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   Flint is what? For favorite outdoor sports, especially outdoor survival ALICE, Flint is already one of the very familiar equipment. To outdoor camping, picnic and other outdoor sports, the fire is indispensable, if under adverse weather conditions, wind, rain enough to make lighters, matches failure. At this point, the most reliable fire-fighting tools are the most primitive "chert", that is to say to you outdoor survival flint.

   First seen: looks like a key

   People are no stranger to "flintstones". Yes, flint is the type of spark that sparks by friction, and this is an ancient fire-fighting tool, and some mechanical lighters are often used to ignite sparks.

   However, the reporter introduced this flint is not the ancient fire tools, nor is it flint on the lighter, but an outdoor commonly used fire-fighting tools.

   One day, the reporter went to an outdoor shop in Shijiazhuang City, "collecting baby", inadvertently found a seemingly key gadgets, "This is what to do with? Looked very fun." Side of the salesperson answered the reporter's question : "This is a sparkling flint that's much easier to use than matches, lighters ..."

   "Flint?" Reporter immediately interested. Taking a closer look, this key-like gizmo is about 10 centimeters long, but its "key" is thicker than the key, and the body is more like a half-pencil. The key is still tied to a small piece of metal. Unfortunately, the instructions are in English, the reporter can not completely understand.

   Experience: friction Mars

   This reporter learned that Flint is a wild fire equipment, compared to matches, lighters and other convenient access to fire tools, its greatest advantage is that in damp, cold, low pressure and other harsh conditions, can be used normally fire .

   In Shijiazhuang City outdoor sports club, clerk Xiao Wu to reporters demonstrating the use of flint: put some shredded paper on the ground posing as a small pile of children, with a small piece of metal in the key's body on a hard rub, I saw a spark of a flash Scraps of paper burn up. "Sparks instantly generate sparks that can reach 3,000 degrees Celsius and can easily ignite flammable materials such as paper, weeds, shavings, and dead leaves," says Xiao Wu.

   "Flint is even more reliable than ZIPPO (a very durable and reliable lighter) in some tough conditions, because you can get a bunch of life-saving flasks with just a little combustibility no matter how tough you are "Then, Xiao Wu put the flint into the water wet, take it out with a cloth dry, with a small iron piece of a stroke, or sparks.

   Suggestions: go out to bring the fire autumn and winter

   It is well-known that boiled food requires fire, camping needs warmth, and distress signals sometimes require fire. When you go out to travel or play in the autumn and winter, it is best to bring the fire with you in case you need it.

   If it is to the city or country, it touches do not have to worry about lack of fire tools, matches, lighters can be found everywhere, and these two things is also extremely convenient to use. However, if the wild, then matches, lighters greatly reduced the reliability of Shijiazhuang's "donkey ring", a lot of ALICE encountered a matchstick wet or lighters can not be used. Thus, the reliability of flint is revealed.

   In comparison, the ease and practicality of flint stone is greatly diminished - it is necessary to look for some combustibles in the event of fire ... but do not forget that flint stone is winning with reliability: it is not afraid of dampness, The flammable species will be able to light the fire of hope, even if it is damp leaves; it is available for many times and can be used thousands of times per flint; it is also easy to transport and will not be an item of embargo no matter where it comes ...