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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: clewis on March 31, 2017, 12:20:59 pm

Title: Flint steel fire kit?
Post by: clewis on March 31, 2017, 12:20:59 pm

Any body have experience with these kits? Will texas chert throw good sparks? I dont have any actual flint but have plenty of assorted cherts.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Flint steel fire kit?
Post by: Ed Brooks on March 31, 2017, 12:28:32 pm

That rock should through a good spark, I would think. Try and hit some on the edge of a file and see. Ed

Title: Re: Flint steel fire kit?
Post by: Outbackbob48 on March 31, 2017, 02:03:35 pm

Clewis, all the Texas cherts that I have tried worked excellent, I have gotten everything that I have knapped with to spark even Obsidian will throw a weak spark, I never tried man made glass or toilet tanks. Get ya a good steel and have at it.  (=) Bob