A fire striker, or fire steel, is struck against flint or similar hard stone to shave off tiny particles of metal that ignite as sparks, hot enough to catch tinder such as char cloth.
This version is cast in iron, offering a heavier, more decorative alternative to the forged high-carbon steel strikers used for genuine fire-starting in our Camp Gear range.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that historic fire-starting tool form, part of our Collectibles & Gifts range.
A fire striker, or fire steel, is struck against flint or similar hard stone to shave off tiny particles of metal that ignite as sparks, hot enough to catch tinder such as char cloth.
This version is cast in iron, offering a heavier, more decorative alternative to the forged high-carbon steel strikers used for genuine fire-starting in our Camp Gear range.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that historic fire-starting tool form, part of our Collectibles & Gifts range.
A belaying pin is a genuinely essential piece of sailing-ship rigging hardware, a removable wooden or metal pin used to secure ropes aboard a vessel with running rigging.
Belaying pins also gained a certain notoriety as an improvised weapon, being close at hand, solidly built, and easily grabbed in a shipboard scuffle, a detail that made its way into popular pirate and naval lore.
Deepeeka’s reproduction is worked in wood, part of our Collectibles & Gifts range.
Medieval keys were commonly notched or barrel-shaped to work with warded locks, the internal obstructions that only a correctly cut key could bypass.
This set of prison keys is worked in brass and measures 10 inches, a larger, more substantial build than our cast iron key options.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that historical warded key form, part of our Collectibles & Gifts range.
The warded lock was the standard locking mechanism throughout the medieval period, using internal obstructions, or wards, that only a correctly notched key could bypass. Padlocks, likely Roman in origin, became a genuine speciality of early medieval blacksmiths, with the Vikings particularly noted for their skill in producing them, and the size and decoration of a lock generally reflected the value of whatever it protected, from simple chest padlocks to the elaborate gates of a castle.
This medieval lock is cast in iron in an unadorned, functional pattern, reflecting the plain, everyday locks used across most of the medieval world.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that practical historical lock form, part of our Collectibles & Gifts range.
The warded lock was the standard locking mechanism throughout the medieval period, using internal obstructions, or wards, that only a correctly notched key could bypass. Padlocks, likely Roman in origin, became a genuine speciality of early medieval blacksmiths, with the Vikings particularly noted for their skill in producing them, and the size and decoration of a lock generally reflected the value of whatever it protected, from simple chest padlocks to the elaborate gates of a castle.
This padlock is worked in iron, a compact build within our medieval padlock range, functional and suited to re-enactment, collection, or dungeon-themed display.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that historical warded padlock form, part of our Collectibles & Gifts range.
