buying flints

[David P]

Once you find exactly what size flint works best in your rifle you need a way to make sure you buy just that size. I came up with an idea that works good for me. I took the plastic lid off a coffee can and cut a piece the size of a credit card so it fits in my wallet. Next I layed out the top and side profile of the perfect flint size for my rifle on this card. I cut these profiles out on the card and now I always have a guage with me when I find flints for sale. If you have more than one rifle you can get more than one template on a card if you lay out carefully.

 

[roundball]

Here's something that might be of additional help...reference chart from Track of the Wolf's web site:

 

[Rifleman1776]

Here's something that might be of additional help...reference chart from Track of the Wolf's web site:

In one way, that is very misleading.
I haven't seen flints that flat since my last shipment from Gunter Stifter in Germany.
And, those are perfectly shaped sawn flints. :haha:

 

[hanshi]

:hmm: You really expect them to post pics of their "CULLS"...really?! :bull:

 

[Rifleman1776]

:hmm: You really expect them to post pics of their "CULLS"...really?! :bull:

The "culls" are what they, and others, ship when you buy English flints.
Sawn flints rock. :rotf:

 

[lonehorseman]

I recently ordered 3 sizes from Track. Most all looked just like the photos. Very good rocks.

 

[jamesthomas]

I like the flints I have from Rich Pierce :thumbsup: .

 

Rich Pierce +1. I got a bunch from Rich some time back and they were really good. Shape, size and sparks. better yet was his price.
Mark

 

[JSTRAW]

I ordered 3 dozen flints from Mr. Pierce on March 17. He had 30 dozen ahead of me. Today June 17 I have never received my order to date. He must be very busy. I ordered from TOTW and received excellent English flints in 3 days. They work great in my older CVA Hawken. My new T.C. Hawken is still in the box that led me to this site back in the winter. The ole CVA is a tackdriver even with wobbley me doing the shooting.

 

[Musketeer]

I recently ordered 3 sizes from Track. Most all looked just like the photos. Very good rocks.

The flints I've ordered randomly from Track have been about 50% flat and 50% humpbacks. They are pretty accomodating though if you add a note to your order specifying a specific shape.

 

[don hepler]

I went to Dixon's builder's fair last year and did just what you did. I took a gage that I made out of aluminum and I sorted through boxes of flints to get just the right ones. I still had to do a lot of diamond filing to get them the way I wanted them. Now I just buy the sawed flints and use the diamond file to keep them sharp.From the traditional stand-point I like the knapped flints but I admit that I cheat and use sawen flints most of the time.

 

[Rifleman1776]

.From the traditional stand-point I like the knapped flints but I admit that I cheat and use sawen flints most of the time.

No need to suffer from hc/pc/authentic desertion auges. Sawn flints go way-way back in history. Usually only found on presentation grade guns for the upper class. But they were used long before flush toilets.

 

[hanshi]

They do seem to last and work well on good locks.

 

[Zonie]

Flush toilets?

 

[Stumpkiller]

Flush toilets?

Right in the house, too. I's seen 'em and figure that's right unsanitary if you ask me. Folks should go outside for that. :wink:

 

[wahkahchimaol.com]

Wow that template is a good idea just for sorting flints in my flint collection...

 

[brubincam]

never had a flush toilet at home till dad died--mom put 2 in

 

[hanshi]

Yep, wouldn't be caught dead without one......well, actually wouldn't need one in that case. But it does pay to be prepared. :rotf: