Advice on gun Flint tools

[Steve Lasley]

Been knapping arrowheads for years just wanting to learn to make gun flints. Anyone know where to get the tools or how to make the tools? Thanks Steve

 

[M. De Land]

Usually Steve the best gun flints are made from blades struck off cores and then cut into the widths one needs.
I now make all mine from points I have broken or large flakes from bi-faces that won't make good points.
I was told heat treated chert will not make good gun flints but have proven this to be untrue.
So what ever means you use to develop a good circular core to strike off long blades is what tools you need for the job.
I have used copper boppers and moose antler billets but mostly just pressure flake the broken point remains to gun flint shape. I like to use an 8 inch carbide green wheel for flattening the back humps on blade flints and shaping the strike edge bevel initially and then pressure flake it to a saw tooth for maximum spark shower production.Mike D.