I don't know if this is is really a project. It's more of a test piece as I fired up my new forge for the first time and was really just feeling it out and looking for the hot spot(s).

this is just a simple striker for a flint and steel fire starter set that I mashed out of some round steel rod I had kicking around in the scrap pile.

Cool, good you finally got it fired up. Now the fun starts   

Yes it's been way to long and this list of projects keeps growing. I have two that need to be done by Xmas so I had little choice, one is the wife's lol!

I know what you mean. It's been crunch time for me on both sculptures And forging. If I have a good game plan going in it works a lot more smoothly. 

Yea a good game plan is always helpful.....oh no I need a game plan lol!

Christmas is busy for all of us. I made the echidna for our mechanic and just finished a big pipe wrench grasshopper for the bloke that gives me lots of old tools. It's nice that our work is appreciated though, isn't it?

That is true Aus...mind you I wasn't complaining at all. Heck at this rate I would need to go do any type of show to unload this stuff lol!

Most "steels" for flint and steel sets I've seen are made from some kind of high carbon steel and heat treated, probably for durability, though I'm not sure.  How does yours work/stand up?

This has been been heat treated LAC. It works just fine, just like any I've used, I just expanded on the shape, it's longer then others I have.