Many of you are correcting me on my definition of bevel up vs bevel down. So, I’ll concede that I must be in error. My way is how I think of the bevel position based on the position of the edge of the flint pointing up or pointing down. But so many people are correcting me, I have to concede that I my thinking is backwards.

@marctric

2 жыл бұрын

Which one came first ? Since it is a video and you show what are you trying to say, i never think about it. But if i have to, i will go after the woodworking chiesel concept about bevel up and down. Just my 2 cents. BTW, my reference in woodworking is this guy. kzread.info/dash/bejne/p59-lKmgfJiWf7Q.html

@antoninolatorre8355

2 жыл бұрын

bevel down ... point up, ok !!!

@Gunsmith-4570

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, your way looks right to me. I only have 1 flintlock,( it's a Double Barrel pistol so I guess that's 2 Flintlocks) came with out flints. When they came in, size 5/8" I followed your methodology bevel up. I really need to fire that one of these days. Good video, it is much nicer these days with all the info on you tube. Back when I got my first black powder revolver, the only good info came in the back of the Dixie Gun Works catalog.

@GovtWatchdog

2 жыл бұрын

We all know what mike means regardless of which is “correct”.

@billlincolnmd9159

2 жыл бұрын

Try rubbung a smidgin of pine sap sticky on your leather rap--it holds.

I have done many searches and read several books that covered the topic of flints, installing and knapping them. No instruction has been as clear and helpful as this. Mike has such a organized way of thinking and communicating. Thanks so much for your excellent work again!

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I’m glad you liked it.

Useful, ✔️ Interesting, ✔️ Entertaining, ✔️ Thanks Mike

Thanks for another excellent video, Mike. You're the only guy I know who can talk about a rock and make it interesting.

Thank you for the information. I didn’t realize how little I knew about flint and my Cabela’s flintlock rifle.

I will probably never shoot a flintlock, but I’ve sure enjoyed learning about them. Thanks for the series!

@davefellhoelter1343

2 жыл бұрын

Carful, they are like Fire Arms Crack, "Just say No!" or you will be All In!

I’ve been a flintlock rifle owner for all of 4-5 months, so this video series has been incredibly helpful for me, so thank you!

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it is useful to you.

Great stuff mike. I always wondered about flints and all the logistic aspects. Thumbs up

You definitely answered my question on sharpening flint. Thanks Mike!!👍

I'm new to flintlocks, your videos have helped me tremendously.

@duelist1954

10 ай бұрын

I’m glad I could help out.

Hi from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures and history and information

I enjoy everything about flintlocks. That's all I have now. Modern guns are boring. I hunt and use them for food not a range guy. I have followed Mike for years and he does the best informed videos . It's simple thing like flints sights loads etc. That helps everyone from experience to inexperienced people. Great video like always God bless. 🙌

I know this video was about flints, but that fowler is downright handsome. I am looking forward to seeing it in action in the upcoming video.

You take the time and go into great detail which make your information very interesting. I always look forward to your videos; keep up the great your great work.

Great series on flintlocks Mike! Perhaps the new standard on the subject. Well done. One footnote on flintlocks in particular is the importance of eye protection. After shooting flintlocks steadily for a year with my new glasses. It was evident that tiny chards of flint were pitting my glasses! Just a friendly reminder.🤓

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Luckily, I need glasses to see, but you’re right. The same thing happens to my glasses.

@magua1368

6 ай бұрын

I do not like them but I wear "oversized" safety glasses over my 900USD script glasses{I'm far sighted}when shootin the fire beathin dragon. I agree, my glasses were pitting as well...@@duelist1954

Very informative and understandable. Good job. Ben

Thanks again for the teaching. Good video as always.

Once again as a history nut I find this fascinating. The things our ancestors had to do simply to survive day to day really do amaze me. Thank you, Mike for another great video.

@magua1368

6 ай бұрын

Agree. They did not have the daily "grind" that we have as well. Their job was to survive, not to pay taxes to the man. Wish I had lived then instead of now...👍

Fantastic information, very helpful and well explained. Thank you.

All the questions I didn't know I needed to ask about flints answered in one video. Thank you Sir!

Great video! Interesting, and necessary subject. Well done!

Fine explanation of Flint setting and maintenance thank you Mike

Really great video Sir, thanks for posting this lots of great information

Thanks Mike! These videos are the reason I got into flintlocks.

