Flint Fire Striker Views
From the Iron Age onwards, the use of flint and steel was the one of most common method of fire lighting along with the Fire piston, prior to the invention of the friction match. More recently the term 'fire striker' has become synonymous with so called 'artificial flints' which are metal rods of varying size composed of ferrocerium, an alloy of iron and mischmetal (itself an alloy primarily of cerium) that will generate sparks when struck. Iron is added to improve the strength of the rods. Small shavings are torn off the rod with either a supplied metal scraper, a piece of hacksaw blade, or, commonly, the back of a knife ground at a suitable angle. These shavings then ignite at high temperatures, and they are much more effective than their historical equivalent.
BCB Striker Fire Flint NSN: 5120 99 471 3046 BCB International Similar to the Ranger Fire Starter Flint, scraping the flint of the Striker Fire Flint fire starter produces a shower of sparks suitable for lighting tinder. The fire starter flint is designed for years of use and the striker can be used as a small knife and saw.
NOW we are ready to try to start a fire. These instructions are for a right handed person. If you're a south-paw, you will have to stand on your head for these instructions to work properly. Place a handful of tinder in your left hand. On top of this place a swatch of char. On top of the char, place your flint so that about a third of the char is sticking out past the edge of the flint that you are going to strike with the steel. Maneuver this pile around in your left hand so that you are able to hold the tinder, char and flint with your hand and still have the edge of the flint exposed so that you won't hit your hand with the striker.
Flint Fire Striker Images
