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Nordic Viking

Nordic Viking

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Today we went into the forest for a walk and I decided to test my new Barkie. Well one thing lead to another and the outcome was an impromptu fire for the kids' amusement.

1 BRKT HS
1 Swedish Firesteel
1 Scavenged piece of Toilet Paper (used or unused, hard to tell :eek: )
Some branches of Birch

Thanks for looking.
 
Thats good stuff, I have a strange feeling your joking.

Ya know whats weird NV, I always pictured you older and chubbier.
 
shotgunner11 said:
Thats good stuff, I have a strange feeling your joking.

Ya know whats weird NV, I always pictured you older and chubbier.
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LOL, I'm the father in the pictures :D
 
Cool! If I did that right now 100,000 acres would go up in flames. Very dry today, no green in sight except for the leaves on the trees. BTW is Johnny Cash popular in Sweden?
 
Sweet! I wanna visit Sweden someday. It seems like a paradise for outdoorsmen and pictures I've seen are absolutley breathtaking.

P.S. Are blonde hair and blue eyes very common in Sweden or is that just another stereotype (if it's not a stereotype I'd fit right in :) )
 
Nordic Viking said:
Today we went into the forest for a walk and I decided to test my new Barkie. Well one thing lead to another and the outcome was an impromptu fire for the kids' amusement.

1 BRKT HS
1 Swedish Firesteel
1 Scavenged piece of Toilet Paper (used or unused, hard to tell :eek: )
Some branches of Birch

Thanks for looking.
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Not too bad a voice there NV, not Mr Cash,but not bad.
Have you cut an albumn yet?:D
 
TP fires can be avoided by eating less chili . L:O:L

I have to strike my firesteel very hard to get any sparks . What do you think I am doing wrong ?
 
How sharp is the edge of the 'striker' you are using? Carbon will spark better than Stainless, but a good sharp 90 degree spine on a stainless will throw plenty of sparks.

This is the same knife as NV

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You know, considering how well the toilet paper lit up - it was probably used. Same reason why cow and camel patties are relied upon all over the world as fuel for fires....hehehe
 
Kevin the grey said:
TP fires can be avoided by eating less chili . L:O:L

I have to strike my firesteel very hard to get any sparks . What do you think I am doing wrong ?
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Try giving the spine of your knife sharper edges and experiment with the angle.If you using the provided striker i did notice the one on my scout model went dull after a while. Temper i honestly believe its a myth that carbon will strike better sparks than stainless it just depends how sharp the spine is, my fallkniven f1 for example can strike sparks that skate across the floor and its 420/vg10 laminate.(with 420 doing the actual scraping)
 
2dogs said:
BTW is Johnny Cash popular in Sweden?
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He's well known, but not as popular as ABBA or Ace of Base though.

RubberJohnny said:
Are blonde hair and blue eyes very common in Sweden or is that just another stereotype (if it's not a stereotype I'd fit right in :)
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That's just a stereotype, we have grey-haired / blue-eyed people too :)

mewolf1 said:
Not too bad a voice there NV, not Mr Cash,but not bad.
Have you cut an albumn yet?
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The song is performed by Joaquin Phoenix (from the movie) and he sings pretty damn well, IMO
 
Temper i honestly believe its a myth that carbon will strike better sparks than stainless it just depends how sharp the spine is, my fallkniven f1 for example can strike sparks that skate across the floor and its 420/vg10 laminate.(with 420 doing the actual scraping)
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Not arguing with you as I use an A1 myself and its like a firework show. But then I have a S30V and an A2 knife with similar spines and the A2 (in the picture) obviously does a great job. The S30V even though it feels sharper than the A2 knife's spine is pretty pathetic. Hmmm
 
laurens said:
Try giving the spine of your knife sharper edges and experiment with the angle.If you using the provided striker i did notice the one on my scout model went dull after a while. Temper i honestly believe its a myth that carbon will strike better sparks than stainless it just depends how sharp the spine is, my fallkniven f1 for example can strike sparks that skate across the floor and its 420/vg10 laminate.(with 420 doing the actual scraping)
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It is not exactly a myth...

Carbon steel is needed for flint and steel...
With your fire-steel, it is the fire-steel that is producing the sparks...
In flint and steel, it is the steel that is flaking off and burning...
I have never seen stainless steel be able to do that...
 
That’s right I think to strike sparks with traditional flint and steel from the spine of your knife it needs to be carbon steel as far as I know (I’ve not actually managed to do it with the spine of the knife, I guess it wasn't tempered the same way as a traditional fire striker).Temper I can’t think why the A2 should strike better sparks from a firesteel than knife made from S30V ,perhaps the rhc hardness has something to do with it, or the knife made from a2 has a handle that allows you to bear down harder on the firesteel.I :confused:
 
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