Hey guys, Lately I'm trying to create sparks from a couple of stones I gathered a year ago. I saw them laying around and I naturaly assumed it was flint.. Dull and white on the outside, shiny and black which a glassy look on the inside.
Yesterday I took my time in order to get sparks but it did not work at all. I do not have a traditional striker but I used my mora compagnion, my opinel and even my mora crooked knife in order to get a spark.. All these knives are carbon steel.. what am I doing wrong?.. It hit the flint on a sharp edge and it should work in my opinion. I even tried flint on flint and stupidly enough that did gave me a very few sparks every now and then (they don't 'fly off' and die immediately).
Am I doing the technique wrong?
I have seen a dozen tutorials on youtube and I've read about how it works.. I get to think there might be some secret behind the technique I don't know about.
Could it be that the piece of flint is in fact not flint at all?
It looks like flint and it acts like flint aswell, during the striking a thin flake broke off asif I was knapping it. But could it be that it's a different type of stone and that thats the problem?
I can post a photo of what the stone looks like.
I hope someone can help me out here, my arm is all sore from all the hard work (sounds disgusting hehe) and there must be some tips and tricks you guys know about
Thank you in advance
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