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Iron Roots Supply
Fire·Skull
Light it. Whatever the weather.
Fire·Skull firestarter
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⚡ Small-Batch · Hand-Pressed · Field-Tested
1 $30 Single
2 $55 Stock Up
3 $75 Field Kit ✦
4 $90 Arsenal

What it does

Fire·Skull is a two-component natural firestarter engineered specifically for wet-condition performance. An 80% pine rosin shell — the lowest flash-point natural solid resin known — catches from a single ferro rod strike even in rain. A turpentine volatile kicker bridges spark to sustained flame before moisture can interfere. Beneath it, a tallow and beeswax fuel body saturated with rosin throughout burns hot enough and long enough to drive moisture out of wood soaked for days.

No petroleum. No synthetic accelerants. Nothing that shouldn't be in a forest. Two layers. One job. Light the fire when everything else has failed.

Key Features
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Lights in Rain
80% rosin shell + turpentine kicker ignites from ferro rod even in damp conditions
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Ignites Wet Wood
Sustained tallow + beeswax burn drives moisture from wood soaked up to 7 days
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One-Spark Ignition
Linseed-oil + birch bark powder exterior coat gives ferro rod something physical to grip
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Water-Resistant Core
Rosin saturates both shell and fuel body — water contact cannot extinguish it
187°C
Shell flash point (rosin)
20–40 min
Sustained fuel body burn
0
Synthetic additives

What's in it

Layer 1 — Shell catches the spark · sheds water · transfers flame to fuel body
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Hard Pine Gum Rosin Colophony · 80%
Flash point 187°C — lowest of any natural solid resin · naturally hydrophobic
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Pure Gum Spirits of Turpentine 10%
Flash point ~35°C — volatile kicker that bridges spark to sustained shell burn in damp conditions
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Carnauba Wax Hardest Natural Wax · 10%
Melt point 82–86°C · structural integrity · superior water shedding on shell surface
Layer 2 — Fuel Body sustained high-temperature burn · drives moisture from soaked wood
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Grass-Fed Beef Tallow 40%
16,500 BTU/lb · slow sustained burn · duration that dries wood from below
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Raw Beeswax Unbleached · 40%
18,500 BTU/lb — highest natural wax · heat spike + raises melt point for pack stability
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Hard Pine Gum Rosin 15%
Saturates entire fuel body — water that breaches the shell cannot extinguish the core
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Birch Bark Powder Betulin-Rich · 5%
Distributed ignition bridge points — betulin is flammable even when fully saturated
Exterior Coat applied post-mold · gives ferro rod a physical grip surface
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Raw Linseed Oil Brushed Warm
Tacky base coat · bonds powder to shell surface · cures 24–48 hours
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Birch Bark / Fatwood Dust Applied While Tacky
Textured catch surface — volatile material exactly where the ferro rod strikes

All botanical sources are wildcrafted or sustainably harvested. Zero petroleum. Zero synthetics.

How to use
01 Strike ferro rod directly onto the dusted exterior surface — the birch bark powder coat catches immediately and transfers flame to the rosin shell
02 Place Fire·Skull beneath the wettest part of your fuel — the shell pre-heats the fuel body, which sustains the high-temperature burn needed to drive moisture out of soaked wood
03 Do not blow or fan aggressively early — let the rosin shell establish before adding airflow. Once the fuel body is burning, feed kindling from the sides
04 One skull provides 20–40 minutes of sustained heat — more than enough to establish a fire from wood soaked up to 7 days in field conditions