Fire striker kit

[SpottedBull]

A couple pictures of a fire kit I put together recently.

 

[Carbon 6]

I like it, very nice. Reminds me of the ones that Wick Eberly use to make.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

A couple pictures of a fire kit I put together recently.View attachment 12332 View attachment 12333

Nice, but where it is the flint, charr cloth or tinder fungus? Did you make the steel? I see lines on the steel, was that a chunk of file? You have a nice pouch and steel for part of the kit. You are one good fire starter, if you can make a fire with just a steel and a pouch
Flintlocklar

 

[Chris Goerner]

Nice work -- I really like that. I saw an original about 20 years ago in an antique shop that attributed that particular piece to Tibet. Do you know if these were used in Europe or the American Colonies?

 

[SpottedBull]

I saw an old newspaper ad for them, but I'm not sure where that paper was from. Also, I'd seen a few reproductions and took the idea and made my own copies.

 

[Carbon 6]

Do you know if these were used in Europe or the American Colonies?

According to Wick Ellerbe; "They are reported to have originated in Asia, and spread to the middle east. The British then began making them in the 18th c., and they became somewhat popular as pipe lighters. It is not a great stretch to assume their use in the colonies, and there are some of these in private collections attributed to be American, but more likely they are of British origin and brought over by immigrants, and soldiers. There is also a similar kit in the Kit Carson museum that is reported to have been his, and worn around his neck. It is in very good condition, but the striker shows much use".

http://www.wickellerbe.com/gallery/index.php?action=showfull&vpic=146&gll=6&tpic=8&maxp=10

 

[Chris Goerner]

Great information -- thanks. Definitely need to add one of these to my to-do list!