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Daniel Blain

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  1. another busy day...holyoke, noho, westside, then home...

  2. on a walk...for exercise...(gotta get that blood pressure in check...some stress reduction would help too) beautiful night for a walk and clearing one's head..

  3. headed out for a test drive in a few :-)

  4. got my first "thanks, but no thanks" letter from a publisher... i'll be writing to a literary agent tomorrow...may be they can help me get the book published...

  5. Thanks for for procedure vs process correction :-) Could not remember "case hardening" for the life of me! Thank you! Like I said, its not the best method, but it will salvage the mild steel strikers already made.
  6. It is possible to make mild steel strikers. The best way is to use oak tanned leather. Take a coffee can, and pack it with pieces of oak tanned leather and a striker or two. Cover the top of the can with foil Lay it in a good fire in your forge and let it sit. (you don't need to force any air - just let it burn) Its very similar to the process used to make charcoal - Anyways, when it cools, the chemicals from the leather will have given the steel enough hardness to spark. def want to make sure the flint is sharp) I have made a few of these simple trade strikers and they work well enough. The files/high carbon steel that the others have mentioned do make the best strikers, but this maybe a way for you to salvage the strikers you already made.
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