another successful day at the forge, all because of the generosity of a mate.
One double curl done and another bought striker that only sparked occasionally rehardened now sparks consistently.
I have found I can only do one striker in a session, that way I am not feeling rushed and can concentrate on the forging and mateship.
The double curl still doesn't look like the pic, and has some cracks in the strike face after the quench (despite me not working the metal too cold, and doing several normalizing cycles throughout the process) but it sparks like demon, and that's what I care about.
I'll do a spark test video tomorrow