[TheForge] Steel for Strikers (flint sources?)

[Mike Linn]

Next time I get up to my mothers I'll load up a few. the post office flat 
rate boxes work great for that.  I shipped 68# of lead to Oregon for $8.95

mike




At 03:59 AM 4/19/2007, you wrote:
>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?)
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>>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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            Mike Linn
      Artist Blacksmith
         McCalla, AL


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"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how
   close they were to success when they gave up. "
   ~ Thomas A. Edison
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