Brokennock
Cannon
So you have a collection of flint rejects like these?
Only a few of many. And not the worst of them.
Want them to look, and function, more like these,
?
I've seen many posts in the parts about grinding or filing the humps on poorly constructed/kidnapped flints with a hump or peak on top. I tried this with an Edgecraft diamond file I had bought years ago for sharpening broadheads. It has a magnetic handle that allows different plates of various grit diamond abrasive. The problem was how to hold the flint, especially if there was a lot of material to remove. And, over time I've accumulated many flints I've put aside do to what I felt to be unacceptable geometry.
Enter, the tongue depressor,
Two cheap plastic clamps, a tongue depressor, a scrap board, and a diamond file or other grinding device that will cut/abrade flint, and it doesn't take long to fix these.
This flint, deemed unacceptable, has poor angles for the jaws to hold as well as a lack of surface area for gripping,
Clamped in place,
100 file strokes later,
100 file stokes doesn't take long. I probably gave it another 175 after the pics were taken. And another few seconds to round those rascally corners that like to find fingers and such.
The question now is how do I turn all that flint dust into a nice polishing compound? Waste not, want not.
Only a few of many. And not the worst of them.
Want them to look, and function, more like these,
?
I've seen many posts in the parts about grinding or filing the humps on poorly constructed/kidnapped flints with a hump or peak on top. I tried this with an Edgecraft diamond file I had bought years ago for sharpening broadheads. It has a magnetic handle that allows different plates of various grit diamond abrasive. The problem was how to hold the flint, especially if there was a lot of material to remove. And, over time I've accumulated many flints I've put aside do to what I felt to be unacceptable geometry.
Enter, the tongue depressor,
Two cheap plastic clamps, a tongue depressor, a scrap board, and a diamond file or other grinding device that will cut/abrade flint, and it doesn't take long to fix these.
This flint, deemed unacceptable, has poor angles for the jaws to hold as well as a lack of surface area for gripping,
Clamped in place,
100 file strokes later,
100 file stokes doesn't take long. I probably gave it another 175 after the pics were taken. And another few seconds to round those rascally corners that like to find fingers and such.
The question now is how do I turn all that flint dust into a nice polishing compound? Waste not, want not.