[DOC] [TLE] Flint and Steel: What Causes the Sparks? - SurvivalTopics.com [PAR] Jun 12, 2005 ... Starting a fire with flint and steel (the steel is also known as a firesteel) ... 
understand what it takes to make fire using flint and steel or flint and FireSteel. ... 
the iron to spontaneously give off a large amount of heat very quickly. ... pieces of 
iron broken from it will be when struck against a hard sharp object. [DOC] [TLE] Firelighting - Wikipedia [PAR] Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of starting a fire artificially. Fire 
was an .... Steel and iron produce hot sparks when struck against any glassy 
stone ... To produce sparks, one may strike a hard stone (for example flint or 
quartz) ... fire-starting systems use a large ferrocerium rod and a hard scraper to 
create hot... [DOC] [TLE] How to start a fire using flint and steel - Human Kinetics [PAR] An illustrated description of how to start a fire using very basic tools. ... Steel is 
struck against the sharp edge of a hard stone, and sparks form as the rock peels 
... Flint rocks, such as quartz, agate, chert, and jasper, which are high in silica ... 
You can strike a flint rock against another stone or other hard object to create 
sharp... [DOC] [TLE] Testing different minerals to get sparks from a fire steel ... [PAR] Testing different minerals to get sparks from a fire steel. Wilderness ... The best 
sparks where made using quartz,fossilized wood and the devils toenail. .... 
Volcanic glass will certainly give a spark when struck against a fire-steel. The 
glass is hard and sharp and will flake iron bits off the striker real easy. [DOC] [TLE] Which steels throw the best sparks when making a fire steel ... [PAR] I recently cut a piece of 5160 and hardened it for a fire steel and bow drill. ... I love 
flint and steel fire starting I do that the most but I should try it with my knife as well 
... not a piece of metal used to spark/strike/scrape against the ferrocerium rod. ... 
metal that is struck by a piece of flint or chert to create sparks. [DOC] [TLE] what different rocks can i use with steel that produce sparks other ... [PAR] I'm not a fire making expert, but I would think that you could try any rock that ... I 
have used quartz, pyrite and tourmaline. .... The flint striker must be softer than 
what it is being struck against, typically a rock although carbide steel also works. 
... (strike them very hard against each other) make better sparks. [DOC] [TLE] Flint and Steel Fire Starting | Practical Survivor [PAR] Flint has been used to manufacture cutting tools and also to produce sparks for 
fire. The hard edge of the flint rock was struck against either iron pyrite rocks or 
high carbon steel. With some practice, this ... The question is, how do we make 
fire out of steel while using flint rock? Ignition ... (being very careful to not get 
injured). [DOC] [TLE] making fire  true flint & steel - ESEE Knives [PAR] into sharp edges - such as chert, quartz, obsidian, etc. ... a sharp edge of a hard 
stone shaves a micro-grained amount of steel and turns it into a molten piece of 
... when struck against flint, material to catch the spark, and dry tinder that can be 
blown into a flame from ... As a final note on techniques, when starting fire with 
true. [DOC] [TLE] Fire - Two Stone Fire Starting - Wildwood Survival [PAR] I have currently used twelve combinations of starting fires. I will explain three ... I 
had, from time to time, gotten lots of "flash," but nothing of a really hot spark. 
Figuring my ... Photo 9 shows the "striker" (quartz) and "handstone" (pentlandite) 
together. ... The two pieces of stone in my hand broke from being hit so hard. I 
began... [DOC] [TLE] Firemaking with Flint and Steel - Ragweed Forge [PAR] With good

Question: This very hard quartz is struck against steel to make sparks when starting a fire
Answer: Flint