frontierman01
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Hello all, where can I purchase flint for a fire starting kit I'm making. also what's the best flint and is there a difference between fire making and knapping flint. Thanks
Not in function, both can be used for striking a fire....a knapping flint is jus better suited for knapping...Any flint with enough size to hang onto and a sharp edge will work for striking a fire.frontierman01 said:is there a difference between fire making and knapping flint. Thanks
Loyalist Dave said:Sawed sucks :barf:
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Rifleman1776 said:Loyalist Dave said:Sawed sucks :barf:
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Do you really want to start that war again? :wink:
colorado clyde said:Rifleman1776 said:Loyalist Dave said:Sawed sucks :barf:
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Do you really want to start that war again? :wink:
What war?.. Sawed really do suck.. Mostly because they cannot be re-knapped. There is nothing that a sawed flint can do that a knapped cannot...but the vice-versa is not true...
Just sayin... :v
tenngun said:Sawn agates are known at least back to the seventeenth century. They never got overly popular outside of Central Europe. In terms of hc I would think English or French flints would be more correct for an American gun. Another option is a common American chert, unless you have a jaguar rifle or a similar Central European arm.
My experience with them is positive, I don’t use them because they don’t look right.
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