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Obsidian instead of flint - Bushcraft USA Forums Has anybody used obsidian instead of flint? Where I live there is lots of obsidian, which is basically volcanic glass A lot of it is weathered and rounded off, but some of it is broken, making a sharp edge I also plan to modify the file on my old Leatherman to use the edge as a striker
Flint striking steel choice - Bushcraft USA Forums Flint steel + char cloth (or other excellent tinder) Friction fire Good to know all, and i love old school bushcraft (oil tarps, canvas rucks, wool blankets etc) But in reality, when you need fire the most, it will be hardest to make it (paradox of fire) You've gotta have FAST and reliable ways
Joe Kurz Flint River boat ramp - GON Forum Any one know if I could put a 17' Basstracker boat in the Flint River at Joe Kurz? I know I probably could not run the outboard It's not far from me but I don't know anything about that part of the River
Tempering a flint striker? - Bushcraft USA Forums Flint and steel works by the sharp edge of the flint chipping off molecules of iron which react with the oxygen in the air and ignite The Flint is the part knocking off the iron molecules and it needs a fairly brittle hard piece of steel to let the rock knock off the iron molecules
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
Inuit fire kit bag - Bushcraft USA Forums The larger bag contains the fire kit - pyrite and flint, etc The item labelled #1 in the first image is a circular bag with a flap to hold the tinder The flap helps keep the tinder dry in the arctic, I presume The thong attaching the larger and smaller second bag help to secure it to a belt Susan's technique isn't like the second image
Flint and Steel Pouch - Bushcraft USA Forums Tonight’s project was a pouch for my flint and steel setup I still had some leftover scrap leather so that is what I decided to use for the pouch View attachment 1835897 I cut the pieces to the size I wanted and measured out a perimeter around my piece to mark out the stitching
striker wont spark - Bushcraft USA Forums I have an old fire steel I got a few years back and recently I got a few chunks of flint to make some sparks The flints are pretty sharp, but for some reason when I strike it against the steel it won't generate a spark Does anyone know why this could be?
(E) Student Practice For Improvise a Flint and Steel Striker Post your pics or videos for improvising a flint and steel striker here 1: Improvise a flint and steel striker 2: Start a fire using improvised striker 3: Use fire to make more char cloth or another type of char material