my current striker collection

[Wave Man]

three more strikers finished today at the forge, really starting to stretch myself with my forging

 

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WulflundJewelry, the Lion historical firesteel, bronze cast

 

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fixed a broken striker that I bought recently, turned out really nicely

and after the fix, tine reshaped, striker re-quenched and sparks really well.

 

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finished off a 5 striker order, adding in some ember tongs as a gift and a packet of nitrated cattail fluff.

large colonial pattern, Wiltshire Australia file, my repeatability is getting better as they are pretty close to being the same.

 

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this is for a GAW for a fellow youtube, a large colonial from a Nicholson USA file and a set of ember tongs will be adding in some Aussie flint as well.

 

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[beast]

Very interesting, thanks

 

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two more finished today, I really like both, an over-sized colonial from a rasp and a taipan from a Wiltshire square file

 

[Askew]

two more finished today, I really like both, an over-sized colonial from a rasp and a taipan from a Wiltshire square file

The taipan looks awesome!

 

[Wave Man]

thanks mate some more pics, the prototype and 2.0 version

 

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D&B Primitive twisted Viking (large version)

 

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BeaverBushcraft Shandong dragon and fiddlehead strikers, along with some Norfolk flint

 

[Chigger]

That dark Norfolk flint is excellent stuff.

 

[Wave Man]

That dark Norfolk flint is excellent stuff.

while I love all flint and have a preference for our Aussie flint I will admit Norfolk flint is the best flint in the world.
It has been tested as well as far as hardness goes and it consistently scores 8 Mohs and is the hardest flint in the world. All other flint scores between 7-8 Moh's. Just think about this though, in Norfolk, they almost treat it like a nuisance and have so much flint they build with it and many in Norfolk really don't appreciate it as they should.

 

[Chigger]

Truely Norfolk flint is the best and yes have seen pictures of houses in England built entirely of shaped flintstone.

This is just one : https://s3.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/lbimg/101/263/995/101263995-239716-800.jpg

 

[Wave Man]

another productive day at the forge

 

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a treasured gift from a friend

 

[Chigger]

I see char clolth and two pieces of grey flint. What are the yellow stones, a chert of some sort ? The striker looks really good and well made.

 

[Wave Man]

yes mate, it's all Florida chert, even the grey is classified as chert AFAIK as it is formed in limestone layers rather than chalk layers like flint does.

My mate is a talented smith and makes a fine striker. It sparks well.