I have several Mora stainless knives with my ultra light gear. It was nice to see the carbon steel myth blown out of the water. The moral of the story in a prepper/survival situation would be to try anything and doing nothing is not good. Kind of embarrassed to think I never tried anything else with the ferro rod.
Stainless Steel Knife Firecraft Myths. Field Tested! I was always led to believe stainless steel and fire rods were incompatible. I like Mora knives in my car bag, light weight gear, day hiking kit. A beater knife in my tool box. I've never had a failure. My take away is that SS will work...