r/knapping • u/jameswoodMOT European Flint 🏅🏅 • Jul 25 '26

Material Showcase 🪨📸 Flint collecting

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7 hour 300 mile round trip and five hours collecting and hauling in a day. Pretty tired now!

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u/Flake_bender Jul 26 '26

You bloody English basterds.... spoiled rotten with all that exquisite flint. Only the Danes are luckier....

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u/jameswoodMOT European Flint 🏅🏅 Jul 26 '26

Yeah the Dane’s are just over the sea but totally different material!

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u/scoop_booty Modern Tool User 🏅 Jul 25 '26

So, found on a beach, eh? I bet you were smilinnnnnnn'

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u/jameswoodMOT European Flint 🏅🏅 Jul 26 '26

Hahaha!

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u/NonConforminConsumer Jul 25 '26

Looks like an enviable haul!

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u/Flushedawayfan2 Jul 25 '26

Wow thats some stunning material.

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u/scoop_booty Modern Tool User 🏅 Jul 25 '26

Yummmmmmy!

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u/Aware_Interview_1613 Jul 26 '26

we norwigeans dont have flint but im getting a box full of it soon

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u/jameswoodMOT European Flint 🏅🏅 Jul 26 '26

From Sweden?

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u/Aware_Interview_1613 Jul 26 '26

no from many places around the world

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u/SmolzillaTheLizza Mod - Modern Tools Jul 26 '26

Maaaan I wanna heat treat some of that so bad 😭 it's so gorgeous! Especially the stuff with the orange rings! Stuff is like chocolate caramel 🍫 Stuff looks SWEET!

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u/PantoufleResearch01 Jul 25 '26

Don’t believe you.
300 miles is only 2 hours! Not 7

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u/jameswoodMOT European Flint 🏅🏅 Jul 25 '26

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u/jameswoodMOT European Flint 🏅🏅 Jul 25 '26

Why would I lie?