Photograph showing Method of using Pyrites-nodule and flint Striker; the half-nodule

PART OF:: Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.

Made:: Bow

Photograph showing Method of using Pyrites-nodule and flint

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Photograph showing Method of using Pyrites-nodule and flint
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Photograph showing Method of using Pyrites-nodule and flint Striker; the half-nodule, held in the left hand, is struck on its flat face by the point of the striker, held in the right hand, knocking off sparks, in the shape of incandescent fragments, which, falling on suitable tinder, ignite it.

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Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/135B

type:: photographs

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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