Fire steel. Rectangular with smooth surfaces and rounded corners. On one side there is an impressed Sheffield mark. For the associated components of this object see 1938.35.775 .1 & .2 [BS [OPS move] 31/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fire steel. Rectangular with smooth surfaces and rounded corners. On one side there is an impressed Sheffield mark. For the associated components of this object see 1938.35.775 .1 & .2 [BS [OPS move] 31/8/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1924
Date collected: By 1924
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Depth: max 1 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 67 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.775.3 Other numbers: 1487
Research and responses: OED online: Steel: 8. As the name of various instruments made of steel. a. A piece of steel shaped for the purpose of striking fire with a flint. {dag}In a pistol or firelock, the piece of steel which is struck by the ‘cock’ carrying the flint. [AP 02/10/2006]
OED online: Gun flint: [Flint] 2. a. This stone, or a fragment of it, with reference to its property of giving off sparks when struck with iron or steel. flint and steel: an apparatus consisting of a piece of each of these substances used for procuring fire by the ignition of tinder, touchwood, etc. [AP 02/10/2006]

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