What happens when you are out camping in the middle of the woods and you need to start a fire but all of your matches are wet? You don't want to wait around for them to dry because it is getting dark, and they might not even work. What do you do? Well, if you had some flint, your problem would be solved. Knowing how to start a fire using flint is very useful and can save you a lot of trouble. Unlike matches, flint can be used in almost anysituationat almost any time, and you don't have to worry about your flint getting ruined if it gets wet.
Here is what you will need to start a fire using flint: -Flint -A pocket knife (Only if your flint does not have a scraping tool) -Small kindling to get your fire going (Paper, cardboard, dry grass, and small dry twigs all work well) -Larger fuel to keep your fire going (Sticks and eventually logs, once your fire gets big enough)
Before you start the fire, you need to get everything ready. First make sure you are in an open area without any trees or anything directly above you, you don't want them catching on fire! Next get your kindling. If you have dry grass, make a little "bed" for the flint shavings to go in later. You can't just lay sticks down and hope they'll light. You need small stuff first, which is why dry grass works so well (the "bed" also keeps your shavings from being blown away). Put the "bed" on some smaller twigs and have other pieces ready to put on the fire. The shavings and dry grass will burn quickly, so be ready!
Step 3: Flint Shavings
Now, take the flint, and pocket knife if you need it, and scrape some of the flint off of one side (If you see sparks, flip it over. You're using the wrong side). You should be making a nice little pile of flint shavings in the "bed" of dry grass. A pile of shavings about the size of a nickel should probably work, you can always add more if need be. Now you're ready to light it.
Step 4: Lighting the Fire
This time you will use the other side of the flint (the side that makes sparks). Hold the flint down next to the "bed" kind of at an angle so the sparks fall into the "bed." Take the scraper, or pocket knife, and scrape down the flint towards the "bed." You should see sparks, if they don't catch right away, keep scraping. This make take a few swipes. Once a spark hits the shavings, it should light the rest of the "bed." When you have a small flame, add some of the smaller twigs. Once the fire is going, continue to add increasingly larger pieces of fuel. Don't add too much too quickly though. The fire might go out, and it's also important to control you're fire. And that's it, you made fire with flint!
Step 5: Trouble Shooting
If nothing happened or it didn't work, keep reading. If it worked, then you're done, congratulations!
Here are some things that might help: -Is your wood and kindling dry? -Is too much wind getting to the embers? -Do you have enough flint shavings? -If the fire starts but doesn't keep going, try blowing gently on the glowing pieces (Fire needs air, but not too much!).
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To start a fire, hold the flint rod close to your tinder pile. Use the jagged edge of the metal scrapper to firmly appy pressure to the flint rod. In a quick downward motion, strike the scrapper against the flint rod to create sparks. The more pressure you apply, the greater the friction resulting in more sparks.
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Igniting. When used on the space above any solid top surface, on any side of any flammable block or any side of any obsidian block within a valid unlit nether portal frame regardless of if there is a solid top surface available, the flint and steel places a fire there.
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It's simple; easier than using matches. Take your flint in your left hand (if you're right handed), with the char cloth just underneath the sharp edge of the flint. Strike the steel down against the flint, as if you were trying to shave off a small piece of the edge of the steel, because you are.
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