Hand Forged Steel Striker

This striker steel is made out of 3 16 inch thick high carbon steel.

Hand forged steel striker.

Overall length is 3 1 2 inches by 1 1 2 inches in height. Hundreds of years passed so it should seem a man does not need such a device any more because now the fire is domesticated there is nothing extraordinary in it. Hand forged steel striker with knapper quality flint and a cotton storage bag. 5 out of 5 stars 118 118 reviews 45 00 free shipping favorite add to.

This hardening process makes the striker very brittle. By the way it s not enough to make your striker from high carbon steel. Depending on availability flint piece qty is either one large or two medium or three small three different pictures shown for reference. The striker is quenched in water after testing a piece of the file in an.

It has been hardened just right to throw good hot red sparks. A firesteel also known variously as a flint striker fire striker flint steel fire starter and steel striker meant fire and in turn food warmth light and protection from forest animals. Darrel aune from primal connection is a full timer maker of primitive survival bushcraft tools. He forges flint steel strikers knives survival tools makes fire pistons specializing in fire starting tools made the how to make a fire piston dvd for boy scouts all who enjoy these skills.

About us the company makeyourfire reconstructs the ancient method of yielding the fire with the help of the steel striker the fire steel flint and the tinder. Konvoysg carbon steel fire striker english flint stone char cloth traditional hand forged fire starter leather gift kit with emergency tinder jute bag 4 4 out of 5 stars 180 42 95 42. I am forging this from a piece of an old file. Called a rams horn striker for the ram s horns appearance of the twisted end.

Hand forged steel flint fire strikers. Those who were unable to make fire had little chance of survival. You must harden the striker after you shape it if you want it to make sparks when struck properly against a flint. This metal plate struck the spark.

In the past a steel striker was the only instrument with the help of which it was possible to make the fire. Forging a flint and steel striker in the shape of the norse midgard serpent.