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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1362035" data-attributes="member: 229">What's the advantage of flint over say a magnesium fire-starter?  I hear a lot of folks swear by flint over anything else, but I've not seen it used by most of the people I know (possibly out of laziness or convenience of magnesium).I'd really like to see some resources on starting a fire with flint to be honest - its a skill that's probably very useful to know (I've tested the bow-drill like Les Stroud uses, with the properly cut wood and a bearing block, its still a B!@#$ to get started, but it works - but I've never been able to get flint started).</blockquote>