Traditional 'Heart' Shaped Flint & Steel Fire Striker - Bethel Forge (85-1101)

Traditional 'Heart' Fire Steel (85-1101)

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• Traditional Heart Shaped Fire Steel  (85-1101)
• Beautifully Hand Forged in the USA Exclusively for Shark Designs
• Easy to hold and use
• High spark yielding
• A 2,000 year old fire making technology
• Measures: Approx 75mm x 45 mm
• Weight: 30g
• And Budding Pioneers , LARPS

Heart shaped Fire Steels have always been popular throughout the history of Traditional Fire Lighting, not only were they a symbol of Love but also a practical design due to the outside curve that gives the perfect arc when striking against flint. Heart shaped Fire Steels were very popular back in the 17th & 18th Century in regions such as France and Spain and the heart shape was even used in 'open work' detail  on Fire Steels dating back to the 16th Century. We have tried to capture the romance of the heart shaped Fire Steels at Shark Tinderbox/Beaver Bushcraft by reintroducing the shape both for men and women. 

This hand-forged traditional styled Heart' shaped steel striker is used for traditional ‘Flint & Steel’ fire making. It has a very rustic authentic feel as it has been made by hand and no  'Heart' will be exactly the same. Used with Amadou tinder fungus or Char Cloth, the sparks created from this top quality steel striker will easily form an ember that can be used to ignite a tinder bundle. Each fire steel has a hand made, hand forged look, which makes these particular fire steels very appealing and they have a very rustic and honest feel about them. 

Each fire steel measures approximately 75 mm x 45 mm, but each steel will vary slightly due to being hand forged and made by eye. Its an ideal size for keeping in a Tinderbox or a Tinder Pouch.

Bethel Forge still uses a 150 yr old Anvil that 'don't like to be struck when its 10 below' and uses 200 year old Bellows for his coal fire driven Forge.

Please see our other Listings for other Fire Steels that we have on offer. For more information about our full range of traditional ‘Flint & Steel’ Tinderboxes plus our classic range of Hudson Bay Tinder Boxes as well as articles about traditional Fire Lighting techniques visit our Library.

Photos of Bethel Forge were given to us by kind permission of Adam Cantrell. 

Tinder Pouch Starter Kit (Optional Extra)

Why not add to your traditional styled Fire Steel with one of our Tinder Pouch Starter Kits that contains everything that you would need to start creating fires the way our ancestors did for over 2,000 years? This simple Tinder Pouch Starter Kit contains everything that you would require to turn your Fire Steel into a Traditional Tinder Pouch.

Kit Contents:

• Beaver Bushcraft Natural Cotton Drawstring Pouch 
• Natural Norfolk Flints
• Natural Amadou Tinder
• 100% Cotton Char Cloth
• Jute Tinder Rope
• Sulphur Spills
• How to look after and use your Traditional Fire Steel Instructions sheet

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