• deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Despite the details in the link, I’m having trouble visualizing how the spark gets from the flint to result in a burning candle poking up.

    Was there some kind of gunpowder wick that’s no longer present?

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I think the pan is primed with gunpowder like in an ordinary flintlock gun.

      … which seems a lot of work for a candle, but so, I suppose, is making an entire ornate pistol-lighter.