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Great video Pitdog - looks like you like that scandi!
keyser223 - as pitdog says, when I'm trying to ignite wood shavings, I go at that firesteel with a fury. Here I tend to like a dedicated scraper because I'm less inclined to worry about bashing my knife into a cement floor or rock. I also find it is useful to adopt IAWoodsman's method - where you hold the point of the firesteel right down into shavings and put pressure on the firesteel forcing it into the floor. This way when you are striking, the sparks are directed right into the tinder, you can scrape with vigor and the distance between the spark to the shavings is minimized. You will notice that in IAWoodsman's videos, when he is doing this in the bush, he usually puts all of his shavings on a solid platform (usually apiece of wood) to give him a base on which to press the firesteel tip into. This also keeps those shavings off the moist ground. Good Luck, and again this is why we are doing this challenge. Just so people get a feel that 1) it can be a bit tricky to get wood shavings to light by firesteel and 2) Once you have the technique down you will pretty readily achieve success under most situations.
keyser223 - as pitdog says, when I'm trying to ignite wood shavings, I go at that firesteel with a fury. Here I tend to like a dedicated scraper because I'm less inclined to worry about bashing my knife into a cement floor or rock. I also find it is useful to adopt IAWoodsman's method - where you hold the point of the firesteel right down into shavings and put pressure on the firesteel forcing it into the floor. This way when you are striking, the sparks are directed right into the tinder, you can scrape with vigor and the distance between the spark to the shavings is minimized. You will notice that in IAWoodsman's videos, when he is doing this in the bush, he usually puts all of his shavings on a solid platform (usually apiece of wood) to give him a base on which to press the firesteel tip into. This also keeps those shavings off the moist ground. Good Luck, and again this is why we are doing this challenge. Just so people get a feel that 1) it can be a bit tricky to get wood shavings to light by firesteel and 2) Once you have the technique down you will pretty readily achieve success under most situations.
really did a pretty good job
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blade with a 1" choil. for a 9" long ( little) cutting edge. I started another one today, I decided I want to have 2 little knives for my 2 little hands lol lol.
