Today I planned a little trip with my son and my wife to collect some fresh pieces of flint. The funny thing is that I don't need to search for it, but just pick it up in an abandoned marl cave. And since the flint was a unwanted side product of the marl cutters, there is still plenty of it available.
Marl cave by Golb.be, on Flickr
On this picture, you can see clearly the flint bank, compressed between two layers of marl.
Marl cave by Golb.be, on Flickr
Marl cave by Golb.be, on Flickr
The cave itself is aprox. 50 meter deep and 200 meter long, almost at any place you can see a bit of the daylight, but you're helpless without a flashlight.
In order not to take the risk the cave would collapse I didn't start cutting pieces of flint from the roof our walls, but took some pieces that were laying on the ground. Just to be safe as I didn't bring a helmet
Finger cut by Golb.be, on Flickr
Anyway, I should bring my gloves the next time, as flint can be very sharp as well, you know
Marl cave by Golb.be, on Flickr
On this picture, you can see clearly the flint bank, compressed between two layers of marl.
Marl cave by Golb.be, on Flickr
Marl cave by Golb.be, on Flickr
The cave itself is aprox. 50 meter deep and 200 meter long, almost at any place you can see a bit of the daylight, but you're helpless without a flashlight.
In order not to take the risk the cave would collapse I didn't start cutting pieces of flint from the roof our walls, but took some pieces that were laying on the ground. Just to be safe as I didn't bring a helmet
Finger cut by Golb.be, on Flickr
Anyway, I should bring my gloves the next time, as flint can be very sharp as well, you know
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