Forging a Flint Striker

BY FLAME WE SHALL MAKE FLAME! Today, we finally get the chance to use the HELL PIG and create a flint striker to make our power-over-fire portable.
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[@Jaeler9]

Interesting side note: actually smithing your own blacksmithing tools has traditionally been one of the tests that a blacksmith apprentice would make in the course of their apprenticeship, and when they were done it was a sign of their competence.

[@samuelstephens273]

Another interesting thing about Blacksmithing. To prove your worth as a Smith one needs to make rose head nails at a rate of 100 per hour. My best is around 50...

[@MSmith-jf5wo]

So! You're only a "Half-Fast" Blacksmith? Lol I've made them, but only on occasion (whenever someone really needed them, for "aesthetics" in their cabin!).@@samuelstephens273

[@dragonscaskentertainment5139]

"like most people on tinder do..." That killed me! I'm heading to a blacksmith event today, so this was a great video to get me ready! Time to get me a bucket of hell, and get back into metal!

[@ryanmoore3954]

So little tip from a bladesmith. To get better bends you can use the horn of your anvil. Other than that I’m impressed with how this project went.

[@MSmith-jf5wo]

Start on the Horn, finish with scrolling tongs.

[@michaelyoung7261]

Be careful on your hunt of the Wild Marshmallow. While it does have a better flavor when cooked to perfection over open flame, they are far fiercer if cornered and don’t appreciate El having their dens encroached upon. God Speed, mighty Clev3r! ~~you’re going to need it~~

[@JadeCa-T-girl]

I recommend looking at videos on how to strike the "flint" stone for more sparks more consistently.

[@therobotwolf]

That looks so cool man. The Snek Striker

[@Taurusus]

One time I threw a evidently-not-empty Bic into a campfire, so yeah I know exactly what you mean. We're not gonna talk about the "bowl full of kerosene" incident.

[@SkillTree]

🤣 you are my kindred for I have had "bowl full of kerosene" issues in the past as well!

[@Taurusus]

@@SkillTree It's tough out there for a -pyro- curious soul.

[@TheDBates2010]

If you plan on using the pork forge more often you should/ need to coat the wool in a ridgidizer and/or refractory cement bc the fibers thr wool can ans will put off while using the forge is harmful to your respiratory system

[@lloydbush]

...and maybe add a brick on one side to keep in the heat.

[@robertryden8036]

For future use. I took a large pliers like yours and took some steel piping and tapped the over the pliers grips. Then tapped it tightly on the grips, and hammered it. Using a hack saw I cut the new handles to my preferred length and VOILE` a cheap useful Blacksmith tool.

[@Jay-rb5pg]

Toaster ovens are great for annealing

[@Arkie80]

Overeating of spicy foods kindles a fire in my heart.

[@winterknightwarden8543]

Looks great Cl3ver!!! I need to get/make a new burner for my forge and furnace.

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

May Hephaestus god of the Forge accept this video as a tribute may he grant us his powerful blacksmithing spells and skills so we may build weapons for world domination 😁

[@SkillTree]

May your forge be hot and your hammer fall true

[@christophersnedeker2065]

I'm confused do you actually believe in Hephaestus lol

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

@@christophersnedeker2065 No just a HUGE Mythology nerd making a joke 😁

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

@@SkillTree Can you make a Monster Hunter kit/trunk

[@misterwolfe1699]

@@christophersnedeker2065 regardless if someone believes or doesn't shouldnt concern you.

[@thundertwonk1090]

You probably already know this one, but try using the hammer without the glove, gives you better control. Sure, it's less safe and you feel the heat more initially, but after a while for me the gloves become an oven and using gloves on the hammer hand feels like using an oven mitt, of course it's safe but it's also unwieldy

[@evilfluff6634]

You need to remember on a flint and steel or as Blackpowder flintlocks the steel gives the spark not the flint unlike a faro rod like the one in lighters. In the case of lighters one steel is hard and one metal is soft. So it is not the rock that sparks it is the steel and you can use about any hard rock if it is harder than the steel. Now with the steel the steps 1 forge the item 2 heat it back up. 3 if knives cool it fast in anything. 4 heat it up to 400 F than let is slowly cool. But remember if you use water or ice you can make it really hard and Japanese swords is cooled in water but only the face or edge they use clay on the back side and they don’t forge the curve it is done by the cold water. So with a flit and steel if the steel is to hard it will not work as good.

