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This seems like not enough sparks to me in this slo-mo. I hardened the frizzen with Casenite once but only one cycle of heat/quench.
 

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So far my problems with a frizzen that won't spark has been from a couple frizzens that were too hard. I just throw em in the oven at 400 for an hour or so and try em again when they cool. I've done two that were too hard like that and they spark great now.
 
Argh! I’ll fix the video. If I can figure out how.
 
So far my problems with a frizzen that won't spark has been from a couple frizzens that were too hard. I just throw em in the oven at 400 for an hour or so and try em again when they cool. I've done two that were too hard like that and they spark great now.
It never occurred to me that it might be too hard.
 
Does this video work better?

Tough to tell from your video, but, it looks to me like your flint is striking too low and maybe too square. I'm not familiar with those locks but seems you should be getting more spark.
I paused the video and played with the red bar that moves one forward and back trying to find the spot the flint strikes the steel. This was the best I could come up with
Screenshot_20210814-201554_YouTube.jpg
I wish it were more clear but to me it looks like the pan has barely, if at all, started to open and the flint is almost to the bottom.
The marks on the frizzen with the flint at rest is what initially had me thinking this.
Screenshot_20210814-201928_YouTube.jpg
 
Throw that agate man made cut flint away and put a real black English or French amber flint in the jaws. Also wrap it in leather not whatever that green stuff is. That’s your problem. I’ve never seen a cut flint throw near as many sparks as real flint. With that said the few sparks that cut flint is throwing will still set off a powder charge. Those man made flints dull really fast so don’t expect many more sparks from it after a few shots.
 
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Thanks all for your opinions. I have some things to look and try now.
 
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