Delightful, my flintlock comes in on tuesday. I'll have all week to get the action working for the weekend. I can't wait. Another great video!

An excellent video! Thanks. Everything was something I did not know.

This is a great video. I have a couple of flintlocks and this will help me if i have any problems with the flints. Keep up the good work.

This is the first time I've heard of notching the leather. That seems like a great idea. Now, I gotta go to the range and try it!

Mike a lot of good information on flints please keep this good infomation coming

This whole series has been very helpful. Thanks Mike. Wish someone would have told me all this a few decades ago. BTW, love the English flints in my L&R lock. No more klatching, no more Flinchlock and plenty of spark.

Very cool!!! I learned a lot and am grateful!! Great job on the video and thank you for sharing this very important topic!

brand new to Flintlocks. I purchased a Traditions Woodsman flintlock kit. It’s been a fun learning curve. I’m about to stain the stock, so that tells you where I’m at in the process. Your instruction on the right flint was great. This will allow me to order the flints now so when the gun is finished, I’ll be ready to shoot. Thanks again for a great video and I look forward to watching other things you’ve done.

Thanks for sharing this info on flints- I believe you answered any questions I was thinking of

That video makes a lot of sense...... enjoyed every moment, thanks Mike

Wow! You are helping us to decide afore or agin the flinter!

Thanks Mike for all the information. I doubt very much most people have any idea where flint comes from and some history about it. Your videos are always interesting.

Great video, Thanks!! Merry Christmas!

TRACK OF THE WOLF IS VERY GOOD FLINT

Cool video, sharpening flint was very enlightening.

Hi Mike, thank you for the lesson on how to sharpening a flint.

That was great! Interesting! Useful! Thank you sir, as always a pleasure! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

Great content! I always learn something new from your channel.

Essential information, the tapping of the flint to sharpen it was very helpful.

Thank you. Flintlocks were always an enigma for me. There is allot of assumed or lost knowledge. You certainly helped fill some gaps.

Thanks Mike, really appreciate the knowledge

Very clear directions and clear camera angles. Thank you.

Thanks for the information Michael

Thanks! Very simple on the napping. I see so many people that say you have to have special tools.

Been shooting flint for 61 years. English flints have never let me down

Excellent discussion! Thanks!

😂 I'm glad the French helped! We may very well have run out of flints! 😂 Great video Mike! You are the greatest! Thank you!

I have used a Flintlock hunting before but I never owned one just recently I purchased a new Lvman deer stalker, and your videos are very helpful for me to get started. Thank you.

Very helpful. You removed a lot of the mystery for me. I'm looking forward to the 12 ga frontier video. It could change my pheasant hunts forever- at least a couple of times a year.

Thanks Mike it had answered a few questions on how i learned trial and error.

Great job as always, you are a wealth of knowledge, and a excellent teacher. Keep up the great work.

That was a cool way to knap the flint, looking forward to trying it

another very good informational video thanks Mike

Just found your channel. Such a golden, informative video, thank you!

Wanted to know how to sharpen a Flint. Thank you for such an informative video. 👌🤠👍

Thank you for posting. I enjoyed it. Learned quite a lot.

Thank you so much for this. Very informative!

Never knew about sharpening a flint in the jaws with the back of a knife. Nicely done!!

Thank you very much Mike.

You are an incredible presenter, one of the best on KZread.

Recently retired, thinking about getting back into voyageur/buckskinning with flintlocks. Looking at kits so far, a lot to learn. Used a canoe gun back in the late 70s, thinking a longer rifle this time. Lots to learn/re-learn. Thanks!

Fascinating, cant wait to get my first flintlock. Moving on from percussion 🇺🇸

Everything you present is outstanding, thanks for being the professor of BP.

Mike keep it up love your videos been watching your videos long time you showed me how to shoot and clean my colt 1851 and 1860 now I’m getting into flintlocks rifles so keep them coming

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it.

Thank you I actually learned stuff I haven't thought of. And I've been playing with flintlocks for 7 years now and love them

@markveenstra9378

2 жыл бұрын

Side note . You have to use real Black Powder in the pan nothing else works as well. Good luck finding it 🤠

yes found very helpful. thank you for your help.

We had a lot of Flint around when I was a kid. From the Lead Mines in Picher Oklahoma.

A needed explanation of flints. Thanks.

