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Using flint and steel to light a fire is somewhat difficult.  A piece of flint, quartz, jasper, or any hard, non-porous rock can be used as the "flint." The steel should be high-carbon steel, such as found in a knife blade.  The flint is used to knock tiny pieces of steel off the knife, and in doing so, raise the temperature of the steel so that it glows red hot.  This is the spark.  It must be caught (perhaps on a charcloth), moved to the tinder, and then blown on to cause the tinder to ignite.  This takes a lot of practice.
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Using flint and steel to light a fire is somewhat difficult.  In order to use a flint and steel, you take a hard, sharp-edged rock in one hand and the steel striker in the other. The "flint" can be any hard, sharp rock, such as flint, jasper, or quartz.  The striker can be any piece of high-carbon steel, such as a knife blade.   
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Hold the striker loosely and strike it against the rock, as if you were trying to shave the striker with the rock.  If using charpaper, place the charpaper on top of the rock and it will catch the sparks.  You then take the glowing charpaper and set it against your tinder, then blow on it gently until you get a flame.

Revision as of 17:26, 9 May 2007

Using flint and steel to light a fire is somewhat difficult. In order to use a flint and steel, you take a hard, sharp-edged rock in one hand and the steel striker in the other. The "flint" can be any hard, sharp rock, such as flint, jasper, or quartz. The striker can be any piece of high-carbon steel, such as a knife blade.

Hold the striker loosely and strike it against the rock, as if you were trying to shave the striker with the rock. If using charpaper, place the charpaper on top of the rock and it will catch the sparks. You then take the glowing charpaper and set it against your tinder, then blow on it gently until you get a flame.

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