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    Default Re: Best Fire steel?

    This is my set up and had worked excellent every time so far....


    Flint rock is the key with char-cloth made by burning a piece of t-shirt in a container with a small hole on the top..it really is much better than any tinder I know off.

    You just need to blow...

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    Default Re: Best Fire steel?

    Genuine flint is difficult to find in the RSA but any rock with a hardness 7 and over on the MOH scale eg quartz etc will do the job.When I wander about in the great outdoors I carry a 3" length of an old file, ground smooth on the thin edges, for testing any interesting rocks that I come across. My preferred cloth for charcloth is old denim as it is reasonably thick and holds a spark longer than thinner materials.

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    Default Re: Best Fire steel?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Pascoe View Post
    Genuine flint is difficult to find in the RSA but any rock with a hardness 7 and over on the MOH scale eg quartz etc will do the job.When I wander about in the great outdoors I carry a 3" length of an old file, ground smooth on the thin edges, for testing any interesting rocks that I come across. My preferred cloth for charcloth is old denim as it is reasonably thick and holds a spark longer than thinner materials.
    Thank you Rick, I will make some char cloth from old denim tomorrow and use it in my Tonteldoos...

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    Default Re: Best Fire steel?

    Gert, forgot to mention that if denim is great a piece of paraffin lamp wick is exceptional.Get the widest one you can find.

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    Default Re: Best Fire steel?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Pascoe View Post
    Gert, forgot to mention that if denim is great a piece of paraffin lamp wick is exceptional.Get the widest one you can find.
    Rick thank you kindly

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