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 Piston Pyro (Firestarter) 
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Post Piston Pyro (Firestarter)
Ok, saw this and thought it was a pretty cool idea. Hadn't seen them previously. It uses compressed air to spark a fire with combustibles.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2 ... ressed-air

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Looks to be usable many, many times. Not very small though (compared to a fire steel).

They do have smaller versions though.

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Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:13 pm
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Post Re: Piston Pyro (Firestarter)
Wow. Looks like these have been around quite a long time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_piston

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