Wilderness Solutions

Holy exothermic oxidation, Batman!

Posted by JK on 13th Jul 2017

This flint striker liv so up to its claims---it throws showers of hot sparks, and if you get a good one on your hand instead of your tinder, it actually stings! I've not tried with natural tinder yet, but I can catch an ember on charcloth with only one or two strike; that's faster than with a match!

This kit fits nicely with a bit of charcloth and jute fiber into the leather pouch attached to my 2nd gen coco bolt convertible piston, so I have more than one method of achieving ember. I slide the striker into a piece of old bicycle tube so it doesn't rattle or chip the flint.