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I'd like to get a few good pieces of flint, ready to use, for fire making. I have several good strikers. Can anyone set me up?
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Flint and Steel?
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Townsends, Turkey foot traders, Dixie Gun works, Log cabin sport shop, Samsons Historic and no doubt lots others on line sell fire flints.
Where do you live?
In much of the country chert is found all over, so check your road sides, or creek beads
It doesn’t have to be high quality to throw a spark.
If you want to be fancy, on line you can find large iron pyrites nodgles. So yo can strike your light with gold
A flint blade last for ever. I use mine a lot, and have a thirty year old pyrite and flint blades well over ten years old
Where do you live?
In much of the country chert is found all over, so check your road sides, or creek beads
It doesn’t have to be high quality to throw a spark.
If you want to be fancy, on line you can find large iron pyrites nodgles. So yo can strike your light with gold
A flint blade last for ever. I use mine a lot, and have a thirty year old pyrite and flint blades well over ten years old
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If you are anywhere near Lecthworth park we will be there this weekend starting Friday. It is the Stone Tool show. I will have flint and steel with me.
Carteret Kid
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How do you strike pyrite for sparks?
N.Y. Yankee
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Im going to try to get there.
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Just like flint, you don’t have to look for a sharp edge
Any angle almost will produce a spark.
But they are not as hot as flint
So I hold char under the rock in my left and strike with right
Shot with out a ‘nest’ but I hold my nest with the char
I do the same thing with my flint and char in reverse order..
I hold the char on top of the flint striking downward.
Different strokes, for different folks..
As long as it works it’s all good.
I hold the char on top of the flint striking downward.
Different strokes, for different folks..
As long as it works it’s all good.
Stonewall Creek Outfitters , has chunks of flint to sell , online.
Coolhand
Ozark Mt. Daredevil
I use chert mostly it grows wild in Arkansas.
Coolhand , would any of them "cherts " , grow in Pa.?
Coolhand
Ozark Mt. Daredevil
I am not sure, I’ve only been there one time to Mansfield for work. I’ll look around for some while I’m out bow hunting in a few weeks. I’ll message you when I find some if you would like some?
smoothshooter
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If you don’t find any soon send me a PM and I will fix you up with some good chert.
It’s almost everywhere here in SW MO. I even have some partially exposed pieces in my yard.
rich pierce
70 Cal.
Jasper works as well. Plenty in PA.
Coolhand
Ozark Mt. Daredevil
I have seen some nice Jasper arrowheads!
I read somewhere that chert could be obtained around Marshall's Creek in Monroe County PA.
Guys , thanks for the offers to send some cherts , but I,m sitting on about 24 chert "flints" from 20 years ago. thanks again.........
Rock Home Isle
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Honestly, since I started shooting flintlocks, I seldom use my fire starting kit anymore.
Make sure the gun is pointed in a safe direction…I stick a bird’s feather in the flash hole, dump the prime and put the charclothe in the pan. Close the pan, cock the gun, pull the trigger…ready to start a fire.
Make sure the gun is pointed in a safe direction…I stick a bird’s feather in the flash hole, dump the prime and put the charclothe in the pan. Close the pan, cock the gun, pull the trigger…ready to start a fire.
Were the obsidian points from a local source?
