Striker, sparker, lighter - whatever you want to call it. For lighting torches, gas flames, etc. Hold the sparker so it will cup the gas as it comes out, turn on the gas, and squeeze the handle - bearing down so that the flint makes strong contact with the roughed steel surface. If you don't get it the first couple of times, turn off the gas and practice until you can reliably get a spark each time. Actually - do the practice part first. The flint does wear down - so you will need to adjust it as it wears, and eventually replace it. Failing to do this will lead you to believe that the sparker does not work and to steal your brother's lighter on a regular basis - causing him to accuse you of being a closet smoker. The incessant teasing will lead you to take up smoking for real - which will lead you to a life of crime and hustling your jewelry on street corners. Have you seen the price of cigarettes? Avoid a life of crime - buy the replacement flints. By the each.
