Looking for Flint...

[OliveDrabnotDPM]

I've managed to get some 'U-shaped' steel strikers made for 'Flint & Steel' fire lighting but am in need of some good pieces of dark flint.
Does anyone have any kicking around where they live that I could make use of?
Here's hoping.....
Duncan

 

[Bodge]

Hi Duncan. while your out and about look for car park borders with flint in it at retail parks and the like. I have found some decent bits in the past. The further south you look though the more you will find in my experience. Some one will turn up with some spare soon enough I guess.

 

[lannyman8]

where abouts are you????? i might have a few bits spare, of course you could use some granite or quarts too...

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

You will also find bits of flint in 20mm gravel on people's gardens. My mums front garden gets pillaged every time I visit

 

[OliveDrabnotDPM]

lannyman8
I'm in Ripon. How about you?

 

[adestu]

i have some nice chunks of black flint

 

[Urban X]

I got a garden 'full of the stuff' if you're ever in Kent.


Si

 

[Everything Mac]

Just a quick note:

Flint (chert) in all it's colours will still make a spark. It doesn't have to be black!

You essentially need a rock harder than the steel.

Granite will work (ie the quartz) and so will vein quartz.

Cheers

*trust me I'm a geologist*

 

[adestu]

good on you mac,i just offered what i have

 

[calgarychef]

True but the brandon flint is black as hades and it was prized for gunflints, there must be some reason for that. I've made sparks with lots of different rocks but the Brandon stuff throws more of a shower than any other rock I've tried. If you want some Brandon flint pm me your info and I'll send you out a few bits that due to my lack of talent have escaped being arrowheads.

 

[Everything Mac]

I'll gladly submit to any experiments on the subject.

In fact it would be very interesting to see if black does through more sparks than other colours.

I'm no chert expert, it could be that black flint contains a higher silica content so is a bit harder.




Andy

 

[adestu]

I'll get flint post tomorrow Duncan.

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