Is Hudson's bay flint and steel kit worth the price 

I am aware of the history of the tin. I am happy I bought it but wish I bought the tin for $30 instead of the kit for $60 before tax and shipping. The kit that came in the tin was definitely not worth $30. I made my own steel to put in my kit and it out performs both of them.

Pete McPherson I struggled with this for a while before I bought the kit. Really in the end I really liked the look of it and bought it. In the I am happy with my purchase. It can't always be about functionality its alright to have some nice things too. Many people start with a mora and later up grade to a more expencive, better looking but equally functional knife. I find it a little expencive but I am glad I have it. Thanks for watching.

Robert Winkler sure does. denim is the best material to char in my opinion. I will be making my own steel in the near future. Hopefully it will work well.

Kijika Life that would be a great idea. thanks for watching brother.

+Adventure Time Outdoors You seem to be good at rigging things so I thought it could make a good project. Although at $60.00 it's not something you'd want to mess up lol

You can buy those tobacco tins without the magnifying glass....I'll find a link for you..... here are some, but don't just look here, there are other options out there on the interwebz. www.tdcmfgstore.com/agora.cgi?product=Boxes

Mark Young I love the look of it and I thought it would be nice to upgrade some pieces of my kit. Unfortunately this wasn't really an upgrade. To be honest because of the price I did think I would be getting a high quality set....nope! Nice to look at though! Thanks for watching by the way great job on that forester review. Looks like a great knife.

PineMartyn exactly my thoughts. I found it annoying that I had to carry 2 tins instead of 1. It got me thinking and led me to do this video. I will be attempting to make my own steel in the near future. Hopefully it will be a decent tool. I like your channel name. Pine Martins are adorable little assassin's. I checked out your channel and subbed ya back. good work

Adventure Time Outdoors Thanks for the subscription. I'm looking forward to watching your videos on the hand drill. I've become fairly proficient with bow drill fires, but I've not yet gotten a coal using the hand drill. I'm hoping I pick up some tips from your videos. Cheers, - Martin.

PineMartyn I am no master but if you ever have any questions you are welcome to contact me any time

Adventure Time Outdoors I might take you up on that. My thanks, - Martin

Kevin's Adventures lol true. the birch was so wet when it finally dried out enough it was like it exploded. just another tip. It is better NOT to dry out the false tinder fungus before charing. It will take a spark better when chard straight off the tree

Nice man, repetition is the mother of all learning.

I agree. A lot of reviews I saw were talking about the kit being excellent and you get what you pay for. This is what I was trying to show. You can get a great steel or complete kit for way less than $65. In this case a $12 dollar kit worked just as good if not better than the $65 dollar one. The best steels I own are one I forged myself with all hand made tools and one I made out of an old axe file. If a person wants to pay a lot more for something that looks nice that's fine. I just dont want people go be fooled into thinking it is a better quality steel just because of the price!

SouthPaw Bushcraft your kit was really nice though. I don't think it came with the same stuff as mine. If I remember correctly it had a better steel in it and better quality char cloth aswell. if I was to do it all over I would probably just buy the tin and put my pathfinder steel and my own charcloth in it. I was just expecting better tools in an expensive kit like that.

LAND SEA AIR CANADA thanks for sticking around for so long lol

Msilverhammer lol thanks brother. I know all about those guys from Quebec.....I'm one of them. lol

Ahhh, then it must be those guys down at the local pub! ;)

Msilverhammer yup sounds about right. Lol

rlove2bike thanks man

dg davis I will do it just don't know when I can fit it in

GoFeesh 85 I like the tin and love the look. but after seeing many reviews on how good the kit was I was expecting more for the price. I think it is better to buy the tin and build or make your kit. Just thought it was dissapointing to put average tools in an exceptional tin. I will just slowly start replacing the tools with my own custom creations. thanks for watching

agreed - that is what I did.

sixstring12 thanks brother. I have tried to make my own. and they do spark well but they are ugly. The one with the curls on the end does look to be water jet cut. There is no stamping burr on it. wouldn't be bad if it did though. Would have been a great Ferro rod striker as well as a steel. Stop by any time. Take care Mark

I sell also, But I'm continuously working on trying to find char cloth material to make and sell in very high quantities. Cotton jean strips work well but only catches a spark on the edge or you need to strike the steel many times to get it to catch the spark in the middle, Muslin cotton works great but you can';t over cook it cause it gets too brittle, monks cloth is the best material to buy but it's very expensive, etc.. Again I'm talking about high volume sales where you include char cloth. The amadou is great to char as you have shown but it's very time consuming to cut away. Other higher quality cotton is tightly woven so it does not work as well as muslin material. So I'm actually going to get some monks cloth today at the fabric store with a coupon lol. They sometimes ask me what I'm going to do with the material and I tell them (I'm a gonna burn it!) lol

sixstring12 one of my favorite things to char is a normal cotton face cloth or towel. those catch an easy spark and can be found cheap. give that a try

SouthPaw Bushcraft ya but you can always bury your cloth and build a fire over it.

SouthPaw Bushcraft why couldn't you use it to char your material?

Silkworm the problem is the magnifying glass would be damaged. It is not removable from the lid. hope you don't mind me answering

It would ruin the magnifying lense...oh I see it was answered below. Also because I don't really want to burn up a beautiful brass tin that cost a lot of money.

exactly!

Stephen Bradley I checked many places buying a kit from the US with the exchange and shipping it was even more than 60 bucks. they sell the same kit at bushcraftcanada.com for 69.99 and they changed the steel for the exact one I compared this one to. I have seen the just the tins tins for 39 but I don't know how they see that steel and stone and char cloth being worth an extra 20! crazy!

Adventure Time Outdoors I bought mine about 4 years ago, I'm just as surprised as you with those prices. We are definitely in the wrong business. As for the char cloth making, I used (shh) a terry cloth bathrobe that I screwed up. Makes a nice thick cloth for bushcraft hehehe.

Snowfog Outdoors I love the look of it. The price difference of the tin and the tin with kit was wierd. I would not pay 25 for that kit. 40 dollars for a tin is pricey but it is a specialty item. Still love the tin though I was just a little dissapointed after watching reviewers rave about them. when I saw the contents of the kit it was a little dissapointing. Good to hear from ya Diane hope all is well.

maritimespook thanks spook some folks talk like it is the best kit ever. I think it is just the best looking lol

Adventure Time Outdoors I think you hit the nail on the head lol ...but it is damn pretty lol ...Cheerz !,,;Spook

Anthony Gomez I don't sell for anybody. I just give my opinion. in this case a 15 dollar flint and steel kit works just as good as the $50 one. I just want people to know that just because you spend more doesn't mean you are getting a better piece of kit.

I agree! The one I forged myself works better than both of these. Most of these kits are a total rip off.