[TheForge] fire steel materials

[Rowland Smuck]

Thanks Phil
Rowland of Roseburg, OR 97470
10 miles to the nearest Red Light
There is a very fine line between 
"hobby" and "mental illness
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil" <mobjak at yahoo.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] fire steel materials


You could either do a google image search on "flint
striker", or go to the dixie gunworks web site
(http://www.dixiegun.com/) and search on "striker".

--- Rowland Smuck <rsmuck at direcway.com> wrote:

> Where can I see pictures? of the fire steels?
> Rowland of Roseburg, OR 97470
> 10 miles to the nearest Red Light
> There is a very fine line between
> "hobby" and "mental illness
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daniel Kretchmar" <dan at irontreeworks.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] fire steel materials
> 
> 
> > My fire steels are made from 1/2 strips cut from
> an old industrial planer 
> > blade.  They are 1/4 inch thick and according to
> the steel yard where I 
> > bought the old blade, it is 1095.  I tried lots of
> other metals AR232, old 
> > files, old coil springs, drill rod, etc, and the
> planer blade consistantly 
> > makes the sparkiest steels
> >
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