Kuvik High-Carbon Steel Flint Striker for Emergency Fire Starting and Survival

I bought a bunch of these for friends after teaching them to build flint and steel fires. I checked them myself, and they work great. They are large enough for someone with bigger hands than mine to hold comfortably, and the striking edge is thick enough front to back that it puts a little more distance between your knuckles the sharp piece of flint that you will eventually and inevitably slice across your knuckles while learning to do this. The striking edge is also slightly ridged, a feature that I really appreciate, as it makes it easier to throw a spark. They aren't nearly as pretty a hand wrought one, as they appear to be cut from a slab. But my pretty hand wrought has a snapped off handle, and is shaped in such as way as that I frequently have cut knuckles. See the above statement. So after testing them to make sure they worked well, I ended up buying another one for myself to replace my "pretty" one. Solid, easy to use, and gets the job done.

Sparks good and wide enough to protect fingers.

Works 100% of the time with flint chert or quartz.

This is a nice little steel.

I bought this while assembling a "traditional " fire kit to go with my black powder camping kit. I have started numerous fires with it and it has worked in all conditions with both English flint and American chirt! Althoough I have never tried it with any other tenders, I have always had success with char cloth and birch bark taking a spark within 2-3 strikes.

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Well built. Easy to use.

adds another useful way to make/ start fire

It works well!

It was a gift for my husband. He loves it. One strike and our campfire is going.

I like the concept of a flint striker like this one, but it is hard to cause enough sparking to happen to light anything. I'm still happy to have it, and I practice, but it is not a good firestarter.