The pouch is made of leather with a stripe of steel on its lower edge.It contains small chips of flint and dried materials such as shredded bark or edelweiss blossom for use as tinder. In order to create sparks, a piece of tinder is pressed against a piece flint held in the left hand, and the chip is strike with the steel edge of the pouch. When the tinder smoulders it can light a fire. The silver repoussé on the pouch depicts an animal mask flanked by a dragon on each side. On the back, a phoenix is decorated on each side of the pouch.