[TheForge] Steel for Strikers (flint sources?)

[Daniel Kretchmar]

Mike!

It was me!  I couldn't remember who sent it to me either!  Thanks.  I am 
interested in more if you are willing to send some.  Let me know when/if you 
have time to get more and how much you want and I'll send you a 
check/paypal.

Thanks again for the last time.

Dan Kretchmar
www.irontreeworks.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Linn" <bamablacksmith at comcast.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Steel for Strikers (flint sources?)


>I sent a big rock to someone last year but dont remember who. The primary 
>crop in my mothers yard are flint rocks. I dont have them here as I live on 
>what was an alluvial plain, but she lives 40 miles north on the side of 
>Wheeler Mtn and I think its just one big rock.. her yard is literally 
>littered with chunks of flinty rocks.
>
> mike
>
> At 03:18 PM 4/17/2007, you wrote:
>>I use 1095. It produces the most consistant sparks.  It isn't cheap unless 
>>you
>>use old springs.  If you aren't making too many, you could use old car 
>>springs.
>>If you have access to a junk yard, pick up a bunch of old springs.  I had 
>>to
>>make a few hundred so I invested in some stock (1/4 x 1/2). It required 
>>less
>>work than flattening the springs.
>>
>>BTW:  Anyone know where I can get some flint flakes?  I need a couple of 
>>hundred
>>to sell with my strikers this summer.  My source dried up and someone on 
>>this
>>list sent me some a few years back, but I don't remember who....Mike?
>>
>>Advice anyone?
>
>
>            Mike Linn
>      Artist Blacksmith
>         McCalla, AL
>
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