mora frosts clipper for striking flint?

[odin13]

while sharpening my mora frosts clipper, i noticed on the blade it says high carbon, has anyone tried these for striking flint, all my flint seems to ahve vanished so i didnt get the chance to try it, but i wonder if it would work?
cheers,
alex

[bushwacker bob]

probably.
But the sparks from flint and steel are moulton balls of steel.As they dont come from your flint, the source of the steel will be your knife!
An old file would be better than using your most important bit of kit.

[Simca]

I have used my KJ Ericsson carbon steel mora's spine to strike sparks with flint. It was a succesfull firestarting with charcloth.

[PC2K]

my frost mora trainings knife will produce sparks, but it's much harder than using a piece of steel ment for it.

[ChrisKavanaugh]

(GRUMBLE GRUMBLE) ETS forum readers who don't dig through my old posts :( The high carbon, high rockwell Moras are about the ONLY off the shelf knife you can spark with flints. Softer steels merely let the flint edge gouge into the seel. A hard steel will result in a carbon molecule(s) percussing into a spark. This is one reason I stash multiple moras in my kits in reserve ( along with being inexpensive and off the shelf sharp.) True, you will eventually pit the spine. But remember this is essentially duplicating a flintlock firearm and they fired hundreds of rounds along with messy blackpowder. You may want to dress the spine with a file to get a squared surface and some 'bite' for the flint to connect with. The laminated Frosts can be successfully used this way also after preparation. Now it's back toETS to moderate some argument over the ultimate survival knife :o

[Toddy]

(GRUMBLE GRUMBLE) ETS forum readers who don't dig through my old posts :( The high carbon, high rockwell Moras are about the ONLY off the shelf knife you can spark with flints. Softer steels merely let the flint edge gouge into the seel. A hard steel will result in a carbon molecule(s) percussing into a spark. This is one reason I stash multiple moras in my kits in reserve ( along with being inexpensive and off the shelf sharp.) True, you will eventually pit the spine. But remember this is essentially duplicating a flintlock firearm and they fired hundreds of rounds along with messy blackpowder. You may want to dress the spine with a file to get a squared surface and some 'bite' for the flint to connect with. The laminated Frosts can be successfully used this way also after preparation. Now it's back toETS to moderate some argument over the ultimate survival knife :o

Hi Chris,
Thanks for the information.......good advice bears repetition ;)

Cheers,
Toddy

[Kirruth]

A hacksaw blade makes a cheap flint striker, but really, those nice Swedish firesteels are a better option...

[Andy]

We couldn't get My mora knives to give of sparks at ashdown. I don'thave much luck with knives and using them to make fire :(

[Spacemonkey]

Interestingly enough the supplied piece if biscuit tin that came with my firesteel was relatively useless at spark production so got filed. The Opinel however changed all that and gave a horde of sparks that danced towards the tinder, consuming it in a ravenous flame. Anyway, the biscuit tin is just more junk to cart around. Use the knife as you are already carrying it....?

[whitebuffalo]

I have an old Mora and this is high carbon and works ok with a flint although I have found there is a knack to it. Ignore the pictures in books and try to caste the spark down onto your char cloth.

[Gary]

Gotta agree with WB above, my new BFK will also caste a spark and the trick in use is to hold the blade spine side up resting the tip on a solid surface and then strike a glancing blow with the flint onto the side of the spine. Small orange sparks should then drop into the char.