Can I strike this with my knife to create spark, instead of with the included striker?
234310
Yes, once the Spine (back) of the knife is squared off enough and not rounded, yes you can, I do. You don't want to use the blade edge unless you have to. It will dull the edge.
234311
Your knife will work fine. The included striker works as good or better than anything else. It may take some practice to get the best angle and pressure applied. I prefer not damaging my knife through inappropriate usage.
234312
Yes you can that is how I normally use it but it is just like any other fire steal if your knife has that black coat or paint on it like kabar knives usually have then you can't use the back of the blade you have to actually use the blade to make a spark
234313
I suppose you could, jeopardizing the hone of your knife. The spine of the blade would likely not be sharp enough, so the hone would be needed to emit spark. I would use the striker for striking and the knife for cutting. But that's me.
234314
Absolutely. You could use a key, bottle cap, or anything with an edge really.
2217198
As long as you are using the blade marked for ceramic tile, the sparks are normal. It is the coating on the ceramic tile that make the spark. Another tip...the first cut just score the line on the tile through the ceramic part not all the way through. Then the second cut finish by cutting all the way through. That way you will have more control and a nice even cut.
2156621
nope. the blade is integrated and you would have to break it. I had that same issue.
23263
With great results? No. Can it be done, yes. If you hold the knife stable and then run the rod on part of the spine that isn't serrated, you can get sparks. I would advise grinding the spine without serrations to a good 90 degree bend. By the handle the spine isn't serrated.
1262020
Good for literally hundreds of uses. The magnesium is flaked off the "brick" with the sawtooth side of the striker and used to ignite a fire with a quick strike to the brick aimed at the magnesium flakes. It takes some practice but works everytime once you figure out the best technique. The magnesium flakes will ignite when sprayed with sparks and burn ultra hot to ignite whatever dry tinder or wadding you use to start your fire. Again - practice makes for a very useful last resort tool. Personally, I scrape off a small pile of magnesium with the saw provided and use my buck knife blade to scrape the sparker bar. Works every time.
1765736
for the flint sparker...scraping the part of the knife on the flint stick will create the spark to start your fires...beware,,i did not recieve green sheath or cord wrap..mine was all black....
512
You pull out the piece I described and strike the thin rod against the teeth at the base of the knife. It will create sparks to use for starting a fire.
2101831
Well, As soon as I pressed the button up, it lit up pretty quick and you could hear the Zap, and also see the spark between the two prongs, so Im assuming this will really hurt!
137729
Yes, same here, I cut some 1/2 inch stainless bar, and it went dull. I think they mean thin sheet metal. I switched to a ceramic blade , the kind that makes sparks and I got good results.
901992
You should be able to as this was designed to be cut with the tiny blade. I just tested this with my whale punch with no problems ;-)
454710
You can if you know what your doing. It gets really crazy hot. Very impressed with this tool.
922381
no spark on my tool. There is definitely something wrong with it. I would suggest returning it as a defective product.
2259782
You can get several thousand strikes from it. If you camped for 3 months and had to make a fire every day it would you would still be enough for another 3 months. The striker will probably were out first, so bring a knife and use the back. I'll probably loose if before I were it out.
1711856
I use it with the strike fire but I don't see any reason it wouldn't work with then spark 2
1774720
No. I had to file the spine to obtain a 90 degree angle to generate sparks from a ferrous rod.
1832831
I had to scratch a lot of the coating off of the Flint striker to get a decent spark, however sparks are still not long lasting you need quick catching material to get a fire going, I used dryer lint, and have lit 3 fires.
1003006
I did. I was just not as "forceful" with it. I just went over the burner lightly, removing as much of the gunk as I could. It didn't seem to affect it at all. Of course, I did end up getting the "sparker" wet, but once it dried (I just sparked it a few times) it lit right up. Haven't had any issues with any of it at all.