English flints

[FishDFly]

Rich Pierce used to sell them ,I bought a dozen and really liked them. Except for the one I gave to a competater on a trail shoot , which he used to beat me!

I layed in a supply of Rich's when I was able, nice flints.

I use Heritage now, nice folks.

 

[deerstalkert]

I have one of the Dixie English flint nodules too. But I don’t want to mess it up!

build a wall gun big enough and you won't need to spall it.

 

[TDM]

I dropped TOW because of humpies!

I’m going to call them and give them one more chance. But if they balk I’ll move on too.

 

[FishDFly]

I’m going to call them and give them one more chance. But if they balk I’ll move on too.

Ideally you want to buy them in person, but we can't always do that.

I have moved my business to Log Cabin for the most part except flints which I go to Heritage as I said before, they are nice folks and have a small business.

 

[TDM]

Ideally you want to buy them in person, but we can't always do that.

I have moved my business to Log Cabin for the most part except flints which I go to Heritage as I said before, they are nice folks and have a small business.

Haven’t tried Heritage yet but I will. And I agree that Log Cabin Shop are good folks, I’ve done business with them in the past. Might just bypass Track on my next order. I’m well stocked with flints at this time. Especially humppies!

 

[FishDFly]

Log Cabin comes to Friendship, TOW does not.

 

[TDM]

Log Cabin comes to Friendship, TOW does not.

That says a lot. They say change is good.

 

[brianpa40]

I buy TOW English flints to and when I get the ones with a hump I use a diamond grinding wheel from Harbor Freight to grind them down.

 

[david w]

I buy TOW English flints to and when I get the ones with a hump I use a diamond grinding wheel from Harbor Freight to grind them down.

How do you hold the flints in place while grinding them?

 

[TDM]

I buy TOW English flints to and when I get the ones with a hump I use a diamond grinding wheel from Harbor Freight to grind them down.

I have a HF diamond wheel tile saw too and use it for that. But I’d prefer not to have to go through the process with each new bag of flints. But they are quite handy to have.

 

[TDM]

How do you hold the flints in place while grinding them?

I hold mine with finger pressure on the side of the blade. The diamond saw won’t cut you even on the cutting edge. Eye protection is the most important thing.

 

[FishDFly]

I buy TOW English flints to and when I get the ones with a hump I use a diamond grinding wheel from Harbor Freight to grind them down.

Do not breath the dust, bad on your lungs.

I don't buy flints I have to grind, why pay for new and then have to work on them, that is not smart.

 

[Yewbender]

From TOW with english flints.

Does your lock seem to prefer flints that are thicker, thinner, flatter, shorter, longer, or more nearly square? Tell us what you need, and we will do our best to select the best flint for your lock when ordering individual flints. Packages of flints are already bagged and no selection of flints is possible. Or specify which gun or lock you have, in our shopping cart comment box, and we will select the best size, for you. We like these nice flints!

 

[FishDFly]

I hold mine with finger pressure on the side of the blade. The diamond saw won’t cut you even on the cutting edge. Eye protection is the most important thing.

Nope, your lungs are.

 

[TDM]

Nope, your lungs are.

The tile saw blade runs through water and everything is wet, there’s no dust. But yes, on a dry saw the dust is not good.

 

[FishDFly]

From TOW with english flints.

Does your lock seem to prefer flints that are thicker, thinner, flatter, shorter, longer, or more nearly square? Tell us what you need, and we will do our best to select the best flint for your lock when ordering individual flints. Packages of flints are already bagged and no selection of flints is possible. Or specify which gun or lock you have, in our shopping cart comment box, and we will select the best size, for you. We like these nice flints!

Flints from Heritage are not pre-bagged, when they are shipped, they are individually taped to a piece of cardboard.

 

[ohio ramrod]

Log Cabin comes to Friendship, TOW does not.

I have a problem with The Log Cabin every time I go into their store I am broke when I leave, and even have went home for more money.

 

[John May]

If you are buying flint nodules, get a couple. I recently attended a flint knapping course here in the UK and we were using genuine Brandon nodules weighing about 5 lbs. My average for decent 5/8" or 3/4" flints was around 5 per nodule, trust me, there's an awful lot of waste!
Plus side is I came home with around 80 good flints, some mine, some the Instructors so I have enough to last me probably the rest of my lifetime!

 

[John May]

I hold mine with finger pressure on the side of the blade. The diamond saw won’t cut you even on the cutting edge. Eye protection is the most important thing.

And a decent dust mask....

 

[Mike in FL]

What is a flint nodule? And yes my last order of Eng flints from TOW had humps.