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18TH CENTURY LIVING HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA.

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Fire Steels of a Different Kind.




My thanks to my friend Nicholai for this image & the link to these other images.

It is quite feasible that someone in the 18th century could still be using one of these early style strikers. Indeed, my friend Nicholai has a steel very similar to the one shown above.