- Nov 17, 2019
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Little tidbit for your next game if you're reading, Theo. When using flint and steel (in this case a knife) to make sparks, you're essentially shaving off the softer metal with the spine of the blade and causing it to be hot enough with friction to catch dry wood. But no matter if you use a ferro rod or flint and steel, you always want to have tinder or kindling of some kind to slowly stack on the initial flame, ideally dryed leaves and feather sticks you make by using the edge of the knife to thinly shave off your dry wood. That's how you start a bushcraft fire proper.