After a little break from forging whilst I built a new home for the forge, I'm back, and I have three steel strikers for sale (just in time for Christmas 
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As with all my strikers/firesteels, they are forged from 0-1 carbon steel, quenched, normalised and quenched again. As with all of my recent offerings, I've finished the strikers a light sanding/polishing, although if you're more of a fan of the 'rustic' more traditional look, I can soon throw them back into the forge for a few minutes and give them a coat of wax afterwards.
I've made strikers from a number of steels in the past; from old files to leaf spring and, more recently to 0-1 tool steel. 0-1 is quite a hard steel when water quenched (it should really be oil quenched), thus it doesn't spark like a sparkler, but does give long-lasting sparks which work very well to develop embers on charcloth or amadou.
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The striker on the far left, is a little experiment of mine, and works best with those who are right-handed: The scroll at the end of the striker is expanded slightly to provide a bid more of a grip in the centre of the palm. I've found that this helps you to keep the striker steady when glancing blows off the flint and goes some way to preventing grazed knuckles!
You can have any one of the strikers (above) for £9 to your door including a piece of flint and some charcloth. Payment preferably via Paypal as a gift or as monies owed (to avoid those pesky fees! )
If you're not so keen on any of the designs above, please drop me a message and I'll be happy to modify one, or make one to your exact specifications.
)As with all my strikers/firesteels, they are forged from 0-1 carbon steel, quenched, normalised and quenched again. As with all of my recent offerings, I've finished the strikers a light sanding/polishing, although if you're more of a fan of the 'rustic' more traditional look, I can soon throw them back into the forge for a few minutes and give them a coat of wax afterwards.
I've made strikers from a number of steels in the past; from old files to leaf spring and, more recently to 0-1 tool steel. 0-1 is quite a hard steel when water quenched (it should really be oil quenched), thus it doesn't spark like a sparkler, but does give long-lasting sparks which work very well to develop embers on charcloth or amadou.
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The striker on the far left, is a little experiment of mine, and works best with those who are right-handed: The scroll at the end of the striker is expanded slightly to provide a bid more of a grip in the centre of the palm. I've found that this helps you to keep the striker steady when glancing blows off the flint and goes some way to preventing grazed knuckles!
You can have any one of the strikers (above) for £9 to your door including a piece of flint and some charcloth. Payment preferably via Paypal as a gift or as monies owed (to avoid those pesky fees!
)If you're not so keen on any of the designs above, please drop me a message and I'll be happy to modify one, or make one to your exact specifications.
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