[Regia-NA] Getting Sparks or Not

Brett W. McCoy list-regia-na@lig.net
Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:02:21 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, mik lawson wrote:

> We use hand made iron strike a lights but i'm informed that it's easy to
> make them out of old files with a forge?{having seen mine made in about
> 10 minutes in a temporarily built forge} www.deepeeka.com & go to the
> online catalogue/accessories fig B,C,E,F are fairly good examples of
> strike a lights on the iron work picture. Hope the pictures are of
> help?At least you would be able to show a smith a piccy.They must be of
> high carbon steel{very hard}

Thanks, that is very helpful.

-- Brett
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