You asked how to strike the flint with the steel. Actually you will want to do that the other way around: strike the steel with the flint. This is the opposite of how man-made "flint" (ferrocerium) works. That makes it confusing. <br><br>It may help to think about what you are trying to accomplish at the microscopic level: your flint will shave or scrape away a tiny bit of the steel. That tiny bit of steel will be heated by the friction of being torn away from the rest of the steel. The heated bit of steel will be so hot as to be molten and can ignite good tinder that it lands on (especially your pants).<br><br>Good luck!<br><br>