Yeah it’s possible.. but first.. your knife must have a carbon steel blade!
The main reason is that carbon steel it is soft and produces large sparks easily compared to a stainless steel blade.
This can be a real survival tips to light a fire in a emergency situation.
When you use this method of fire starting there is also something magic..you are “walking to a past time” because flint and steel striker was a common method to light a fire from Iron Age to Modern Era, before the invention of matches.
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