What does your napping tool for your flintlock look like?

[Pukka Bundook]

Mine looks like a flat, one-piece metal turnscrew, because it is.  Takes up no room at all and has always worked.

[Bob McBride]

Thinking through this a bit, as folks have mentioned, I most often need to nap with the firearm loaded, and I’d imagine most napping was done historically with an iron hammer, turn screw or knife blade, I can see another important reason for feather holes or tapered vent picks....

[MuskratMike]

Feather holes, now where did I see a video recently about this? I try and get the 'ol girl to fire by wiping flint and frizzen with alcohol. Then after it has fired I clean up the flint with a brass tool, but that's just me.

[Bob McBride]

Feather holes, now where did I see a video recently about this? I try and get the 'ol girl to fire by wiping flint and frizzen with alcohol. Then after it has fired I clean up the flint with a brass tool, but that's just me.

 

[Daryl]

2 different napping tools I use.

The second one also works well and is used in a prying motion.
The base of your frizzen on English flints by lining it up on the edge of the flint and pushing down.

[DBoone]

I shoot frontier style all the time out of my pouch and do not even own a ball starter.  I carry the bare minimum.

To nap a flint I go to half cock, put my LH index finger under the flint edge to support it and use the back of my belt knife to tap the flint's edge.  Takes a little practice but works great.