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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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
2nd axe hung True Temper Flint Edge Single Bit flint edge is a masterpiece from Kelly , and whata great story to go with it you should polish buff good the edge on that at least 1" up from the bevel then you'll be even more surprised some like this -right side bit -click for big pic