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Forging a Flint Striker from a Car Coilspring

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  • Опубліковано 6 чер 2017
  • For this video I make my first flint striker (strike-a-light). Links below include photos I used for inspiration, consisting of Viking and fur-trade era strikers. At the end of the video I also test the striker on quartzite and flint and start a fire with char-cloth.
    Check out photos of historic strikers I used in the video: blackheartforge.blogspot.com/2...
    Viking Flint Strikers: blackheartforge.blogspot.com/2...
    Check out / blackheart-forge for updates and photos of my latest works in progress.
    Music attribution:
    Sailors Lament by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
    Artist: audionautix.com/
    Plantation by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
    Artist: audionautix.com/
    "Pressure" by Riot

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  • @rbduffer3263
    @rbduffer3263 7 років тому +11

    I've made a lot of fire strikers. You might get a lot more sparking if you forge the striker from an old file . Automobile springs make excellent tools (punches, chisles, drifts, hardy tools) but from my own experience, I find old chisles are better for firestrikers.
    Old files, sometimes rusty, are usually available at garage sales for next to nothing.
    I don't usually edge quench. I quench the whole piece in oil and then reheat the handles a little to temper them .

  • @joshmiller4774
    @joshmiller4774 Рік тому

    I like that you left the shot of you dropping the piece, that makes me feel like maybe I'm not as bad as I thought. I drop stuff alot.

  • @TheIntermont
    @TheIntermont 4 роки тому +1

    As big as that strike-a-lite turned out, I woulda been tempted to make it into a vegetable chopper. You had lots of fun over an afternoon though and I appreciate your videos.

  • @richkeagy8907
    @richkeagy8907 5 років тому

    Great video! I like the way you added historical photos and drawings. I've never seen a fling striker worn out the way one of the drawings show. I would have bet a steel striker could never be worn out. Thanks for the education!

  • @TristanDare
    @TristanDare 7 років тому

    Very cool video! You did a super job on forging that

  • @mikeclarke4523
    @mikeclarke4523 6 років тому

    good video sir, and interesting points on different styles, I enjoyed watching, thanks

  • @garyminick1050
    @garyminick1050 6 років тому +2

    I use flint and steel a lot. I think your angle of the strike is not acute enough . Try it and just change your angles and you will see a big difference that is if your stone is sharp enough and strong enough . Happy fires to you bubba !

    • @PhilBaumhardt
      @PhilBaumhardt  6 років тому

      I appreciate the advice! I definitely need more practice at it

  • @adampablodayc
    @adampablodayc 6 років тому +1

    I like your anvil,nice job.

  • @sheldonshniklefritz95
    @sheldonshniklefritz95 3 роки тому +1

    i make all mine big so that ya can use them without taking your gloves off when its the cold frozen hellscape we call winter in ohio keep KEEP IT UP!!!

  • @waveman0
    @waveman0 3 роки тому +1

    I prefer old files for my strikers, though if you have heaps of car coils around I suppose using what you have on hand makes sense.
    Coils would be 5160 (or there about) which is OK, but its carbon content tend to be a little low (around .6-.85%) and I prefer a higher carbon content, at least 1% and 1.5% is even better, that's why I like old files as they usually are made from W2 which runs at about 1.5% carbon content.
    Old files are easy to get, often free or cost like a $1 each.

  • @jinxjones5497
    @jinxjones5497 6 років тому

    SWEET!!! nice big striker. where do i buy one? flint & steel is odd, sometimes it works how it's meant to and sometimes you hit a flat bit of flint and it sparks like crazy or a sharp bit and it does nothing. you might get an ember from your 1st strike or you're at it fruitlessly for hours, there's definitely a knack. that's why i light fire by a traditional method every day whether i need to or not. just to keep my eye/hand in

  • @jstone3767
    @jstone3767 7 років тому +1

    looks good

  • @WhittlerKevBushcraft
    @WhittlerKevBushcraft 6 років тому +1

    Hi...nice vid. I've made loads of strikers from coil spring, tool steel and by far the best is from an old file as it throws loads more sparks using the same hardening (usually water) and then tempered hand grips. Have a go with on old rusty worn out file....you'll see the difference ;)

  • @Dominic.Minischetti
    @Dominic.Minischetti 6 років тому

    That thing is huge! Lol nice job!

  • @joshuafairbanks5643
    @joshuafairbanks5643 7 років тому

    Nice!

  • @JakeBowenTV
    @JakeBowenTV 7 років тому +2

    Cool.

  • @aktrapper6126
    @aktrapper6126 4 роки тому +1

    Use an old file, water quench for better sparks.

  • @bigbasil1908
    @bigbasil1908 2 роки тому

    Apparently more modern car coil springs tend to not be very good for fire steels but the older ones are generally high carbon steel

  • @mje3055
    @mje3055 3 роки тому

    It's pretty good

  • @unchainedpapabear4517
    @unchainedpapabear4517 4 роки тому

    Why do you strike your anvil every 4th blow?

  • @edsnaturebushcraft6985
    @edsnaturebushcraft6985 5 років тому

    EmberLit very nice video. Ed

  • @pyromaniac1491
    @pyromaniac1491 5 років тому

    Is your anvil a hardened block of steel or just a plain block of steel?

    • @PhilBaumhardt
      @PhilBaumhardt  5 років тому

      I honestly do not know what type of steel it is, but I do not believe it is hardened. It does have enough mass though that it has decent rebound.

  • @louisleoncini1033
    @louisleoncini1033 Рік тому

    I use 1085, 1095 .

  • @TheWorld4all
    @TheWorld4all 6 років тому

    I guess you got that on your thumb from a hammer

    • @PhilBaumhardt
      @PhilBaumhardt  6 років тому

      Haha if only. Shut it in a sliding door unfortunately.

  • @jukeboxhero1649
    @jukeboxhero1649 3 роки тому

    Gimme yor lunch money.....