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Offline flecha

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Gunflints
« on: May 08, 2016, 05:07:30 pm »
I needed some for my flinter so I made some.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Gunflints
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2016, 06:11:48 pm »
Dang!  Those look better than most I have gotten from Track of the Wolf or Dixie Gunworks in over a decade!
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Gunflints
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2016, 06:57:57 pm »
Now that's where the name came from :)
Nice 8)
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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: Gunflints
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2016, 07:43:28 pm »
Very nice indeed.
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Offline mullet

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Re: Gunflints
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2016, 09:48:24 pm »
Those look good. Is that Georgetown?
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Offline Dalton Knapper

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Re: Gunflints
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2016, 10:26:47 pm »
I've made a few hundred. Besides knowing how to knock off good blades (you can make them from any suitable flake), the key is to have a proper anvil to shape them. I do little to zero pressure flaking to knap one. The secret is to have a stump, 6X6, etc with a flat iron rod driven onto it. I like a 1/4 X 2" anvil rod. I then use a bopper to shape them with the flat side up. Works well. Congtats on some fine flints.
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