- The Artisan Heritage Fire Kit – Hand-Forged Carbon Steel & English Flint in a Premium Top-Grain Leather Pouch

Received my kit today and immediately tried it out. It sparked very well and I had made fire fairly quickly, no success on my other tinder but within a few seconds with the charcloth - which is what I'd anticipated. Overall great product, overall satisfactory. The only negative I found is that the flint split really - really easily. I wasn't striking very hard, and going at an angle that caused the most sparks with minimal effort and my flint just about halved in two in my hand. I actually ended up with a splinter in my thumb from it. The chunk that came off might be useable on it's own, and the remaining part still functions albeit less comfortable to hold because of the reduced size. Not sure if this is something that will affect everyone, and being a natural resource it's impossible to predict that this will happen. In spite of the splitting stone (again, natural material) I am still giving this product a 5 star review. It functions precisely as it is supposed to and the leather pouch (with belt loop!) is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. I would recommend this product and may go so far as to gift it to my outdoors-ey friends.

You wanna bring your survival kit to the next level? This is a sure fire way to do it! (sorry couldn't resist) The leather case is beautiful. The flint stone is large and will last a good long while. The fire steel is beefy and well made. The kit comes complete with a small tin of Char-cloth, and as a little bonus a jute twine bag to carry everything, or you can use it as fire tinder. I really like this kit so much I purchased two of them!

Flint and steal work amazing. However, didn't receive the whole package. Didn't come with any char cloth or tin. Otherwise, I'd give it a full five stars.

Over all the kit is beautiful. The leather is actually real leather. Its a good size kit . It's for the most part a good value. But the steel striker was either not hardened correctly or not the right type of carbon steel. I couldn't get any sparks from the flint. Edit: so after some more testing the steel is actually good steel it just takes practice to get the method right for using. You might break your flint a little bit once you get it figured out its actually pretty good at getting sparks and a fire.

Very nice striker, the pouch is fine (if a bit small, see below). The 'flint' was an issue, it feels coarse and is not particularly strong, also it's light brownish (as pictured) whereas it is my understanding that good English flint tends to me more dark brown to black. Perhaps some impurities in the quartz? The 'char cloth' is definitely sub-optimal, the little round tin is hard to open, cross-threads easily, and the included coarse cloth (maybe charred burlap?) is very sooty (perhaps overcooked) and I could not get it to catch a spark. Bought an Altoids tin and charred a cut-up cotton washcloth (on my gas grill), and that worked much better, even with the marginal 'flint'. The pouch will hold the Altoid tin and the striker, but no room for the flint, unfortunately (or a magnifying lens -- anything you can ignite with flint and steel is easy to ignite with the glass) Perhaps others will have better luck, but I needed to supplement the kit with better char cloth and better flint for my (ameteur) abilities. All in all, an OK starter kit

Works great! One strike fire potential. May need to heat treat it though. I was getting very little sparks. Heat treated it with torch and quenched it in water a couple times and now it stays in my backpack. Have started many fires with just a couple strikes.

As a scout leader, I feel it is necessary to always be well prepared and have experience with different tools. When people see the uniform they expect a leader with experience both with various tools and outdoor techniques. For many years I have been following that mindset. With that in mind, I have been acquiring a multitude of steel strikers, flint, ferrocerium rods, waterproof matches, and any other useful method I see for starting fires while camping. Given my experience, I am able to make recommendations to scouts and other new leaders on what equipment is good to buy and what brand of equipment to stay away from. Have mentioned the above, here is my conclusion: Leather pouch - a very nice setup with quality leather and plenty of room for the kit. I did not try attaching to my belt yet. Included flint piece - Very large nice piece. I usually carry a smaller piece to conserve more space, but this one was a nice size for this leather pouch. Char cloth canister is very small and does have a screw-on lid, so it shouldn't pop open. It is a bit too small to make char cloth, so you better save your Altoid cans for making fresh char cloth. Burlap bag looks nice, but I didn't try anything with it. My main concern was the performance of the steel striker. Steel Striker -- This is a complete failure. While the fit is nice, the steel temper is way too soft and I am unable to make a single spark with this steel striker. I tried about 7 different pieces of flint and the same result with all of them. I can switch to another steel striker I have, and immediately have multiple sparks with little effort with every piece of flint. I will wait to see if I receive a response about this from the company, otherwise, I will return the product.

This is a great set to add to your fire kit…i am extremely happy with this set..well should I say the flint stone was excellent but the striker needs lots of work to make it spark just a little.. think the steel is either too hard or doesn’t have enough carbon…i swapped it out with a good one i had….hope this helps

un kit estupendo y de gran calidad, funciona muy bien. genial para encender una fuego de forma primitiva. lo recomiendo

super produit, déjà utilisé. je m'en sert pour les cours.

Expensive

Der Zünder ist gut, so wie auch die Verarbeitung und das Gesamtpaket. Negativ ist jedoch der zu kleine Stein, auch wenn es sich um ein natürliches Produkt handelt. Die Verletzungsgefahr ist erhöht und die Handhabung erschwert. Mit einem größeren Stein aber auf jeden Fall ein top Produkt.

Fantastic quality. Managed to get an ember and tinder bundle going first time. Had back up fire lighting options with me but this was way more fun.