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- Best material for flint and steel? | Bushcraft USA Forums
The flint needs to be sharp It must be able to dig into the surface of the striker The flint will loose its edge quickly and you'll have to re-knap a new sharp edge Here are some pictures of a dull edge and the spark shower
- For Flint Steel: What other stones are enough to be used instead of . . .
Flint is very rare, i have to go digging in old tree holes and quarries to even find one tiny piece But if you find a good piece of quarts or any other rock with a decent angle on the sides then it can be used to throw sparks from steel
- Flint and Steel: The Obvious Advantage Nobody Talks About
In my opinion, the greatest advantage to regular use of a flint and steel in fire making is the preparation work practice If you mimic that same good tinder preparation for other ignition sources, when the chips are down you'll be very successful Edit to add: Flint and steel is my favorite way to make fires when playing in woods
- What steels can be used to strike a flint - Bushcraft USA Forums
One of my favorite scenes in Jeremiah Johnson is when he was struggling to get a fire going with flint and steel Just when he thinks he has it, the snow falls on his fire lay and snuffs it out When I think about what our forefathers went through, it makes me glad that I am an amateur experamental archeologists rather than someone who stakes
- Where to find flint chert in the Front Range area?
He has a masters in re-creation archeology from the University of Essex, UK and specializes in knapped tools You want to talk about some good rock, gun flint all originally came from the UK That stuff is everywhere in the eastern coast regions I lived there for 3 5 years while in the USAF They build entire structures from flint stone and
- Which kind of steel is best for FireSteels? - Bushcraft USA Forums
the confusion comes when you talk about using your 5160 to strike a flint this is commonly called a striker in this case the sparks are made by pieces of the steel chipping off and sparking after being struck with a flint or chert in your case, the 5160 needs to be struck on a hard and sharp enough surface to shave off sparks
- Flint and steel GAW - Bushcraft USA Forums
2 pieces of flint Leather with fine blue stropping compound Leather for bottom of tin The other tin was from @Munsungan and has some char cloth, jute, couple pieces of chert (one from @HillbillyHiker) and a fresnel lens Fatwood
- Flint Knapping - Bushcraft USA Forums
Flint Knapping Thread starter colrbh; Start date Aug 7, 2019; colrbh Scout Joined Mar 9, 2014 Messages
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