twisted_1in66 said:Replacing that spring would probably be my last resort effort. It really doesn't take much spring tension to keep it bouncing back at the flint. I lost my frizzen spring in the tall grass the one time I removed it for an extreme cleaning that it really didn't need. Got a new one from L&R and when I talked to them before sending in the lock (they installed it free for just the price of the replacement spring) we spoke about frizzen spring tension for a bit. It really takes very little tension to keep it from rebounding back on the flint.
My guess (again) would be that you have the flint hitting the frizzen at too abrupt an angle. That will smash the edge and you will get only a few shots out of it before it stops sparking and you start knapping at it.
Of course if you hit it at too high of an angle it will knock junks off the bottom of the flint. You want to set that flint up so it strikes at a 55° to 60° angle. Much less than 55° starts smashing flint edges. Get at much above 60° and it starts knocking chunks off the bottom of the flint. Check out the picture below to see what I'm talking about:
Also, don't expect the flint to hit the top of the frizzen when you have it set to strike at that angle. Anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 the way down from the top is fine.
Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:
Dan
Could you show how protractor is placed on the frizzen?to check angle ..little confused on how you place it if i put the 90 degree on curved frizzen it show like 80 or so..