[@themongoose3420]

Hehe I shall be trying this in the future great video

[@SkillTree]

Het me know how it goes!

[@Mark-ki7ic]

Project suggestion: brass knuckles

[@ijbewever2908]

after hardening your metal you can put it in the oven for 30 min on 200 celsius to temper it down they do this with knifes to

[@titussturgeon5453]

I genuinely respect how when you fail at making something, you turn it into something awesome and functional. I have seen a lot of improvising on this channel, and am consistently impressed with your ability to recover something everyone thought was gone forever. Also, I have a suggestion. You should do bronze casting. Make a dagger or something.

[@rockinrswoodshop]

Making your own smithing tools would be an awesome series dude! MORE OF APOLLOS SAUSAGE!

[@timothyneiswander3151]

You can find flint in massive quantities in the US at a location known as Flint Ridge Ohio.

[@geoffallert1921]

Even experienced metalworkers have failures from time to time. Your project is awesome and your skills will continue to improve. This is from an experienced metalwork teacher and experienced tradesman. Love your videos.

[@mudawott]

As per usual amazing work. Definitely would work well as a first metal project

[@garygraham4571]

Hi I'm a blacksmith apprentice I use proper PPE when smithing

[@Magmawalker]

You and your video's are so inspiring! Thank you and hello form the Netherlands

[@richardruiz3654]

Anytime you are using a hammer, an anvil and a forge, its a great day! Thanks for the video

[@bear788]

Nice job, much better then the first time I tried to make this many, many, many, many years ago. I could get the shape but not the spark, I did eventually figure out I was using the wrong metal.

[@SkillTree]

It honestly took me a bit too! I think I over heated it to give it more resilience so I had to re harden and try again.

[@mythologymania4365]

This is the literal coolest thing I've seen today

[@SkillTree]

That means a lot! As much as I would like to remain the reigning champion of your day I DO hope for many more cool discoveries for you!

[@ModernKnight]

Really enjoyed this one, even the breaking, then especially how you handled the end result. great job.

[@SkillTree]

Thanks for watching! It was a fun project to work on. Side note, I really love watching your content. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

[@ModernKnight]

@@SkillTree my pleasure. I enjoy your larp and fantasy stuff. Much of my work is focused on the historical, but I love fantasy too. Maybe I should do some practical fantasy themed videos one day, hmm, now you've got me pondering what!

[@SkillTree]

I would love to see your take on the medieval fantasy genre. Maybe even a halfway point for you where you take something from fantasy, LOTR perhaps, and you break down the real things from history that inspired them. Or go the other way and take vaguely historical looking things from fantasy and see if they would actually work. Just spitballing. It would be a blast to see anything you come up with.

[@marquezjeffers7171]

May the Gods of Fire and Forge bestow many blessings upon you lol awesome job bro! 😁🤟

[@vorpalsmithandforge4664]

I love the names for your forge lol gives me ideas lol

[@r4dwolf]

Awesome job! Just an FYI, you can temper metal in just your home oven. 200C/392F for an hour done twice does the job nicely enough for most projects 😁 (Disclaimer: I have the bare minimum blacksmith training aka an artisan degree in metalwork, but this the easiest way and how I was taught to do it if a kiln isn't available)

[@Marcpowers]

First, and great skill

[@SkillTree]

Thank you!

[@LaineyBug2020]

It looks like a Hognose Snek!

[@SkillTree]

Yeeeessss. The vicious Hognose snek created in the Hog of hellfire. This works.

[@Sionovar]

I’ve noticed a trend on your videos of only having 45 comments. No longer shall that be true

[@SkillTree]

Huzzah! The curse is broken! I am FREE!

[@OcioCamaraMx]

Just found this channel recently and as someone who always is looking on how to make all kind of stuff from zero and also someone who loves the crafting jobs on RPG's I wanna thank you so much for your content!

