I'd really like to try and make one of those little flint and steel jobs as carried by the explorer chap in RM's latest show - this one
Now I know I can do the brazing and suchlike for the slow match tube and no doubt I can find the flint, maybe even get the bit of cotton rope and soak it in saltpetre (assuming I can source it ) but the one thing I can't do is make the steel. I've never forged anything and wouldn't know where to start!
Is there an easy way to make it? Can I do it with my barbeque and a blowtube to heat it up a bit, something like that? Can I use an old file, that sort of thing?
Now I know I can do the brazing and suchlike for the slow match tube and no doubt I can find the flint, maybe even get the bit of cotton rope and soak it in saltpetre (assuming I can source it ) but the one thing I can't do is make the steel. I've never forged anything and wouldn't know where to start!
Is there an easy way to make it? Can I do it with my barbeque and a blowtube to heat it up a bit, something like that? Can I use an old file, that sort of thing?