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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
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
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?
Carbon Steel Knife as a steel for a flint and steel? - Bushcraft USA Forums A buddy of mine made a nice little bushcraft knife out of a 1095 carbon steel blank Not sure what process he put it through as far as tempering and heat treating but I can't get it to throw sparks I've tried English Flint, Chert and Quartz Not a single spark from any of them My WCF striker
Flint River WMA - GON Forum So, I posted a forum about the Joe Jurz quota hunt Does anybody have experience hunting the Flint River quota hunt? All info is appreciated!
Flint River WMA - GON Forum The DNR hasn't posted any results for Flint River but when they do, I will add them to the report I maintain for this forum's members Here's a LINK
Slow flintlock ignition Part 1 - GON Forum The level of hardness is a primary factor too Too hard and its liable to eat flints or quit sparking too frequently, too soft and it'll let the flint stab into the frizzen and stop or gouge a depression into the face The geometry of various locks is different too, causing the flint to strike the frizzen at different angles and vertical locations
Quartz arrowheads - GON Forum After having flint knapped for several years I wonder how the white opaque quartz arrowheads were knapped by the natives I have tried tallahata quartz and it is some more tough stuff to knap for me Most of the quartz arrowheads I have seen do not have the typical flake scars you normally see