camping: Magnesium Fire Starter and Firesteel fire starter:
![Firesteel Fire Starter](https://preppersurvivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/firesteel_fire_starter-300x224.jpg)
![Magnesium Fire Starter](https://preppersurvivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/magnesium_fire_starter-300x234.jpg)
When using magnesium fire starter, shave magnesium from your fire starter onto the paper napkin.
![Magnesium shavings](https://preppersurvivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/magnesium_shavings-300x245.jpg)
Ignite the fire using the flint portion of your magnesium fire starter:
![Paper napkin and magnesium fire starter](https://preppersurvivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/papernapkin_fire-300x218.jpg)
You don’t need magnesium shavings when using piece of cottonwool:
![Piece of cottonwool](https://preppersurvivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fire_cottonwool-300x198.jpg)
Firesteel fire starter gives you more sparkles:
![Firesteel fire starter](https://preppersurvivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/firesteel_fire_starter_sparkles-300x200.jpg)
![Firesteel fire starter](https://preppersurvivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/firesteel_fire_starter_sparkles2-300x200.jpg)
You can get firestarter on Cabela’s: http://tinyurl.com/qc3vrad