[TheForge] flint strikers

[Jerry Frost]

I don't have a set treatment because I use salvaged 
steel mostly. I heat treat for effect, large bright 
orange, long lived sparks.

I take a test striker to full hardness and strike a 
spark, if necessary temper a little at a time till I 
get sparks I like. Then do the rest if there are more.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "dan tull" <dantull at numail.org>


>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.
>
>
> dan tull
> Georgia
>