[@waveman0]

a few points mate, don't temper your striker at all, the harder they are the better and the more sparks it will throw. If you need to, isolate the strike plate in water then anneal any parts you want to soften with a propane torch. Secondly, flint and chert are the same rock and America has both. Plus any quartz-based stone should work and I've sparked on so many different types of stones ranging from obsidian to beryls (5.5 moh's to 9 moh's) Thirdly using files is great, I use files exclusively now for forging flint strikers, just be sure to use old files as new ones tend to be case hardened and won't spark.

[@DonaldMcDaniel-c4l]

you make fire with flint and steel every time you use your lighter! 👍👍👍👍

[@LoneHowler]

When camping once someone threw an "empty lighter" into the firepit. Thankfully the explosion was small

[@ianwalker3144]

Well done you!!! I love the snake you ended up with. Next you need a tinderbox to hold your char...actually I need a tinderbox; I'm still using an Altoids tin...

[@whiteoakforge-]

How about a shield 🛡 next

[@CatherineRHarrison]

Fun fact grom a rock nerd, we do have flint, jasper, chert and agate (all varieties of microcrystalline quartz) in the US. For example, Flint Ridge is a geological formation (and also place name) in Ohio that native Americans mined for tool making flint that was traded widely throughout the eastern and middle US. I am so excited to get to share something useful on Skill Share, where I learn... just about everything! Love you guys so much!!!

[@alexandersmall7380]

Can you do a video on making leather belt pouches for a steampunk or dieselpunk character?

[@bebopfirefly]

oooooooh fire! what a fun project!

[@SuccubusSelene]

Reminds me of the tool in Minecraft :D Forging is so cool! Fascinating how the shape began to form!! Maybe the snake is a baby Lindwurm, since it’s able to cast fire, you know ;)

[@oakmaiden2133]

To quote Bob Ross , the break was a happy accident!

[@atrojanrabbit]

I know its a year on from this release, but: As a person is a hobby blacksmith with a fair amount of equipment, a pair of flat blacksmiths tongs, and some smoothed over needlenose pliers for rolling small curves (e.g. the 'tails' on the steel striker)

[@theboynamedsoy]

I don’t know if this has ever been said, but just now seeing it, Cl3ver looks like Dr.Strange variant. Which hopefully gives Him some creative ideas down the road to a cosplay or something… maybe even see him in MoM

[@uckiejaceolivo6100]

the medieval era fire starter that time nice video too

[@megmagruder7124]

While watching, hubs says… I have one like that. Also, making coal cloth is In my future. 😂

[@bretlemieux2489]

Cl3ver I’d gladly come down some time an help you make a set of tongs as well as help you get blacksmithing gloves or welding gloves

[@mikeselsor6740]

So it is a Fire Serpent....

[@lloydbush]

Now that you've used char cloth you could try to use the more historically accurate way (for the viking age) and try it with some tinder-fungus-amadou, since they didn't use char cloth yet.

[@LadyVineXIII]

Incidentally, wild marshmallow makes not only delicious confections of the same name, but a lovely and mellow tea.

[@thedemonslayer51]

I'm sure you've already gotten this a lot, but that annealing stage you did is also called tempering. Basically unhardening it just a little to be non-brittle, and you can do it in an oven for a controlled environment! Just 400 degrees for an hour or two.

[@ratroddiesels1981]

that came out nice

[@evilfluff6634]

That is a life skill

[@stevewilliams2895]

make the same thing a bit rounder and smaller and add a pin to it and you have a penannular brooch/cloak pin.

[@zeke546]

Bro you are my Vulcan, I hope you get a good run on this channel so I can keep using your ideas for my projects

[@SHADOWEDINSHRED]

I need a tutorial on that hair style.

[@wendigo1968]

a good first set of tongs that you finish yourself are available at Ken's custom iron, tongs are one of those things that are easier to make if you already have them

[@lisasheehan5105]

“ . . . And like most people on Tinder do . . “ 😂🤣😂 Thanks!

[@twistimcfisti3441]

That cracked me up! Love those zinger jokes 😂

[@donaldpenton7939]

Yes definitely make blacksmithing tongs, and any other tools you may need for blacksmithing

[@gloamishvonsatyrburg4635]

I have been super busy and missed a couple of your videos which I am catching up on. Totally reminds me why I love watching you. Still manifest destiny!!!

[@chase1929]

Silly question but what oil did you use for quenching?

[@redknight4561]

Second also amazing

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

I like how america not only didnt have middle-ages, but also no flint.