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slinghunter Novicius Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 2	flint Jun 3^rd, 2006 at 3:25pm Where do u find it in CA? San Jose? ???
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Æthelbera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Resident Cavegirl Posts: 1135 grieving- august 13th/09 :( Gender:	Re: flint Reply #1 - Jun 3^rd, 2006 at 10:33pm Ive got the same problem, but, cant find any in Ontario. I assume you could get it retail if you look.
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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: flint Reply #2 - Jun 4^th, 2006 at 2:12am Find a section of california with a lot of limestone. In Texas flint seems to form where there is a lot of limestone ???
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Kold Ex Member	Re: flint Reply #3 - Jun 4^th, 2006 at 2:58am As always in this day and age, the answer to your question is Ebay Loki
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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Re: flint Reply #4 - Jun 4^th, 2006 at 3:35am And do not forget google Willeke
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: flint Reply #5 - Jun 4^th, 2006 at 11:06am Bjarn, depending on where you are in Ontario, you can make a trip across the border to Western New York. We have flint in abundance here. In fact, we have an entire escarpment of it. Gee, I wonder what the border security would say if they knew that you were carrying potential weapons?
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Re: flint
Reply #6 - Jun 4^th, 2006 at 11:54am

If you're going to buy a knife or cutting implement, buy a steel one. Flint is for convenience; and convenience of price.
You could start by using old glass bottles. They fracture well - very well - and will prepare you for using flint quite well. I find flint primarily in chalk heavy sites, and I don't know about California so much, I'm afraid. It's as big as England, so... I expect there is something out there. Could be basalt, could be quartz or chalcedony - but I am almost certain that there is a rock out there that is near you, and that will make some great tools.
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Reply #7 - Jun 5^th, 2006 at 3:00am

Same problem here., Exept I heard that Flint doesn't exist in Finland!!!

The only place here is "where river meets the sea". Old ships used rock-ballast, and when they sailed upriver they unloaded their ballast...

I have been told, that flint exist almost everywhere else.. And it is the most common rock. So you shouldnt have problems finding it..

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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: flint Reply #8 - Jun 5^th, 2006 at 7:11am Welcome Antti. It's alway nice to welcome newcomers to our group. Check things out and pick up a sling and get to it!
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Æthelbera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Resident Cavegirl Posts: 1135 grieving- august 13th/09 :( Gender:	Re: flint Reply #9 - Jun 5^th, 2006 at 4:45pm Antti, can you enlighten some non-finns but those who absolutely love finns on what the old finns would have used for tools if they had no flint?
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slinghunter Novicius Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 2	Re: flint Reply #10 - Jun 5^th, 2006 at 6:54pm can someone give me a picture of flint and limestone piece? (raw)
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Reply #11 - Jun 6^th, 2006 at 8:02am

Bjarn, pre-historic Finnish people (Saami/Lapp too) would probably have used granite and other, coarser, rocks to hew and chop logs and things, and probably bone and antler for finer work.

If you want to know what limestone, chalk and flint look like, google them. You will probably get a lot of photos and information on how they are formed and where you find them.

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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: flint Reply #12 - Jun 7^th, 2006 at 10:35am On the other hand, Bjarn, I happen to know that just north of Toronto are deposits of soapstone. Man. I wish we had that here.
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David Junior Member Offline Per Humilis Funda Sic Validus Gigas Eram Interimo Posts: 83 Upstate NY Gender:	Re: flint Reply #13 - Jun 7^th, 2006 at 9:55pm slingbadger--- we (WNY) have flint in aboundance?!?! is it along the niagra escarptment? any good spots or tips? thanks!!
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Amras Descens Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 118	Re: flint Reply #14 - Jun 8^th, 2006 at 10:04am The wast coast native tribe did not use flint as far as I know. They used shales, slate, bone, and obsidian. You should try looking for obsidian. It is more abundent on the west coast than flint.
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