Hi, just thought id drop in here to share my Fire Flower Stick design.

I make my own fire flower sticks and sell them on request for $40(including hand sticks), but feel free to use this design. They are made of threaded aluminum rod(3/8" 16) with silicone tubing(450deg. melting temp) around the shaft. Any length will do(within reason), the ones in the video of me are 21". For stoppers I use leather(cut into circle and stapled with industrial staples to form a cone), it serves two purposes-1 It stops the flame from directly getting to the silicone and 2-It hardens after a few uses and works well as a stop. I use a combo of nuts and lock nuts to secure the leather and the wick(which i fold like the radical fish devilsticks and drill through) on the ends I use chain attached to a lock washer to add weight and to reduce roll.

Two things that would prevent you from making them yourself: The aluminum threaded rod is a rare item as is the silicone tubing, if you can find these mats you are almost there. The Silicone tubing that i get, to eliminate movement, is 1/16" smaller than the threaded rod; its a real bitch to get on there. If you were to get tubing with a larger inside dim. you may have an easier time getting it on.

For the hand sticks i use aluminum rod with the same silicone tubing on the outside.

You can see them in this video -->www.youtube.com/watch