Hey, I was just on ebay, and there's some guy selling 5 lb lots of Mg plate for $50. That's a better deal than buying the little fire starters for $5 a piece...

If those little firestartes weigh less than half a pound each,

$50/5lbs = $10 per pound

~H

Firestarters without a flint weigh between 30-45 grams each, depending on the brand. Now you all really know how bad you are getting ripped off.

Sure the Mg plates on ebay are cheaper but are they going to be as easy to grind up as those firestarter bricks. I got a friend who works at a bike shop to give me two nice pieces of magnesium. It's good stuff but unless you have a small grinder or a metal grinder of some sort it's a pain in the ass to grind into a granular which can be ball milled.