Classic 'R' Striker - Traditional 'Flint & Steel' Fire Striker (85-1700)

Traditional R Shaped 'Flint & Steel' Striker (85-1700)

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• Ease of Use Rating: 5/5 (Beginner)
• Traditional Styled Traditional 'R' Shaped Fire Steel
• Circa 17th - 18th Century English
• Great for Traditional ‘Flint & Steel’ Fire Lighting
• Designsed and Made in the UK by Beaver Bushcraft
• Easy to hold and use
• High spark yielding
• A 2,000 year old fire making technology
• Measures Approx: 73mm x 30mm x 4mm
• Ideal for the ardent Bushcraft Enthusiast, Survivalists, Re-enactors, Budding Pioneers, Cosplayes, LARPS and Beginners

This traditional styled 'R' shaped Fire Steel, sometimes known as a 'U' shaped fire steel, depending on what way you use it, was very popular in England during the 17th to 18th Century.

As a way of recycling, by blacksmiths of the time, many of them were originally made from old Files. Recycling steel in this way could dramatically reduced the cost of making them since high quality steel was still, at the time, relatively hard to manufacture. The simple ‘U’ or 'R' design was most probably used because it is one of fastest and simplest ways to turn spent Files into useful and resalable goods. This being done by simply drawing out the end of broken File into a long narrowing tang, curling the very end to form a small circle and then bending the tang over to form a ‘U’ or 'R' shape.

This Fire Steel has been given a 5/5 'ease of use rating'as its ideal for beginners upwards and towards a more experienced user of Flint & Steel.

Please note no Flint or Tinders are included in this sale. You can add one of our Starter Tinder Pouch Kits which contains some Flint & tinder samples to start you on your Flint & Steel journey. See Drop Down Menu for this option.

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Ideal for Beginners to Experts.

This style of Fire Steel is ideally suited for the complete Beginners to the Expert Traditional Flint & Steel Fire Lighting Master, and anyone in between who wants a Fire Steel that is exceptionally easy to use and that produces a very high yield of sparks with absolutely no effort.

This style of Fire Steel is ideally suited for instructors to use when teaching children Traditional 'Flint& Steel' Fire Lighting, or anyone who wants a more challenging spark based fire lighting methodology other than using a Ferrocerium Rod Striker. The balance, weight and shape of this style of Fire Steel make it an absolute doddle to use, giving off a high yield of sparks with no experience required. An exceptional Fire Steel at any level of experience. Experienced users should get sparks on each and every strike.

Tinder Pouch Starter Kit

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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