I have had a firesteel for a while but never used it until this week and now I find I have two problems .
1. All I can get to light is cotton wool. I watched a few clips on the internet which seem to light all maner of tinder easily, what tinder should I try apart from cotton wool ?.
2. I have a folding Spiderco knife which throws a good shower of sparks when I draw the back of it down the firesteel, but when I try with my fixed blade knife (I think it is carbon steel) I cannot get sparks. Any idea why ?.
Any advice to help is appreciated.
Cal
1. All I can get to light is cotton wool. I watched a few clips on the internet which seem to light all maner of tinder easily, what tinder should I try apart from cotton wool ?.
2. I have a folding Spiderco knife which throws a good shower of sparks when I draw the back of it down the firesteel, but when I try with my fixed blade knife (I think it is carbon steel) I cannot get sparks. Any idea why ?.
Any advice to help is appreciated.
Cal