Curly Tail 'R' Striker - Traditional 'Flint & Steel' Fire Striker (85-1999)

Curly Tailed 'R' Shaped Traditional Fire Steel       

• FREE UK Delivery
• Ease of Use Rating: 5/5 (Beginner)
• Traditional Styled Traditional 'R' Shaped Fire Steel
• Viking Influenced
• Cut Our Scroll Design
• Curled Tail Detailing 
• 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: 61mm x 38mm x 4mm
• Ideal for the ardent Bushcraft Enthusiast, Survivalists, Re-enactors, Budding Pioneers, Cosplayes, LARPS and Beginners

Beautifully styled and eligant curled 'R' shaped designed Fire Steel has a Viking influence with its stunning cut out work. Although intricate in its design, it is actually quite easy to hold and strike.

'R' shaped Fire Steels have been around for centuries many of them were originally made from old Files.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.

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  or visit our Tinder Page to see our full range, click here to view.

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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 or add one of our new Tinder Box starter kits to start you off on your traditional fire lighting journey.

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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