Fire steels & blade spines

[jamesraykenney]

A silly question, but if I were to purchase a fire steel to use with my new Clipper, how would I have to modify the spine of the blade to be able to propely use a fire steel with it? I'm asking because I remember hearing once that stainless steel is quite difficult to produce sparks with.

Thanks,

Adam

You would have problems with a FLINT, but not a firesteel... With a flint, it is the STEEL that is doing the sparking, and stainless does NOT spark well... With a firesteel, it is the firesteel itself that is doing the sparking, so anything that is hard can be used...