Fire striker

For modern fire strikers, also called "artificial flints", see ferrocerium.
Assorted reproduction firesteels typical of Roman to medieval period
Late 18th-century firetools and bricks from Brittany

A fire striker is a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge of flint, chert or similar rock.[1][2][3] It is a specific tool used in fire making.

History

Before the invention of matches, percussion fire making was often used to start fires. Before the advent of steel, a variety of iron pyrite or marcasite was used with flint and other stones to produce a high-temperature spark that could be used to create fire.[4] There are indications that the Iceman, also known as Ötzi, may have used iron pyrite to make fire.[5]

From the Iron Age forward, until the invention of the friction match in the early 1800s by John Walker, the use of flint and steel was a common method of fire lighting. Percussion fire-starting was prevalent in Europe during ancient times, the Middle Ages and the Viking Age.[3][6]

When flint and steel were used, the fire steel was often kept in a metal tinderbox together with flint and tinder. In Tibet and Mongolia, they were instead carried in a leather pouch called a chuckmuck.

In Japan, percussion fire making was performed using agate or even quartz. It was also used as a ritual to bring good luck or ward off evil.[7][8] Ninjas used an Uchitake (打竹).[9][10][11]

Uses

Fire striker and flint used in Dalarna, Sweden in 1916.

The type and hardness of steel used is important. High carbon steels (1060, W1, tool steels, etc.) generate sparks easily. Iron and alloys (like stainless steel, 5160, etc.) are more difficult and generate fewer sparks. The steel must be hardened but softer than the flint-like material striking off the spark.[12] Old files, leaf and coil springs, and rusty gardening tools are often repurposed as strikers.

Besides flint, other hard, non-porous rocks that can take a sharp edge can be used, such as chert, quartz, agate, jasper or chalcedony.[2]

The sharp edge of the flint is used to violently strike the fire steel at an acute angle in order to cleave or shave off small particles of metal. The pyrophoricity of the steel results in the shavings oxidising in the air. The molten, oxidising sparks then ignite tinder. The tinder is best held next to the flint while the steel striker is quickly slid down against the flint, casting sparks into the tinder. Char cloth or amadou ("tinder fungus") is often used to catch the low-temperature sparks, which can then can be brought to other, heavier tinder and blown into flame.

See also

References

  1. ^ Bush, Darren. "Traditional Firestarting Part I: How to Make Fire with Flint and Steel". Manly Skills, Self-Reliance, Survival. Art of Manliness. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Do you have 5 Ways to Make Fire?". Survival Cache. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Fire from Steel - Custom forged fire steels from Roman through Fur Trade time periods". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  4. ^ "Flint and Marcasite Fire Making".
  5. ^ "Ötzi, l'Uomo venuto dal ghiaccio". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  6. ^ "Viking Answer Lady Webpage - Viking Age Fire-Steels and Strike-A-Lights". Vikinganswerlady.com. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  7. ^ Alice (23 December 2010). "Do-it-yourself kiribi".
  8. ^ Gordenker, Alice (16 December 2010). "Kiribi" – via Japan Times Online.
  9. ^ https://www.insideninjutsu.com/articles/ninja-tools-for-the-21st-century
  10. ^ https://www.pathfinder-fr.org/Wiki/Parties.P104%20Outils.ashx
  11. ^ https://medium.com/classical-martial-arts/six-essential-tools-of-the-ninja-8b98a2f9cdfd
  12. ^ "Materials and Heat Treatment for Fire Strikers".


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