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Best material for flint and steel? | Bushcraft USA Forums The flint needs to be sharp It must be able to dig into the surface of the striker The flint will loose its edge quickly and you'll have to re-knap a new sharp edge Here are some pictures of a dull edge and the spark shower
For Flint Steel: What other stones are enough to be used instead of . . . Flint is very rare, i have to go digging in old tree holes and quarries to even find one tiny piece But if you find a good piece of quarts or any other rock with a decent angle on the sides then it can be used to throw sparks from steel
What steels can be used to strike a flint - Bushcraft USA Forums One of my favorite scenes in Jeremiah Johnson is when he was struggling to get a fire going with flint and steel Just when he thinks he has it, the snow falls on his fire lay and snuffs it out When I think about what our forefathers went through, it makes me glad that I am an amateur experamental archeologists rather than someone who stakes
Flint River WMA - GON Forum Did not see any e-bikes or here a lot of shots Did see some deer but nothing I wanted to harvest This was my 4th quota hunt there and I have taken a nice 9 point and a 230 lb 10 point and always see deer there However the place has really changed due to lots of timber harvested My favorite spots were all clear cut Still love the Flint
Which kind of steel is best for FireSteels? - Bushcraft USA Forums the confusion comes when you talk about using your 5160 to strike a flint this is commonly called a striker in this case the sparks are made by pieces of the steel chipping off and sparking after being struck with a flint or chert in your case, the 5160 needs to be struck on a hard and sharp enough surface to shave off sparks
Flint knapping material in Colorado? | Bushcraft USA Forums There's plenty along the front range, look in creek beds, or draws where the water washes through I've found plenty, quite a bit in the form of Ute or Cheyenne arrowheads, look in low lying juniper-pinon scrub, anywhere you think a Ute would have liked to live, they focused around deposits of flint chert it seems
Bow drill vs flint and steel | Bushcraft USA Forums With Flint Steel you can carry every thing you need in a small package and the charred material is easily replaced from the coals of any fire If you are talking using field found material, then regional differences will control your selection
Flint River Paddle. . . - GON Forum Flint River Outfitters in Baconton does reserved shuttling etc They're good I don't mind not having so!done do everything for me or everything not being easy because that means no crowds but it seems like what a lot of y'all are after is what these folks offer
Knife steels that work as steel strikers | Bushcraft USA Forums After seeing spines used in the "Flint And Steel Friday" thread, I gave this a whirl with one of the carbon steel knives I have I got sparks, but wasn't able to light up charred punkwood I did however chew up the spine of the knife pretty bad, and had to file it back to a 90* sharp edge for using with a ferro rod
TSA and Bushcraft | Bushcraft USA Forums Fire kit including flint, steel, char tin, char cloth, fatwood, fatwood matches Baddest Bee tinder UCO matches in a match case Candle lantern After the event I set up my stuff in the hotel room In the below pic you can see the fire kit including the char tin, sulfur matches and ferro rod, it is up near the top of the image