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.

  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. ^ "Do you have 5 Ways to Make Fire?". Survival Cache. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Fire from Steel - Custom forged fire steels from Roman through Fur Trade time periods". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2013-07-21.