Flint and Steel Striking Technique

For more survival info and great discussions go to www.wildsurvive.com, the best survival forum on the net. There are alot of ways to strike the flint and steel to make a fire. This is just one method but I find is the quickest way to get a spark.

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• flint
• steel
• survival
• fire
• making

[CiaranRooney125]

Very helpfull bud, Thanks :) What would you say is a good price for a steel striker?

[antagonizerr]

@CiaranRooney125 You can get generic kits that include char and flint for about 15-20 however expect to spend 30-45 for custom ones like my dragon. If money is an issue you can recover an old file and use it since they usually have a high carbon content.

[goonsquad20]

would any piece of metal work? whats so special about those.

[antagonizerr]

They're steel with a high carbon content.

[kittypie070]

This is impossible. I got a totally dead steel that can be nicked with a file, and I did everything correctly multiple times with the weak chalkyish grey flint in the kit, again with agate chips, then repeated once more with jasper chips. NOT. ONE. SINGLE. SPARK. in about five HOURS of attempts.

I'm so humiliated :(

[CiaranRooney125]

@antagonizerr Ahh thanks a million bud, Wulamallessin :)

[jerrythedutchmapler]

I wanna carry steel with me now.

[captainkirk5100]

go to  flintandsteel.webs.com

[GhillieNova]

@69penetrator69 no but quartz will work. actually, anything above seven on the whatever rock harndess scale will work i think.

[69penetrator69]

Have you tried alternatives to flint? Would it work with a piece of broken glass?

[firebug0001]

i want to try using a unbreakable ceramic knife as the flint. cause its so aggrevating when the flint gets dull and you cant sharpen it.

[gman570p]

@nvrhaveaniceday just get a knife and rub it across it