antler fire steel southy inspired

[luckylee]

hi guys, right of the bat i would like to say a big thank you to southey, as with out him, i would no have been able to acheive this, as he kindly sent me a peice of antler, and then from there, i followed his tutorial, and made my own.
hope you like it, it has spalted maple at the top, and spalted horse chesnut at the bottem, and leather spacers, and a black fibre liner spacer, and copper tube.

005 by lucky_lee, on Flickr

004 by lucky_lee, on Flickr

002 by lucky_lee, on Flickr

001 by lucky_lee, on Flickr
i still have a little to do on this, the wood needs more linseed oil, and the leather liners and the whole lot needs a good buff, i tryed to keep the shape of the antler, and worked around it, rather than make it a more uniform shape as i love the the character of it.
all comments are welcome.
take care.
lee.

 

[Shewie]

Cracking job Lee

Next time I'm up Scotland I'm on the look out for more antler

 

[luckylee]

Cracking job Lee

Next time I'm up Scotland I'm on the look out for more antler

cheer's mate, i loved doing this, and really wanted one to hang round me neck.

 

[ged]

...all comments are welcome.

That's a lovely piece. I have something by one of the well-known manufacturers (nasty plastic but it does the job very well) which has a built-in striker. The design you've come up with could lend itself well to having a built-in striker too. Just a thought.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Brilliant matey!! I like the look of the wood, seems almost warm already, great result.

 

[luckylee]

Brilliant matey!! I like the look of the wood, seems almost warm already, great result.

thanks mate.
and thank you for the antler.

 

[luckylee]

That's a lovely piece. I have something by one of the well-known manufacturers (nasty plastic but it does the job very well) which has a built-in striker. The design you've come up with could lend itself well to having a built-in striker too. Just a thought.

have you a pic of what you mean ged?

 

[HHazeldean]

Really lovely work there Lee, after seeing both yours and Southeys work I reckon I am going to give this one a go as well.

Nice one!

 

[Retired Member southey]

have you a pic of what you mean ged?

I'm trying to find the site that sells these, they do have scrapers on, I just figured the if I have this then I would have my knife too.though was thinking that a little flat pouch on the out side would work to keep a scraper in too.

 

[ged]

have you a pic of what you mean ged?

I got mine from Lurch but the picture on his site doesn't show it very well so there's a better one here:

http://campingsurvivalkit.info/ultimate-survival-technologies-strikeforce-fire-starter/

I really like it because it means (1) I don't have to use my knife and (2) I don't have to stuff a bit of broken HSS hacksaw blade in a pocket somewhere.

 

[luckylee]

I'm trying to find the site that sells these, they do have scrapers on, I just figured the if I have this then I would have my knife too.though was thinking that a little flat pouch on the out side would work to keep a scraper in too.

i can see a little leather scraper pouch coming on lol.
i see what you mean jed, but i'm with southy, when i will be taking this im normally ouit bushcrafting, so will have my leatherman/knife with with me, so would proberbly use that, what i might do, is add a little leather case to to the lanyard, with the scraper, the best scraper i have used so far, are the ones i got from fgyt of the group buy, thaey are fantatic scrapers, and have yet to find a better one.

 

[PaulSanderson]

lee that is stunning mate! seriously impressed. after seeing yours and daves it makes me want to add it to my ever growing list of "to do's"...if i stuff it up do you take commissions?? haha

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

Thats cracking and inspired me to have a go myself.

 

[luckylee]

lee that is stunning mate! seriously impressed. after seeing yours and daves it makes me want to add it to my ever growing list of "to do's"...if i stuff it up do you take commissions?? haha

i do mate, but as southy done me proud, if he would like to take it on, that would be fine by me.

 

[Biker]

Really like that Lee. Cracking job mate! Thumbs up to Southey for making it happen.

 

[PaulSanderson]

i want one EXACTLY like yours ha ha...that is stunning mate...

 

[luckylee]

i want one EXACTLY like yours ha ha...that is stunning mate...

i tell you what, you have a go, if you mess up, drop me a pm and ill see what i can do.

 

[beenn]

That's beautiful mate

 

[PaulSanderson]

ok mate...youre on, i'll have a go...expect a PM soon haha

 

[Retired Member southey]

Haha get on it Pabs! If you need any quick pointers shoot me a text matey! But it is suprisingly simple, woodlore do very good Ferrocerium blanks, seven pounds and free shipping.