Fire striker

Late 18th-century firetools and bricks from Brittany

A fire striker is a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge of flint, chert or similar rock.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is a specific tool used in fire making.

^ Bush, Darren. "Traditional Firestarting Part I: How to Make Fire with Flint and Steel". Manly Skills, Self-Reliance, Survival. Art of Manliness. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Do you have 5 Ways to Make Fire?". Survival Cache. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Fire from Steel - Custom forged fire steels from Roman through Fur Trade time periods". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2013-07-21.

[Bush-1] Bush, Darren. "Traditional Firestarting Part I: How to Make Fire with Flint and Steel". Manly Skills, Self-Reliance, Survival. Art of Manliness. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[Survival_Cache-2] "Do you have 5 Ways to Make Fire?". Survival Cache. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[angelfire-3] "Fire from Steel - Custom forged fire steels from Roman through Fur Trade time periods". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2013-07-21.

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