Fire Piston - Aluminum and Brass

The Fire Piston is a unique fire starting tool whose origins can be traced back to the mid-1700's.  It uses the heat generated from rapidly compressing the air to ignite a piece of tinder, which can then be used to light kindling.  A very effective tinder to use with the Fire Piston is charcloth, which lights easily and gives you a nice glowing ember that can be transferred to some dry grass or other kindling. Each Fire Piston body is machined from a solid piece of 6061 aluminum, with brass end caps on each end.  There is also a small liquid-filled compass in one end and a lanyard made from 15" of 550 FireCord from Live Fire Gear.  The lanyard bead is also machined from solid brass. The fire piston comes in three variations - one with a solid brass piston with storage space for extra charcloth, and one with a stainless steel piston with a built-in ferrocerium rod in the end-cap and a striker milled into the piston shaft for use as an alternate means of starting a fire.  The third has a