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Hello fooks, my first Firesteel and first attemp at posting photo's, if it works....Ebony, by the way!! thanks, Andy
Pimp My Firesteel - Part Deux.
- Thread starter Too Much Kit To Carry
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Here is my offereing
Not pretty (But not designed to be, all will become clear)
The handle is fat pine (Maya/resin heavy pine whaterver you want to call it)
The point of this large ugly handle is this..
Scrape away some of the handle into fine "Dust"
Collect the dust into a little pile
Spark you steel into the pile and "hey presto"
There you have it a constant supply of tinder and a steel all in one!
As you can see the handle is "consumable" so there is little point in prettying it up to much!
Not pretty (But not designed to be, all will become clear)
The handle is fat pine (Maya/resin heavy pine whaterver you want to call it)
The point of this large ugly handle is this..
Scrape away some of the handle into fine "Dust"
Collect the dust into a little pile
Spark you steel into the pile and "hey presto"
There you have it a constant supply of tinder and a steel all in one!
As you can see the handle is "consumable" so there is little point in prettying it up to much!
I've got a pair I'm doing for the kids (hope they appreciate it)
I won't get a chance to finish them till the weekend at the earliest though.
I won't get a chance to finish them till the weekend at the earliest though.
Here's a light-hearted one:
It has four high-powered white LED's to illuminate one's tinder in the dark.
Runs off a lithium CR123A cell, so should have a shelf-life of ten years and a runtime of about 24 hours.
Case is a brass tube and you just twist to turn it on. Should be pretty much waterproof too; o-ring sealed!
It's bright enough to walk around a pitch-black house with.
Rick.
It has four high-powered white LED's to illuminate one's tinder in the dark.
Runs off a lithium CR123A cell, so should have a shelf-life of ten years and a runtime of about 24 hours.
Case is a brass tube and you just twist to turn it on. Should be pretty much waterproof too; o-ring sealed!
It's bright enough to walk around a pitch-black house with.
Rick.
Too Much Kit To Carry said:
it's the end of the month already! I'm not going to have anything done. I was wworking on a fancy laminated handle but other things needed doing. Maybe next time...
Edit.
Here's one I did earlier though.
I realy like the feel of the knucklebone style handle. It's in rock maple and finished with danish oil.
bent-stick said:it's the end of the month already! I'm not going to have anything done...
I'm also in the same boat bent-stick
Too many things to do or going on and too little time
Phil.
Hi all,
As per the rules: -
Each entry must be a single photograph showing the firesteel in question.
Could those of you who have posted several pictures please let me know, via this thread, which picture you want used for the poll please?
Many thanks in advance,
Phil.
As per the rules: -
Each entry must be a single photograph showing the firesteel in question.
Could those of you who have posted several pictures please let me know, via this thread, which picture you want used for the poll please?
Many thanks in advance,
Phil.
Hi Phil
As I said earlier, my pictures are just for show as I have two Fire Pistons already, one of them being the type offered as a prize . No chance of winning anyway looking at the high standards entered for the competition.
If I did enter it would have been the Antler Papoose one.
Cheers
George
As I said earlier, my pictures are just for show as I have two Fire Pistons already, one of them being the type offered as a prize . No chance of winning anyway looking at the high standards entered for the competition.
If I did enter it would have been the Antler Papoose one.
Cheers
George
madrussian said:Put this one for my second entry, if that's alright:
...Now... how does that work?
I finally managed to do something with my firesteels
I had some antlers knocking around and have been meaning to do this for ages and finally got an hour or two to myself today
Managed to get a nice tight fit for the steels into the antler :-
Cutting gooves into the inserted part of the firesteel with a hacksaw, to give the glue something to bond to, was an interesting exercise!
All glued together with Mitre Mate - wonderful stuff
Cheers,
Phil.
I had some antlers knocking around and have been meaning to do this for ages and finally got an hour or two to myself today
Managed to get a nice tight fit for the steels into the antler :-
Cutting gooves into the inserted part of the firesteel with a hacksaw, to give the glue something to bond to, was an interesting exercise!
All glued together with Mitre Mate - wonderful stuff
Cheers,
Phil.
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