Flint striker
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2023
- I forge a simple flint striker from a piece of old rasp and search for local flints to try it on!
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Now available in my Etsy shop including a small piece of English flint!
The voice over has always been one of my favorite things about this channel
It’s your video. Talk away and speak your mind. As an American, I enjoy hearing your accent.
I love your commentary that why I watch your videos
I love listening to you talk! I’m American so all British accents are cool to me, plus I like hearing your thoughts about the work you’re doing.
Oh thank you!
Nice job on the striker. I usually hit the striker with the flint not the flint with the striker but to each their own. I would be greatly overjoyed to have access to that much flint. By the way, don't cater to the few that don't care for your voice. Most of us enjoy your commentary. That's how we learn. Thanks for sharing.
Depends where you want the spark. On top or in a tin 😊
It's always good to hear you explaining everything.
Good vibes well done
Very Cool! I really enjoy the voice over ,
Awesome, thank you!
I love the sound of your voice. I find it relaxing.
Oh thank you!
Yea.I like and enjoy your videos.people that complain should either be quiet or be nice
Just sent a link to this video to my mate who is a flint and steel aficionado. Here in Australia you can only get flint in one location, Mt Gambier, and it is nearly 3000k away from us! He is going to go nuts when he sees what you have just up the road in that paddock!
That’s nuts! I’ll have to find out if it’s legal to ship flints to Australia!
Best wishes! Nice to see you forge again and to hear your shoulder is much better now!
Thank you very much!
I prefer narration to silence. If they don't like your voice there's millions of other people to watch
I agree
Same here.
Happy new year, Gary. There is nothing wrong with your voice, silky smooth as ever.😉
Wow, thanks
I'm happy to hear your shoulder is better. Happy new year.
Very nice job. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. God Bless.
I would definitely go into the flint business 😅
Will Lord would have a hayday in that field of flint . Really nice project Gary, thanks for sharing.
Thanks 👍
Wow, what a field of flint! Perfect day to play with fire... damn, it's the same here, it's running small streams of condensation off everything. It's even forming small puddles under stuff....
It’s a real pain but made easier knowing we’re not the only ones suffering 🤣
Glad you speak in inches
I was taught both at school as it all changed mid way through my education. Comes in handy sometimes to know both😉
Happy new year you and the family and your dog
Same to you!
Personally I like your narration
mate your backyard and field of flint make me sick with envy, I would kill to have access to such a field of sparkable stone like that.
Personally, I do a thorough quench of the striker and then anneal the tine with a propane torch with the strike face in water to protect it.
Good stuff Gary. Forging , grinding, torching, hiking, and Ralph! I challenge you to light the forge with the striker. I can send some railroad spikes if you succeed. 😎🍺
Bit of char cloth and you’ll be on your way Gary 🙂love the voice overs let’s us hear your thoughts on how/why your doing what your doing
If i ever thought that in a million years I might actually use it I would make some but as it is i don’t think I ever will!🤣🤣
Your audio Great!
I'm hearing your teaching but little shop noise. Thanks for I've gotten enough shop and Forge noise in my own shop.
I'm finding your voice as just fine with myself Sir.
Thanks for your teaching Sir
Cool, thanks
Nice striker.
I recently have been thinking of using silicone spray on my anvil and tools, my thinking is, it would give a hydrophobic coating against rust, but also not be flammable, so it might not burn off when you have hot steel on the anvil.
I know it works for rust, i’ve had great results with it on locks that are outdoors, one squirt loosened up a rusted padlock, and it never rusted again over the next 6 years.
I’ll give it a try and let you know!
Go for it!
Just wipe off your anvil at the end of the day, give it a quick light spray of WD-40. I put that on my anvil after each use and it has never rusted in a humid environment. No worry about flammability...just do a quick wipe down with a paper towel and it's no problem and safe to use.
@@shortfuse43 why bother? As soon as you start forging it all goes away!
@@shortfuse43 i’m not really worried about it catching fire, I just figure it might last longer if it does not cook off when the anvil is used.
That field is a nappers dream.mine anyway.👍
My Etsy shop has them
I like hearing you talk.
Are you using propane heat in the shop? They can increase humidity if not vented.
Best wishes to you in the New Year
Frank
I don’t have any heating in the shop apart from when I light the forge.
Good to see you smithing again, Gary😊 You must have a good stash of the old type high carbon rasps and not some of the newer types that are only case hardened.
I’ve got thousands!
I'd love to have some of that flint for my flint lock rifle. It's hard to get here in the States. I have a rasp just waiting to be made into a steel. I will tell you, leaving the face soft works better for sparks than a hard face. I have an induction forge and just moved my anvil and stump inside for the winter. Time to start up a few projects such as candle holders and spatulas.
I have found exactly the opposite, a soft face produces less sparks and just tears lumps out of the steel wearing it out much quicker!
Next thing you need to show how to make charred cloth
What is that?
That's what you use when you use the flint striker to start a fire
Easy to make, get you a tin like an altoids can or the like, (all metal with a lid that shuts) fill it with 1 inch (about 3cm) squares of white cotton cloth (old T-shirts work fine) snap the lid shut, use a nail to poke a *small* hole in the lid, and chuck it in a fire. I usually stick mine in my bbq grill once I finish cooking, and leave it as the fire goes out, but in a fireplace would work. After it burns out and cools off, open it up, if there is any cloth not coal black, close it up and do it again. Once it is all black, its done. Tear off a little, and strike a spark in it, should catch and hold an ember really nice.
I have a can opener that un-crimps the can seals rather than cutting the can lid, so I use tuna cans for this.
Happy New Year Gary. Personally I prefer the narration so have at it. Do you think a couple dehumidifiers would help with the moisture ? That would irritate me to no end.
I like to hear you talking over your video's keep talking Gary
Bonne année a toi et ta famille. Si tu compte faire du feu pour manger, tu n'est pas prés de manger chaud.
I'm 6 weeks out from a labral repair and I'm dying to get back out to the shop... What did you have done mate?
Major surgery on my rotator cuff, reattach the tendon to the bone and repair several tears including the bicep. Two months in a sling then another two months off work. It’s been a year now and it’s still not 100% but the surgeon said it could take 18 months so I’m on target.
@@garyhuston I'm glad you are doing well, that is a tough recovery. It's great to see that you can swing a hammer without pain, keep up the good work 👍
How can I get one of your strikers
If you are in the uk here garyhustonstore.etsy.com/listing/1379553022
You didn't temper the edge, isn't that prone to chipping or breaking?
No, that’s why I just did the edge. If it’s too soft by tempering you won’t get a spark!
@@garyhuston thank you for responding!
Happy New Year! You are a rich man, in my area I have to pay 10 EUR for a piece of flint :( You have literally thousands of EUR lying around :D
Happy new year! I might have to start selling it!
You pick up on this, but some flint types work better than others. You’re using chert, flint with limestone, it’s not the best for sparks.
I’m guessing that’s because we live in the Chiltern Hills which is essentially solid chalk! 😊😊😊
Your flint angle ain't right
And?
Talk on speak on show your intelligence...