Fire Steel

Materials:

W1 Tool Steel

(For more information onf W1 Tool steel please reference this link.)

Shape:

One of the common elements of all steel strikers is a flat area to strike against the flint.

As part of the experimental process I created a striker with a slight curve to the face

The slight curve caused the flint to erode at a much faster rate than I have normally seen.

normalizing

hardening

testing

Sparking pre anealing. PHOTO

Sparking post anealing normalization. PHOTO

Russian composite fire steel and iron body and a welded face http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/novgorod/NovgorodMus273strikeAlight.jpg

http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/novgorodmetalp.html