A fire striker (AKA Fire Steel) is a mis-named piece of knife-hard steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge of chert or similar rock. (To create confusion, ferrocerium rods, described below, are also called "fire steels.")
Famous quotes containing the word fire:
“When there was no more lantern in the kitchen,
The fire got out through crannies in the stove
And danced in yellow wrigglers on the ceiling,
As much at home as if they’d always danced there.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)