Does INFI throw sparks?

knifeguy101

knifeguy101

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Searched a little and didnt find a good answer. I dont mean if it will throw sparks with a ferro rod, what I mean is if you hit the spine (has to be uncoated and ground at a 90 degree angle, so non NM) with a hard rock like chert, will it throw sparks much like a flint and steel set?
 
I don't mean with a ferro rod, but with a hard rock like chert or quartz. If you've used a flint and steel set before (not a ferro rod) then it's the exact same concept. The rock scrapes off a piece of molten carbon steel, and you use that to spark your tinder, and blow it into flame
Here is a video that shows what im talking about, skip to about 20:00
[video=youtube;ZpNQS6CX7FA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpNQS6CX7FA[/video]
 
For what it's worth, my waki threw sparks when I accidentally hit a nail buried in a stump, and also when I have accidentally hit a rock with it. So confirmed SR101 will, don't know about infi.
 
Ya 52100 has a lot of carbon in it, for some reason I cant find the carbon content of INFI on google though
 
INFI is proprietary to BUSSE. So the only info will be from Busse. I'm sure you already knew this :)
 
V .36% Vanadium
Cr 8.25% Chrome
Fe 87.79% Iron
Co .95% Cobalt
Ni .74% Nickel
Mo 1.3% Molybdenum
C .5% carbon
N .11% Nitrogen

No reason why it should not throw sparks when struck properly by sharp natural flint and similar rocks.
 
Thomas Linton said:
V .36%Vanadium
Cr 8.25%Chrome
Fe 87.79%Iron
Co .95%Cobalt
Ni .74%Nickel
Mo 1.3%Molybdenum
C .5% carbon
N .11% Nitrogen

No reason why it should not throw sparks when struck properly by sharp natural flint and similar rocks.
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Great thanks.
So it has about as much carbon as 1055, it'll throw some sparks but not really enough carbon to get some good ones.
 
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