Afghan Flints

[FlinterNick]

Anyone use these, the don’t seem to hold an edge very well.

 

[Johnny Too-Tall]

When I was deployed to Afghanistan I bought a bunch of them and they are not high quality. They work good for knockoff flint rifle and such they sell that are more for decor than anything. But for use probably half broke upon first use.

 

[tenngun]

When I was deployed to Afghanistan I bought a bunch of them and they are not high quality. They work good for knockoff flint rifle and such they sell that are more for decor than anything. But for use probably half broke upon first use.

I wonder why that would be. I buy mostly English but have used lots of home made from local chert, and a few French amber.
I’ve never seen an Afghan flint that I know of but my first thought would be rock is rock……
But
It seems French flint was high quality for tool makers and in Paleolithic times French flints were being exported showing up in Spanish and Italian sites
Obsidian, that doesn’t spark well but makes great tools was traded from Oregon in to the Mississippi valley a thousand years ago
Food for thought

 

[Johnny Too-Tall]

I wonder why that would be. I buy mostly English but have used lots of home made from local chert, and a few French amber.
I’ve never seen an Afghan flint that I know of but my first thought would be rock is rock……
But
It seems French flint was high quality for tool makers and in Paleolithic times French flints were being exported showing up in Spanish and Italian sites
Obsidian, that doesn’t spark well but makes great tools was traded from Oregon in to the Mississippi valley a thousand years ago
Food for thought

I might have just bought a bunch of low quality flints from the local market IDK. All I know was the ones I got were subpar. There might be a huge quality difference in Afghan flints bought online vs locally in Afghanistan as well.

 

[FlinterNick]

When I was deployed to Afghanistan I bought a bunch of them and they are not high quality. They work good for knockoff flint rifle and such they sell that are more for decor than anything. But for use probably half broke upon first use.

Same thing. Happened with mine, i have a dozen and at least 7 of them broke in half after 2-3 shots in a chambers lock.