Forgive my ignorance

[silenthunterstudios]

My EDC fixed blade carry is my David Farmer EDC. It's 1095, will this work with a firesteel? I know that O1 will.


:foot:

 

[trentu]

1095 strikes very well.

 

[tonym]

I have as similar Farmer, they work just fine.

Just make sure the spine is nice and square.

Any hard sharp object will work including all steels and even a rock.

 

[Blood_Grooves]

You have 10K posts and you don't know that!!!!







JK!

 

[SpookyPistolero]

Do you mean firesteel or flint & steel? The latter will work with most carbon steels, the former will only require a sharp edge (doesn't have to be metal even).

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Hell, both firesteel and flint and steel.

I didn't even notice I had ten thousand posts .

 

[Rick Marchand]

Well for firesteel or ferro rods you are fine with any sharp hard object... you are scraping of shavings of the ferro rod that ignite in the process.

For traditional flint and steel, the "steel" is more important than the flint. In this process you are shaving off bits of the steel striker which inturn ignite, creating sparks. The steel needs to be high carbon and very hard (58RC and above) Your 1095 David Farmer definately has the carbon content but depending on how he heat treated it, may not have the hardness. Many makers draw back hardness on the spine to gain toughness in a knife. though the edge may be 58-62RC the spine may only be at 52-54RC... maybe even lower. Which makes for a better knife IMO but incapable of traditional Flint and steel fire lighting.