The Flint (Norfolk Flint) we supply has been specially knapped with ultra sharp edges and designed specifically to fit into the Tinderboxes. We like to think we are offering a little piece of history with our Tinderboxes. We have tried to give our customers a choice of fire steels to suit individual preferences and to enable them to personalise it to their own taste. We have tried to make our Tinderboxes as authentic as we can by offering a range of traditional style tinders and a slection of Fire Steels. At the moment we are unable to make more so extra Amadou has been added to compensate for this. *Our char cloth is in very limited supply at the moment due to the weather conditions. All contained in a 1700 ‘Trappers’ Tinderbox/Tobacco Box.The tinderboxes heavy duty construction protects the fire lighting contents from loss or damage, it is small, and light, enough to be kept in a pocket, and is all that is required to make reliable fires in a traditional way. It was designed for easy and reliable fire making. This ergonomic 1700 ‘Trappers’ Tinderbox is a complete fire starting kit in one small compact and beautifully crafted Solid Brass or Solid Copper box. These tough Europeans would have needed a fire lighting method that was reliable, robust and compact enough to be carried with them when weight and space was at a premium.
This tinderbox is an exact replica of the 1700 Tinderbox that was carried by old-time early pioneers, trappers, traders, soldiers and frontiersmen of Canada and America in and around the seventeen hundreds. 'FLINT & STEEL' Traditional Fire Steel Strikersīrass 1700s Trappers Traditional Tinderbox Complete with Flint & Steel and Tinder (85-2020-BR)
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