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Online jbigley

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Tiny Flints
« on: December 13, 2020, 03:04:15 AM »
I re-found these flints in a drawer while searching for a AA battery for my wife. I've had them for years, and don't remember where I got them; I honestly don't recall whether they are originals or modern. Anyway, thought they would be cool to show here.

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Re: Tiny Flints
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2020, 04:25:04 AM »
I've got a bunch of them too.  They are agate and probably from the 70's-80's.  They fit small locks like the CVA Kentucky and the Traditions Pennsylvania.
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Re: Tiny Flints
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2020, 11:14:28 PM »
Thanks for the info, Dave. I didn't know that CVA and Traditions had locks that small. That seems pretty tiny. Have you used any of yours? I didn't include a tape measure in my photo, but these are really small; 3/8 x 3/8 most of them, with some being even a bit smaller.  I guess whatever makes a spark can work.  At least one appears to be Dover flint, and the lighter brown look like chert. Agate. Interesting... Thanks again--JB

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Re: Tiny Flints
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2020, 05:47:50 PM »
I think whomever was the supplier sourced them from Texas.  A friend uses them in his Traditions.  I give him a handful whenever he runs out.  Chert comes in many forms including agate, flint, chalcedony, etc.  They all work.
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Re: Tiny Flints
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2020, 06:40:15 PM »
I think whomever was the supplier sourced them from Texas.  A friend uses them in his Traditions.  I give him a handful whenever he runs out.  Chert comes in many forms including agate, flint, chalcedony, etc.  They all work.
Thanks, Dave. Thumbs up  :D