Friday, June 28, 2019

How To Make A Fire Using Flint And Steel

By Kevin Davis


Fire is one of the most important elements around the world. Almost everything moves around fire. Making fire before is tricky. Going into camping without lighters is a challenging process when building a fire. By using flint stones, the process of building one is not as easy as it sounds. However, if you have a flint and steel, then there are no reasons why you cannot a start a fire for your trip.

The best thing about using steel and flint stones is that this technique is reliable. If a person has acquired or done practicing, they can create a fire reliably compared to lighting up matches. One single kit is able to produce hundreds of thousands of fires. This reliability outnumbered the maximum capacity of lighters and matches.

Flint stones are hard sedimentary cryptocrystalline. This is a similar form of quartz which is a mineral. It comes in different varieties of colors. The most common color of these stones are dark grays, but it also appears in colors brown, black, white and green. The appearance is somewhat waxy or unique glossy.

The steel that will be used for striking the stone has to be high level in carbon steels. Individuals who are do it yourselfers can make their very own striker by using anything that is high carbon steels or an old file. There are additional steps or process that has to be followed if people want to create their own. If you want to take the easy route, then purchasing a striker will suffice.

With using different equipment like matches and lighters, there is a high risk for children to get. Individuals or parents will have to keep these things out from their children reach. However, with flint stones, there is nothing to worry about because it does not light up if the person does not have practiced or knows what they are doing.

The best steel to use for striking the stone should be high carbon. When being oil quenched, it will be hard to resist the pressure except for tiny pieces that ignites. A treated steel will give off a lot of sarks before it gets lost. This will not wear you out during the process. If it becomes hot, it would need to be tempered once again before using it.

Tinder is another component when making fire with this process. Tinder is a combustible material that is relatively easy to light. If the tinder is big, wet or even damp, it would not light. It does not matter how many sparks the equipment will make, it will be useless for creating the fire.

When a glowing ember is found, it can be transferred on the bundle of tinder and then be blown into the flame. This will be placed on structures with sticks, and dry kindling which has been prepared and will receive the burning tinder. Once the build up of flame is high already, then adding some more materials will make a big fire.

Creating a fire is a very challenging way. There are many alternatives that can be done to produce it. Some uses new technologies while others use traditional ways to start one. But it all comes down to a persons preference on what method of technique they want to use for building one.




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