Want some flint?

[Dr Onion]

This guy has about 3 tonnes of the stuff! lol

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/reclaimed-fli...yZ112569QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Dr O

 

[andy_e]

LOL! Group Buy anyone

 

[RobertRogers]

In some areas flint is very common. But three tons!!!

Reminds me of an island in Florida famous for its beach that is entirely made up of beautiful shells. Some guy started selling sacks of these shells on Ebay (essentially selling the beach!) until the local authorities put a stop to that!

 

[mick miller]

My home town of Norwich has entire buildings made from flint, there's tonnes of the stuff locally. Grimes Graves (I think mentioned in one of the RM episodes) isn't too far away which is a prehistoric flint mining site, worth a look if your ever that way.

3 tonnes would last any self respecting flint knapper a fair old while!

 

[Toddy]

Y'know, all joking aside...there's a business opportunity there.
There are an awful lot of us who live on flint free land who'd like a big chunk to play with.
Sell it by the kilo at the Wilderness Gathering

cheers,
Toddy

 

[steve a]

Y'know, all joking aside...there's a business opportunity there.
There are an awful lot of us who live on flint free land who'd like a big chunk to play with.
Sell it by the kilo at the Wilderness Gathering

cheers,
Toddy

Thats an idea, I've got a few thousand tonnes on stock at the moment

 

[Toddy]

Go on then......how much ?
Unless you have time on your hands though it'd probably be a pain sorting, bagging and posting the stuff

cheers,
Toddy

p.s. I just got a pm and have been given a lump by another member who lives nearby

 

[steve a]

Well sorting is no problem, postage is the killer at 2.7tonne per cubic meter the cost is rather prohibative.

 

[British Red]

What Steve said. Our cottage is made of the stuff . Postage will kill yah on a big lump though. I have knapped flint and steel sized pieces for a few guys but can't think of any way of posting a big enough piece to knap a hand axe etc. at a sensible price.

Red

 

[andywinkk]

What weight are the big pecies ?

 

[British Red]

30 pounds to 60 pounds?

 

[British Red]

About that big

 

[Dr Onion]

Y'know, all joking aside...there's a business opportunity there.
There are an awful lot of us who live on flint free land who'd like a big chunk to play with.
Sell it by the kilo at the Wilderness Gathering

cheers,
Toddy

Y'know I was thinking exactly the same thing but I have nowhere to store 3 tonnes of the stuff - let alone collect it!

Dr O

 

[bushwacker bob]

A 25 gallon oil drum filled with flint weighs about a tonne. useless info but it gives you a bit more volume to weight ratio

 

[Dr Onion]

A tad heavy and bulky then! Pity as there is a serious scarcity of the stuff around this way!

Dr O

 

[British Red]

Remembered this thread when I was developing a blade core this morning. This is one of those pieces from the field - just for once it went neatly

Like I said - this place is rotten with the stuff

Red

 

[Tony]

I'm tempted to go and get it, but it would be a bit of a trip for me....Ummm

 

[Toddy]

What we need is a bartering network of folks who drive around the country

That looks like nice stuff Red, but I tell you, I see that and imagine soil full of it and give grateful thanks for my Lanarkshire clay even if it does get a bit soggy.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[bushwacker bob]

What we need is a bartering network of folks who drive around the country

That looks like nice stuff Red, but I tell you, I see that and imagine soil full of it and give grateful thanks for my Lanarkshire clay even if it does get a bit soggy.

cheers,
Toddy

we've got clay too

 

[British Red]

We do indeed Sean - Indeed the rocks and chalk grow well in the clay <sigh>

Still I shifted 12 barrows full of compost onto the veggie patch today. Eventually I hoep to develop something known as "soil"

Red