Lead or leather to hold a flint

[D.Summers]

Ditt is right! Worn out gloves. and the tongues of old boots make great flint grips!

 

[deerstalkert]

I use leather. When i take the lock out to clean i spray the flint, Cock, pan, and Frizzen with Windex.
the fouling dissolves instantly, then i rinse with alcohol and follow with a splash of ballistol in the needed spots.
I never remove the flint and leather and the leather takes a good set to the cock jaws and flint.
last session I reached 85 shots with the current flint. bugger just keeps going.

 

[WonkyEye]

I think it was my L&R lock instructions that suggested a drop of super glue to hold one side of the leather to one side of the flint. It makes for a rock solid hold in the jaws. I don't always do it, but if I have a flint that has a weird side angle on the top or bottom and looks like one that will always cause problems I will.

I just saw another approach on YouTube, I wish I could remember who the creator was. They used an extra long leather and punched 4 holes in it instead of the usual 1. They folded the leather over and shoved the hammer spur into the 2 holes in the back, and threaded the top jaw screw through the front 2 holes. It seemed like it would work to keep the leather from shifting, not sure if it would work on a lopsided flint though.