How To Make A (Flint And Steel) Steel From The “Body” Of A File And Lanyard

[@randy-9842]

I do have an angle grinder, but lack the correct setup for drilling. Your solution for a lanyard attachment is great -- as is your repurposing old files!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

East project that I hope you’ll try.

[@randy-9842]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl I have just about everything I need to do so -- we'll definitely see how it goes! I already have a flint and steel "set" from Townsends, let's see if I can "beat" it with a homemade one -- that'll be fun

[@juchjuch42]

Ingenious idea to fix the lanyard that way!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks JJ!

[@jimwilson3710]

Thank you for your great videos. I decided to make a file steel because of your videos. It works great! What I did with mine was to dedicate one side of the steel to striking with flint and I ground the other side edge to a sharp 90 degree edge. With the sharp edge combined with the ridges of the file, it scrapes shavings exceptionally well and also strikes a ferry rod very well. Thought that I would share. Thanks again for the videos.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

That's been recommended to me before. A good idea no doubt! Thanks Jim!

[@torstengruber24]

my tools for making fire are Firesteel,Flint and Steel(File and Flint from Norway) and Bowdrill. Now i want to train Handdrill. Thanks and Greeting .

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

That's smart!

[@BluegrassBushcraft]

I have made the striker from the file before but could never put a lanyard on them. Great idea and thanks for sharing. God bless

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Please Check Out My 100s Of Firemaking Videos... We've already made a Flint and Steel, Steel from the tang end of a Nicholson File (LINK below). Now, what can we do with the other 2/3?.. the body of the file?... more steels?... How would you even attach a lanyard to such a steel since it can not be easily drilled? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED!!! We start off today with a good explanation of the importance of getting the right Cut Off Wheel for your particular Dewalt Angle Grinder... Unlike the last couple of videos, this time, I show all of the cutting and a lot of the grinding. I cut off about 5" of the body and make one end into a ferro rod scraper while notching the other end to accept a Cobra Weave Lanyard. (Cobra Weave Tutorial, LINK below). Finally, the best part of all, we get to try it out! Come see how beautifully it all turned out; and. Please SUBSCRIBE at the end of the video. Thanks! OTHER MAKING STEELS VIDEOS YOU WILL ENJOY: Making A (Flint and Steel) Steel Out Of A File And Trying It Out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHPViWWdnp1jitU Making A Flint and Steel, Steel From A Nicholson File kzbin.info/www/bejne/foCzdnatepKAmc0 How To Make A Flint And Steel, Steel Out Of A Nicholson File, NO POWER TOOLS! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH21iJuoftuniZo ***Cobra Weave Tutorial, for severely “knot challenged” people like me! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6DEeXueirmee6s

[@Carlos-hs8zo]

Hello David. As always, I love your videos. I was thinking about how to DOUBLE the about of sparks thrown from scraping your ferro rod. When you scrape a rod with a single edge piece of steel, you only have one point of contact with the rod. But, if you cut a groove straight into the side of the steel like you have done in this video you will double this contact. You would not to make the groove as deep as you did on this video and with no angle needed. Then when scrapped along the rod you would have two points of steel in contact with the rod and this should double the amount of sparks thrown. Maybe you could make five or six of these small grooves along one side of your steel keeping the opposite side smooth for flint. Its just a thought. If this works would you show us on the next video? THANKS!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I've thought about a groove down the length of the thickness of the file before. I talked about it with a subscriber a few months ago. I do think it would throw more sparks, but not enough to justify all the work. We'll have to leave that experiment to a machinist.

[@AThreeDogNight]

That's pretty slick, just using an old file. Thanks for the vid David.

[@thomasgold-1000]

That comes in really handy! 👍. Thanks Dave!

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Hi David, it gladden ' my heart to see you making this version of a steel striker, you probably lost some hardness on the end due to heat,but will cure that when you regrind it, this mod to a striker makes a great tinder scraper. Really like the way to fix a lanyard,going to try that myself on some bit's of file I have left.many thanks, keep well, Stuart.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks for the idea!

[@mikehopper9516]

I really like this idea, I'm gonna make one too. Thank you David

[@Friedrich-wu4mk]

Hello David, I have already copied this Flintstriker from an old file. The idea came from you. I would like to write more but my english is bad, always translate over google, I'm 66 years old :) Greeting Friedrich

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Google Translate is doing a good job on my end. Your comments are easy to understand.

[@Friedrich-wu4mk]

I'm glad - thank you :)

[@billwolfram412]

Lol when I made my needed a friend with a plasma cutter to punch a hole in it !! Many Thanks David !!

[@ralphhodges6055]

Great video!!!! Making one today. Going to try making one with a wood file also. The one side could be used to shave fatwood.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Let me know how it turned out.

[@Greasyfingers60]

Look at all those sparks from the angle grinder! Got me thinking: I live in New England where we have lots of granite, but no chert rock. Can I just use an old grinding wheel to strike a file? Just discovered this channel today, but I wonder if you tried this in one of your many videos?

[@Greasyfingers60]

I just went out to the garage and found an old wheel and file, and it does work! Not great, but if you are very fast with the strike you get a couple sparks. My first ever attempt to try a flint and steel technique, so I was not accurate or reliable. I bet you would do better giving a demo.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

No, I like rocks Chert, Quartz, Flint.

[@steveshaffer6350]

I have used files from Nicholson made in Mexico & Brazil. However, using those fire steels against good chert doe NOT produce many sparks!! Surprising. Is it the quality of the material for file production in those countries the problem?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

That's what I've heard about the modern Nicholson Files, too.

[@Friedrich-wu4mk]

You always do a lot of work, unfortunately I do not understand what you are saying. Since you show everything so well, I understand it without sound :) Thank you for pointing.

[@AQUADRUNNER]

Great video maybe a good idea to wear long pants to protect those legs from the Sparks 😉

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

No heat in those sparks. I have many years of experience in steel fabrication.

[@mamasgonecreating1967]

When the edge of your flint, quartz, churt gets dull, if the piece is big enough, you can nap a new sharp edge on it.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Yes.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

@@lolforshit5197 Have you watched any of my or KZbin's videos on how to Flint and steel?