How to spark a fire with a machete and a rock- Stroke Sparking

So I got a couple of questions about the methods on the previous video. I haven't seen this done by anyone else, but it doesn't take much to drag a piece of steel on a rock. You won't catch me saying I made this technique up. Maybe I can make name for it though...stroke sparking? Yep, thats the coffee talking.

The sparks generated by such a method are not very hot, so far I have only got prepared stuff like charred cloth and charred wood to catch. I haven't worked with anything else much though.



Char cloth: cloth that has been burned and snuffed out.
Charred Rotten wood: Exactly what it sounds like, snuffed out.

Machete: Condor Bolo 15" carbon steel machete

Category:

Education

Tags:

• machete
• spark
• bushcraft
• coal
• firemaking
• primitive skills

[phrankus2009]

I have an Ontario Sawback Machete ... Was planning on grinding it down, anyway (LoL) ... No tellin' what kinda sparks that thing would throw !

[clippertalk]

cool vid Joe keep em coming!

[17hmr243]

28sec lol love it

[Skab0311]

Good stuff Joe. have you tried this with a smaller blade yet??

[iawoodsman]

Nice work brother.

[Deathtakeslast]

Cool gives me something new to try out

[EDINBURGSTAR]

That was totally amazing.



[hinckleypoland]

very cool joe!

[gavkoo]

Thats excellent Joe. Thank you for showing! Flint and steel without the flint and steel haha. I love it!