English Flint Stone Rock for Use with A Carbon Steel Striker (not included) for Bushcraft, survival and Camping Activities. Comes in an Emergency Tinder Jute Bag.

This seller did a FANTASTIC job. I got EXACTLY what was shown in the picture and I got it fast. And hey it works. Personally I wanted to be able to do a truly Caveman type fire. Cavemen didn't have steel. They only had rocks. Marcasite (iron pyrite or fools gold makes low temperature sparks. It is easier to use a steel striker. But may as well just bring a lighter right?You'll also need carbon cloth (which cavemen didn't have) or something else. I found cat tails to be pretty good. Probably not as good as carbon cloth though. Fomen fomentarius (horse's hoof fungus) is supposed to be about the best. I don't know if you can find it easily in California so I bought some. If you start it with a lighter it will burn like incense until it's gone. I'm told it requires processing to get to catch a spark easily. Take wood ash and water boiled with the horse's hoof for an hour. Let the fungus dry in the sun for as long as it takes. Then rough up the surface to make it "fluffy". I am currently at the drying stage.I know this is a very odd review but I'm excited. I wouldn't be if the seller was bad.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this seller. I got the Flint in about 48 hours after ordering. And it's great. High quality. Makes a great spark and doesn't just crumble.You won't be disappointed. It's a tad pricey but you could find your own. If you live in the right place that might be easy.I have to admit though that quartz makes a pretty good spark also. I have that right in my front yard and have made many fires from it using carbon cloth. Now I must go "Full Cave Man."

I saw a program on Stonehenge and how people used Flint to build fires. We have an indoor fireplace so I figured this would be interesting. They do work, they do spark, but since I am not an outdoors person or used this before an am a total beginner, let us say I did not exactly start a fire using them. I never did this before so I used the long nosed lighter. Am I sorry I bought these? NO! I actually love them! They also make a very nice collectors item if you like rocks and crystals. Which I do. I also like that they did spark but I just didn't know what I was doing. They make a great learning tool so I am going to go online to learn how to use them correctly. This is a wonderful thing to have regardless of if you use them or not. Have some ancient history in your home by buying these!

Though this is a hard way to start a fire,It works. Fun!

The media could not be loaded. Just like in Minecraft - nice sized flint (steel not included). Photo gives an idea of the size of the flint. Purchased the high-carbon steel rod (bottom of photo) separately. Video shows the sparks made in the bathroom - enough said... (But seriously, how do you rate a stone on "rate features: comfort" - seriously??? It's a five - deal with it...)

Nice quality flint but pieces are lumps, not really all that good for flint and steel. Would have liked large flakes, will have to work on these pieces to get suitable flake style pieces to actually use.

I'm using flint and steel to make and show a method that people in the 18th century used to make fire.Being in the U.S. we have Chirt which supposedly is not real flint, flint (supposedly) only comes from England.Flint was customarily used as it's a rock with a hardnesd rating of 9 or higher, which translates to, itis harder than the carbon steel striker that's used.Well my U.S. Chirt and steel makes good sparks and the Chirt wears well with the use.But the (so called real) flint I purchased from England only produced half, or less, sparks and started chipping away, splinter in my hand with the same use.

These were the only natural flint stones I could find on Amazon. I did not buy them to make fire. I bought them to create my own arrowheads. They worked out great, I only wish I could buy them in larger chunks to try to get better sized pieces for arrowheads, after smashing the pieces into each other. This was an activity to do with the kids. We found straight tree branches and pigeon feathers outside for arrow construction, all we needed was flint stone arrowheads!

As someone who is new to flint and steel, great size to learn on. Both pieces have really good striking edges. Really excited, going to order more to learn.