[TheForge] flint strikers

[Andrew Vida]

You MUST temper the striker or it will not work well, if even at all.
There is a rather narrow range of hardness values into which the striker
must fall in order to function properly.  I once spent better part of a
day at the Folk School tearing my hair out in several failed attempts to
get it right.  I finally got it to work, but by then I was fit for a
strait jacket.  Marshall just stood by, deriving great entertainment
from my swearing and frustration.

You have been warned.

dan tull wrote:
> I know we covered this before, but what was the consensus of opinion
> , to temper or use as quenched?  From hay rake tines to files, seems
> they would be too brittle and hard to shave sparks in "as quenched".
> I expect it will be a "resultant" issue , as in, do two and see which
> showers best.
>