Source for Blond French flints??

Of course you realize you make us Quite envious!

 

[robinghewitt]

Of course you realize you make us Quite envious!

There's no need for that, because there's nothing you can do with surface flints, they're just rocks. I buy my gun flints from a shop same as everyone else.

 

[musketman]

There's no need for that, because there's nothing you can do with surface flints, they're just rocks.

What if you knapp off the outer surface, is the middle section of a surface flint usable?

 

[robinghewitt]

What if you knapp off the outer surface, is the middle section of a surface flint usable?

Knapping is clever stuff, I could smash it to pieces but the chances of getting anything gun flint shaped are kinda remote.

If you aren't convinced, send me a mail address. I'd sure be interested to see if you could salvage a gun flint from this rock, and if so, tell me how you did it :master:

 

[musketman]

It may make a good flint and steel rock for starting fires...

 

[Musketeer]

Indeed, Squire! That's an impressive chunk o' rock. Wow! :shocking: By the way, I've used the same strategy in battle myself. Whenever I'm confronted by an angry mob carrying ML shotguns, I simply launch a few clays into the air as a diversion, then I sneak off into the woods (well, in my case I sneak off into the desert, but you get the point). In any case, Squire Robin, thanks for the picture and the kind (at least I hope they were kind :shocking thoughts. :thumbsup:

 

[robinghewitt]

It may make a good flint and steel rock for starting fires...

...or you could try to make a gun flint ::

I'll mail it tomorrow :thumbsup:

 

[musketman]

I'll mail it tomorrow :thumbsup:

Thanks Robin... :redthumb:

It's mine now guys... :blah:

 

[Zonie]

It will be interesting to see how this affects your life Mooskeetman.

You will now be one of the "got rocks"!

PS: don't spend all of your new found wealth in one place. :: ::

 

[Chickenfax]

How do you clamp this rock into the hammer of your flintlock? Sorry, I am new to flinters.
Oh I see... If you built your own flintlock but only bigger, say like a 200 inch barrel 12 inches across the flat...
Did they ever have flintlock cannons?

 

[musketman]

Chickenfax: The rock will be knapped (controled breaking) into usable smaller 1 inch pieces and then fit into the jaws of my musket...

Ha, French flint in an English musket...

It's almost as funny as English flint in a French musket... :crackup:

 

[robinghewitt]

That's an impressive chunk o' rock. Wow! :shocking:

Hi Musketeer

I found one for you. It's musket sized, already has the bevel cut and the shape maked out.

All you got to do is trim off the top and sides ::

best regards

Squire Robin
GHH

 

[Musketeer]

Squire, Unlike Musketman, I'm far too lazy to dig that flint out of the surrounding rock (I also SUCK at knapping) :cry:!
On the other hand, if you'd like to send me some fine ready-to-use black English flints........ :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :thumbsup:

 

You can buy Tom Fuller "English" flints at October Country or Trackofhewolf.
; The last 100 bunch of 1 1/8" and 1" flints I bought at October Country, didn't have a single peaked flint- I think Musketman got them all. - HAHAHAHA!

 

[Musketeer]

Shhhhhhhhhh!!!! C'mon, Daryl! I'm tryin' to get some free flints from Robin! :shocking: By the way don't say anything to Robin about this! Thanks! Oh S---! What do ya mean this isn't a private post! :crackup: :shocking: Oh C---! Hey, Robin! Ignore this post! Watch the flying clays, while I sneak off into the woods! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :thumbsup:

 

[roundball]

Hump backed flints - those "mizzy wheels" are the best thing since sliced bread...they'll grind off a hump back down to a flat top in 30 seconds

 

[robinghewitt]

Hey, Robin! Ignore this post!

Wilco ::

 

[musketman]

Maybe you could go to Penzance and get some pyrite too...

I know, bad pun...

"The pyrites of Penzance..." :crackup:

 

[Musketeer]

Oh, Lord! Is this the level to which we've sunk? :crackup: :crackup: Musketman, I think you should make the guy who writes your jokes/puns walk the plank! It's time to commit his body to the Deep! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :thumbsup:

 

[musketman]

It got to my house today...

Thank you Robin, it looks really nice...

Hit it with a flint striker, the sparks just jumped off of it and danced in the fibers of my carpet, again, Mrs. Musketman gave me that look...

My wife said:
"Do you have to knapp it?"

I said yes...

She said: "Send it back, I remember the last time!!!"

She was refering to the fact that I had laid three fingers to the bone and had 12 stiches in each from a knapping mishap...

Go figure? :crackup:

Again, thank you for your kindness...
:redthumb: