[TheForge] Fire Steel redux

[Andy Gladish]

Why not just fold it like a taco and weld the edge in?

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:24:43 -0700, Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com>  
wrote:

> I saw an exapmle to day of the fire striker with the steeled edge I am  
> being asked to reproduce.  Pretty amazing.  The steeled part consists  
> of  seam barely wide enough to see slit into the 3/16 striking face,   
> with a strip  perhaps 1/8 wide and .005 or .010 thick set edgwise into  
> it . That little sliver of steel is all that's required to provide the  
> spark.  Now that's economy.  Not a $75 job at all.  Maybe 25.  the whole  
> thing is perhaps 3" long (fits 3 fingers) and the striking edge is  
> perhaps 2".  so begin with a piece of 3/16 x 1/2, draw out a pair of  
> horns, slit the edge 1/8 deep, insert the steel (piano wire?) and forge  
> closed.
>
> Keziah