Title: Underwhelmed. How is this design an improvement?
Product review: The photos make this firesteel look like you can use the strike tool while it is attached to the lanyard. The lanyard holds both the striker and the sparker. The lanyard is way too short to allow enough movement to strike against the sparker. I had to remove the striker from the lanyard (the lanyard is not meant to be taken apart). The striker has special cuts in it to supposedly aid with sparking. Nope. Doesn't work. If I reversed the striker and used the handle side I got spark. Hardly any spark using the "correct" side. The sparker is covered with a paint coating that must be removed before it can be used. This is not a good fire tool. Stick with the cheaper bar design.
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