Flint and steel sparks are nowhere near as hot as those coming off a ferro rod. There are only a few materials that will light with flint and steel without being charred. I don't know if drier lint is one of them (I don't think so), but in general, if you want your sparks to land; they have to drop onto something that has already been charred.
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...
Carbon Steel Knife as a steel for a flint and steel? - Bushcraft USA Forums
After a 10 year hiatus, I decided to get back into black powder shooting again. I have a Thompson Center Arms .50 cal. flint lock kit gun I built over 2 decades ago and a TVM .54 cal. Late Lancaster flint lock. Currently I am working on developing a hunting load for the T/C rifle. Yesterday, I...
Working Up A Hunting Load For T/C Arms Rifle Hawken Flint Lock Rfle.
Here is a steel striker that I made yesterday for a flint and steel kit. I have been making them from 1/4" coil springs from overhead doors. It is a pretty...
I just purchased this fire steel knife thinking I'd like to try learning flint & steel fire starting method. Can someone recommend a cheap source of flint stone? Thank you. Also is char-cloth an absolute necessity in starting a flint & steel fire or are there other suitable materials?
On the other hand, flint is usually found with sharp edges and also breaks to form more sharp edges. Consistent composition - Whereas flint is just flint, agates often contain weak quartz centers, holes, or varying degrees of jasper-like shades (like the first agate I tried). These impurities interfere with things like striking that require ...
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.
One of the attractions of high carbon steels, as we all know, is the capability of striking sparks with flint, chert or quartz. I have started several fires with my Terävä Jääkäripuukko and with an Opinel. I really don’t want to hit my very nice, very expensive 3V knife with a rock, but would...
Emberlit flint and steel striker review Emberlit makes some very cool looking striker designs. So when the wife was placing an order on Amazon I had her order one for me. It came with a large piece of "flint". I got a few sparks off the supplied flint but even more rock chips.
The Flint River is well named, but it`s against the law now, to get it from the river. Your best bet is to get permission from private property owners, to gather stone. Chances are, some of that stone in your creeks, is workable. Post up a few pics of it, and we can take a look and let you know. Chert (flint) will have a chalk or limestone layer on the outside, called the cortex. Knock off ...
where is a good place to find flint naturally? - GON Forum