3v used to strike sparks with?

[Shotgun]

Can you use a piece of flint on the back of the knife to strikes sparks with like other carbon steel or does the chromium mess that up?

 

[gmarthur]

If nobody else comes in with an answer first I'll be sure and try it out this weekend. I've never even thought of trying it as I always keep a ferro rod in my sheath. Maybe ask the boys over in the Wilderness subforum. I'll bet somebody over there has already tried it.

 

[PB Wilson]

According to Rod Garcia of Skookum Bush Tool fame, 3V won't spark with flint.

Get yourself a firesteel and have at it. That'll work.

 

[Shotgun]

Thanks guys, I was thinking it wouldn't work. I already have a couple of ways of starting a fire while out. This is just an "All else fails" type of thought. Like if you lost all your gear but your knife and found a rock in a stream. I guess I'll just have to carry my hatchet with me. Darn.