Flint & Steel University

[abo4ster]

Flint & Steel is the method in which you take a rock with a sharp edge and a piece of high carbon steel and flake off a piece of STEEL in the form of a spark to ignite tinder. The spark from the flint & steel method is generally weak and can be seen in its orange color compared to that of the white hot spark thrown from a firesteel (aka, metal match, misch metal, ferrocerium rod, etc.). That being said, flint & steel can be a more challenging fire method as the weaker spark limits your tinder choices...

[video=youtube;F7BWJAGoJlA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7BWJAGoJlA[/video]

[video=youtube;Z_KkhNt8SZg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_KkhNt8SZg[/video]​

 

[jcl-MD]

Thanks for the info!!

 

[Triq]

Do you have to dry the mullen pith first, or was this a dead standing mullen?

 

[abo4ster]

Good question. Dead standing mullein is what I use.

 

[Tilley Knife]

Great thread. Thank you :thumbup: