The Cogland's Emergency Fire Sticks can easily be lite by fire steel. Shave very thin, wide flat curls. Spark into them on the flat. Cutting them into chunks will not work for fire steels.
For those in the Mt Hood or Mt Adams areas look for an old fire or logged area. I found a pine stump near Mt Adams (east side) that produce a box of fat wood from one root only. I could of gotten 4-5 boxes full from the whole stump, but Why? Just how much Fat wood does a guy need. The stuff was as good as the central america stuff sold by DLT (quite cheap however).
Ron Athay