I normally get my flints from either Track of the Wolf or Muzzleloaders Builser Supply.

54JNoll, Thank you again "my blackpowder mentor". Again you have saved the day. By the way, a friend of mine down in Amarillo, TX gave me some Alabaetz flint he'd found many, many years ago over by Meridith Lake (before the Government made a state park out of it). Anyway, I got to thinking, "Why not try to knapp a flint for my ole smoke pole out of a piece of it?" I did. Now it doesn't or didn't look like one of the store bought English flints but I wedged it in; squared it on the frizzen, turned the lights out on the work stand. And let er' rip. "Wallah! Sparks!". I again had a thought. "How many times will this thing work?" So far 6 and I'm going to leave it in and try it at the range as soon and the inferno we've been living in lately changes to cooler weather. I'll keep you posted. Thanks again. Good shooting! Mike

Flint has to come out of the ground to be usefull. Any picked up from the surface has been weathered and may have cracks all through it from being wet and freezing. This stuff can't be knapped.

Thanks for the information on the flints. I've picked up some from a guy in Canada but the shipping from there to here is S.....L.....O.....W!! However, the price seemed fair and the quality was about comparable to Track of the Wolf.

4tails, you can thank our scumbag customs people for the s-l-o-w service. They also change the values of packages in order to rip people off on incoming packages. derf

stumpjumper, this is the second time I've heard about the French agate flints but have yet been able to locate them. Any lead would be appreciated as I have stuck a big fat zero so far. Thanks, Mike