knapping flints?

[Adam Helmer]

Mr. 16 gauge,

EXCELLENT post! Once you learn the secret of knapping, please post it here. I have tried for far too many years to knapp a sharp point on my DULL flints. Ok, I am not skilled in many things, but I want to know how to recycle my dull flints. LET'S go for it!

If you are only getting 10 to 15 shots per flint, have you polished your frizzen? A ROUGH frizzen "eats" flints because it is so rough and fragments them. I use a fine grade crocus cloth to polish my frizzens. I give the frizzen 30 or so "laps" of crocus cloth to remove the "dings" from the face of the frizzen and get longer flint "life."

Happy Thanksgiving to you and all the other fine folks on this Forum.

Adam