Great video! I'm in SAR and we have a lot of guys join and buy a cheap gun. One new guy came out for training and got off one shot and then....nothing. We determined that his frizzen needed to be hardened although this gun was purchased new. This discussion of flints is invaluable to new shooters....but don't forget the frizzen. If it's too soft, you won't get a spark. Good news....they can be hardened.

This is all good stuff. Appreciate the info

Hello, I like your show Mike on the flintlock rifle , lock operation and flint maintenance. I really enjoy shooting a flint lock , as you do, and developing the best lock set-up and loading methods for it. I recently purchased a Virginia, James River, Long Rifle from Track of the Wolf and am anxious to take it out. This it is my first venture into purchasing hand-made rifles on-line. It is truly a beautiful 50 cal. rifle (44", "B" swamped Colerain barrel; has a fast, Chambers, Rounded surfaces , Southern style, early single trigger lock; curly maple stock and early style iron furniture. I like it also because the lock is like a fowler and holds flints that are a bit wider than typical rifles of the later period and the curly maple stock combines early features (Wider, fowler butt; Jaeger style patch box & lid; tapered and stepped sides in the lock area with light engraving in the cheek, wrist and forearm areas). I have one other hand-made rifle; a 50 cal. rifle made by Michael Beathe (Started the file-knife craze in the 80"s). He made the custom rifle for a movie and also provided an accompanying file-knife with the same curly stain and German silver metal as he used for the thimbles and nose piece of the rifle. The beauty and artistic endeavor in these old repro rifles far exceeds what is typically made today and offers a degree of satisfaction that brings a smile to your face when you handle them.

@duelist1954

Жыл бұрын

Those sound like a couple of great rifles.

I have a Lancaster style rifle built by the late Ken Ishler in the later 70’s. He had English flint in the gun when I bought it in the early 90’s. I could never get the gun to spark correctly with. I did have a lot of T/C flints on hand to which I is to this day. They work very well in the Siler lock. Get video and keep up with the good work .

Loved the video very helpful.

Good Video Mr. B. I only have cap guns do to no black powder sources in my area. You answered a lot of questions I had about flints I had concerning flints. Bought another barrel guess that means another build, Would have never started building guns if not for your videos. Thanks again.

You make it so interesting. I love it.

I think that your be tutorial on placemt of a flint is based on many years of practical BB application. I would take your advice on this subject rather than alot of armchair warriors! I have found your advice to be be spot on. Without exception!

Really interesting, thanks Mike.

Thank you very much I've always wanted to know how to sharpen my flint and now I know. Excellent tutorial video!

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad it was useful

Got my first flintlock today. Great video

Good stuff Mike. I have several percussion pistols and muskets, alas not a single flintlock. Perhaps it is time.....Thanks for the information.

Thanks Mike. Good info. I recommend this video to all new “Click-poof-whiz-bang” shooters

This was so helpful, thank you so much!

Thanks for some very useful information and showing how to resharpen a flint.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you liked it.

Many Thanks. These the sort of little practical details that you never worry about until you are about to try something for the first time! Very nicely timed for me too as I've just found that my first, new to me flinter came with a flint that is apparently physically too long - and shorter than recommended! At least I know how to put it back in now. Time permitting, it would be great if you could cover routine maintenance, particularly lubrication of the lock mechanism. Any gun used for target shooting is likely to work harder than one used for hunting, so lubrication would seem to be a good thing. Not on the frizzen face though - I worked that out!

Good Stuff. Never seen anybody else do a video on this. Heard about the bevel Down method but never tried it. Good to know. Thanks.

Good info as always. Thanks!

GOOD STUFF MIKE.

That's awesome just ordered a 36 flintlock kibler I have 9caplicks this will be my first flint Definitely help me out thank you

Thank you for this video!

Very educational, I'm starting to want a flintlock.

I had a pedersoli 1816 harpers ferry musket that I used for early civil war reenacting, 20 plus years ago. I sold it to a friend of mine and I regret it! Love those flintlocks! I actually used old boot leather to hold my flints in place.

Great info thanks for sharing.

Wish I could have looked at U-Tube videos 50 years ago when I first got a TC Hawken flintlock had to learn alot of things the hard way like the part about sharpening flint with the back of knife blade because I was never good at sharpening flints so will give it a try

VERY useful, good info THANKS

Awesome,!thanks for making this video

Great informational video Mike. Now it's time for a knap!

@markgoostree6334

2 жыл бұрын

...saw what you did there. very good!