Kuvik High-Carbon Steel Flint Striker for Emergency Fire Starting and Survival

I bought a bunch of these for friends after teaching them to build flint and steel fires. I checked them myself, and they work great. They are large enough for someone with bigger hands than mine to hold comfortably, and the striking edge is thick enough front to back that it puts a little more distance between your knuckles the sharp piece of flint that you will eventually and inevitably slice across your knuckles while learning to do this. The striking edge is also slightly ridged, a feature that I really appreciate, as it makes it easier to throw a spark. They aren't nearly as pretty a hand wrought one, as they appear to be cut from a slab. But my pretty hand wrought has a snapped off handle, and is shaped in such as way as that I frequently have cut knuckles. See the above statement. So after testing them to make sure they worked well, I ended up buying another one for myself to replace my "pretty" one. Solid, easy to use, and gets the job done.

This steel works great, will instantly ignite a piece of charcoal, lay the cloth on the top of your flint right near the edge to catch a spark and sharply hit the steel against the flint with a downward motion. It works every time. I keep it in my kit for reenacting 1820-1840 fur trapping era living history prese tatiins.

Bought 10 of these to use in an outdoor wilderness skills class for kids because they were inexpensive and they seemed easy to handle. I did not expect too much, but they throw sparks better than any of the other fire steels I own when striking flint or even broken quartz beach stones. They easily produce embers on char cloth and charred punkwood. These have really made it easy for the kids to learn how to use the flint and steel technique to start campfires. The only real "negative" I can find is that because of their size they are heavier than more "traditionally" shaped fire steels. For my own outdoor use, I will probably continue to use a smaller and lighter steel even though it would be a little more difficult to use. But for something where you weren't concerned about the weight or you were just trying to learn the technique with minimal frustration, this is definitely the way to go.

The striker works well with Texas flint and quartzite. Nice job with cutting on laser. Chinese "high carbon" steel with somewhat sharp edges which were dulled with sandpaper. The striker would fit an individual with large hands. With prime and no postage, it's worth the money. Paying postage will increase the cost.

Is metal, does throw spark… 5star

Good piece of 1095 steel good sparks. Will work great with a good piece of Flint

I have used this bushcraft tool with flint rocks and it makes a good spark. You could get fancier, but this does the job.

It's as advertised functional, durable, 100% worth the money only critique is you'll still need flint or hard stone and practice sparks are easy getting a fire going takes technique.

It was a gift for my husband. He loves it. One strike and our campfire is going.

I like the concept of a flint striker like this one, but it is hard to cause enough sparking to happen to light anything. I'm still happy to have it, and I practice, but it is not a good firestarter.