Steel for fire making

[AL...]

Marvel Thanks for the link there Its a real nice steel ye made yourself .

Dave Thanks for the Info Its real good of ye to take the time and write
Im realy lookin forward to trying this .

Cheers
AL

[Tony1948]

I'v dune that now Al should be OK now

[AL...]

Cheers Mate sent the Addy to ye .
Just let me know how much and I'll get it sent to ye mate

Cheers
AL

[Tony1948]

Done that AL

[AL...]

Cheers Tony

[magnet]

I make my firesteeels out of en9 carbon steel i use this alot at work when left dead hard it throws good sparks. Al if you want a bit just pm me your address ........magnet

[mr.punch]

This article may interest you:

http://blog.artandscienceofsurvival.com/2012/04/harder-but-not-that-hard.html


Also, you don't need flint, you just need something hard. We have no flint in Devon, so I use quartz. Give it a good smack to get a decent edge (mind your eyes) and have fun making fire.

Erm??
http://www.beer-devon.co.uk/flint.htm
Is beer too far from you as it is a nice place to visit good fresh crab shop too.

[nilo52]

This article may interest you:

http://blog.artandscienceofsurvival.com/2012/04/harder-but-not-that-hard.html


Also, you don't need flint, you just need something hard. We have no flint in Devon, so I use quartz. Give it a good smack to get a decent edge (mind your eyes) and have fun making fire.

Here in California we don't have "flint" either, I use Chert instead. It works well for "flint"

[CanadianMike]

All from the same type of family I think as far as getting sparks from.

[midas]

Whilst realising this is an old post,I am just getting into "primitive"Flint n Steel,(Got one on order.)I'm using a piece of file at the moment.(think its alloy ?)and my flint prob isnt the best either,but having fun!
I think i'm in danger of becoming a pyromaniac,as I view everything as "TINDER",I'm putting togther a tin box containing "TINDER"ie from Char Cloth to Tea Bag,Alcohol Swabs to Cotton Wool/vasline.Seeds n Chaff to Fat Wood.Etc.lol!