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Posted: 9/20/2016 7:15:55 PM EDT
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Its true. The French used amber flints and theyre typically more brittle than the dark English flints. They wear out in about 15-20 shots in my bess to 30 or so on an English flint.
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Posted: 9/23/2016 7:24:55 AM EDT
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I tried amber flints for a while, wore out fast.
Went back to the black English flints. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:10:48 PM EDT
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Anybody got a picture of some examples of these black or amber flints?
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Posted: 9/23/2016 11:27:18 PM EDT
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This guy on Facebook is selling amber flints and has pics of them
Passagassawakeag-18th-19th-Century-Objects-For-Sale |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 10:48:08 AM EDT
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Ebay photo |
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Posted: 9/28/2016 8:35:21 PM EDT
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I've used them both, no difference. Grey chalky flints? I stay away from those. No spark!
BTW you can find amber, black, gray and brown flints all over southern England. There they are so common, that they use them as wall decorations on the outside of houses, as well as for riprap in culverts. Google: flints on english houses |
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Posted: 10/5/2016 3:03:32 PM EDT
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Had to put the book down. I'm working on a book on the history of sharpshooting.
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