Flint 'wallet'?

[roundball]

Originally posted by Mr. 16 gauge

Do you know if these are historically correct, or a 'modern' innovation?

I do not...I saw them advertised by an individual somewhere and just thought they looked neat. The ones he had advertised held 8 fints which I thought was way too many and the wallet was big, thick, bulky, resulting in unnecessary extra weight, etc.
So I asked him if he could make some that held just 3 like my photo, he said no sweat, and only charged me a couple bucks each as I recall, and I carry one in each caliber's hunting pouch.

Why 3 you ask? I figure if I have to replace a flint it'll go like this:
Flint #1 - Will shatter on the first test fire;
Flint #2 - I'll drop it in the deep leaves never to be seen again;
Flint #3 - Needed to finally get back hunting again;

To be honest, you could almost make the case that the amount of leather involved just to carry 3 spare flints is quite a lot really, but the wallet lays so flat, weighs practically nothing, and takes up so little room I carry them all the time and they protect the flints edge perfectly.

Interesting thing is this:
I have NEVER needed a spare flint while out hunting...BUT as soon as I stop carrying spares I'd need them for sure.