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This Instructable will show you how to make a firesteel. This kind of firesteel was used by the vikings to light a fire. In a later 'ible I will show exactly how to do that. This 'ible will just show how to forge the steel, not how to use it.
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Tools needed
Hammer- any hammer at around 500g-1000g will do
tongs - you need something to hold the hot steel while hammering it. A smiths tongs is best, but you can do with a welding clamp or any other tongs with a good grip.
Round tongs - To make the eye on the steel you need a round tongs.
Anvil - any small anvil will do, if you don't have a anvil a heavy hammerhead, some railroad track or a flat stone can be used.
Forge - you need some kind of heatsource to heat you steel. I use a reconstruction of a viking forge. But you can build a simple forge from clay. Or use a gas burner.
Bucket of water - To harden the steel you need some water to quick cool the steel.
Angle grinder - needed to prepare the steel before forging
Safety gear
ear protectors and goggles - I use this when using the angle grinder.
To work the bellows it is best to have a slave or an apprentice :-)
Hammer- any hammer at around 500g-1000g will do
tongs - you need something to hold the hot steel while hammering it. A smiths tongs is best, but you can do with a welding clamp or any other tongs with a good grip.
Round tongs - To make the eye on the steel you need a round tongs.
Anvil - any small anvil will do, if you don't have a anvil a heavy hammerhead, some railroad track or a flat stone can be used.
Forge - you need some kind of heatsource to heat you steel. I use a reconstruction of a viking forge. But you can build a simple forge from clay. Or use a gas burner.
Bucket of water - To harden the steel you need some water to quick cool the steel.
Angle grinder - needed to prepare the steel before forging
Safety gear
ear protectors and goggles - I use this when using the angle grinder.
To work the bellows it is best to have a slave or an apprentice :-)
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You can forge the rounding on a piece of water pipe mounted in a vice or in a big log of wood.
/Thomas
im about to purchase an old 200 lb upright horn anvil, so the waterpipe bending jig is about to be a thing of the past.
Hope to do that soon.
/THomas
/Thomas
Forresten, Jag bor i Vasteras! (men befinner mig i Texas for tillfallet... ingen a,o,o!! ) Kul instructable, tusen tack.
You strike the flint with the sharp edge in a rapid downward motion.
I will explain in details with video how to use it in my next 'ible.
/Thomas
It is hard to explain in words. But when you have the steel and beat it with the hammer it is not that complicated. You just beat the gloving steel, The strokes from the hammer flattens the steel and makes it longer.
Try to look at this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE2_4rP_0Kc&
It tells it much better than I can i words.
/Thomas