This kit is ideal for those wishing to try their hand at old school fire starting. Be you an experienced outdoorsman or newbie. This could be a great gift for that budding outdoorsman, Boy or Girl Scout, groom's men or a class graduate. Striker is hand forged from 1095 high carbon steel right here in my forge in Oregon, USA. The striker is sized to fit inside the tin box. Box is around the same size of a standard Altoid tin.

Currently we have 2 styles of strikers. Please select one. See picture.
Hudson Bay – Canadian: approximate dimensions 3 ½” x 1 5/8” x 3/16”
English Monkey Tail: approximate dimensions 3 1/4” x 1 1/2” x 3/16”

You will also find a 1 ft long slow match with a snuffer tube. The 100% cotton rope has been treated with potassium nitrate (salt peter) to enhance its spark catching ability and to prolong the coal that is created. Each slow match has been twisted by us from 100% cotton string. To use you will need to char the end of the match prior to going afield. To protect the charred end just draw that end into the snuffer tube for future use.

In use, you pull out enough slow match to lay it across your flint/chert as you would char cloth. Once it catches a spark, just lightly blow on it to bring life to the coal. Then insert the match into your tinder bundle to start a fire. Afterward, draw the match into the snuffer tube to extinguish the coal. Now you are ready for the next fire.

We have several colors of slow match to choose from. Please select one through a message to us or we can randomly pick one for you.