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KnifeMaker Comment by Wayne Morgan on January 12, 2010 at 22:47

Tribal fire starter from South East Asia, They work with air pressure, when you compress air quickly it gets really hot enough to ignite the tinder at the end of the piston.
I made these out of African hard woods,African Wild olive and Tamboti same wood I use on some of
my knife handles.

KnifeMaker Comment by CaptJeff Saylor on January 12, 2010 at 15:02

so.. what is a fire piston??