[TheForge] fire steel materials

[Bob Willman]

	Nicholson files are 10-95.
 


Bob Willman
Bowling Green, Ohio
The Eagle's Anvil
WB8NQW

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Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 8:21 PM
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Subject: [TheForge] fire steel materials

I have been making fire steels for years using a variety of salvaged
materials with varying quality of sparks. The best always seems to be those
made from old files.  I thought I had heard that files where W1.  So I
bought some new W1 that was already just the right size to save having to
cut down a file to size.  Sadly the spark from the W1 is mediocre at best,
plenty to start a fire with but not the fourth of July shower of sparks from
the files.  So the question is, what type of steel are files made from?  Or
what new grade of steel will produce a good hot shower of sparks?

Thanks


John Switzer
Black Bear Forge
7019 Burnt Mill rd
Beulah, CO 81023
(719) 485-3109
http://www.blackbearforge.com  


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