help with a puukko

[heath]

Hi guys sorry if this question has been covered already

I'm finding it difficult to get a decent spark from my issaki Lapp Puukko. Is there anythging I can do to address this?

 

[Osprey]

I'm guessing that the steel of your puukko is not hard enough to cast a spark. I have an Isakki puukko as well and cannot get decent sparks with it, despite filing the back square. My opinels, on the other hand, all produce great showers of sparks. Broken galss, and broken pottery work well also!
Hope this helps,
Doug.

 

[Tiley]

Does the back of the blade on which you strike the firesteel have a good, cleanly defined square shape? If not, you may have to break out the metal file and create one. This might help make your trickle of sparks into more of a shower.

 

[JonnyP]

Does the back of the blade on which you strike the firesteel have a good, cleanly defined square shape? If not, you may have to break out the metal file and create one. This might help make your trickle of sparks into more of a shower.

As Tiley says......
I have a stainless Lapp Puukko and when new the top of the blade was quite rounded, so I put it in a vice and squared off the back edge with a file. It is now much better with a fire steel....