by Woodsbum
Being a complete gear freak has its benefits at times. I ran into a phenomenal piece of gear that I feel needs a post. During an outing with several BushcraftUSA members, I saw the absolute best firesteel I have ever seen. One of the people there works for a company that builds and sells the H60. It is absolutely incredible.
Let me start off by telling you a bit about the H60 itself. Here is a picture of what they look like.

H60 Firesteel
- The quality of the product that allows it to produce the incredible sparks it can throw.
- The warranty.
Here is another picture of the H60 with an Izula-II for size comparison.

H60 and Izula-II
As you can see, it is fairly large. This design gives you ample amounts of magnesium and wood to use to get a flame going. I have taken the H60 and shaved off the magnesium and wood handle into a twig bundle (Apache match) and ignite the entire bundle with a single strike of the ferro rod. This thing throws sparks like a fiend.
Since I couldn’t catch a good picture of the actual rod sparking, I had to grab a bunch of other people’s pictures for this post. Here is a SMALL set of sparks that the H60 throws.

H60 tossing sparks
When I heard about the lifetime warranty on this piece of gear, I quickly purchased one. The H60 has a LIFETIME warranty. This includes the following:
- Manufacturer defects
- Wear from normal use
Yes, you heard that right….. WEAR FROM NORMAL USE!!!
I have slowly gotten away from using a firesteel because I have gone through so many of them in the past. They wear down fairly quickly during my camping season and thus I picked up using flint and steel. I can find new flint/chert with relative ease and the steel strikers last forever it seems. Now that I discovered the H60, I have a great piece of gear that I can use when I feel extremely lazy and don’t want to blow an ember into flame.
The H60’s run around the $25 range and can be purchased through this link here. If you do end up getting one, please let him know that you found the information on this site. I won’t get anything for it, but it will at least let him know that people do love his product.
I have to agree with you here. I have just about every fire starting gadget on the market. Once I came across the h60 I bought one. I have bought a few more to give to my boys and have one in a few of my different bags. I tell everybody about this product.
I really live your reviews here. Please keep them coming