Free flint for whoever wants it!

[Woody]

I am selling this item as a private seller and this sale is in no way the responsibility of NaturalBushcraft.co.uk or any of its moderators. I promise to use this area to sell unwanted kit, not to repeatedly list similar items in the pursuit of profit.






I'm fortunate enough to live in a area abundant with chalk and flint.

As geology changes so much from county to county , and with so many people honing their primitive skills as part of their bushcraft journey,these are sometimes scarce...
(
A friend recommended I could post this thread as a way of keeping the forum generosity karma going, as he just gifted me and my son with lots of kit and wants nothing in return....)

If anyone is seeking flint but finding it difficult or too pricey , do let me know and I'll try my best to help.
I will offer as much flint for free as you want but within reason , as obviously I don't want to drain the county of its flint...:) lol... And to keep postage costs down.
Let me know what size nodules , and I'll do my best to find the required shapes/sizes etc.
The majority of the flint around here is dark grey to black , but I have seen some green and even brown stuff.

Feel free to PM me or just drop a line on here...

[emoji106]

Regards

Woody


UPDATE:
I DIDN'T REALISE HOW POPULAR THIS OFFER WOULD BECOME....
I HAVE ENOUGH REQUESTS FOR NOW, I CAN ONLY FIND SO MANY SUITABLE PIECES AT A TIME...
HAVING LITTLE SPARE TIME DOESNT HELP EITHER.

I WILL HONOUR ALL THE REQUESTS SO FAR, BUT ANY FURTHER REQUESTS WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME.

I WILL KEEP THIS GOING, AND ILL START TAKING REQUESTS AGAIN AFTER THIS FIRST LOT.

WATCH THIS SPACE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING.

THANK YOU

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Awesome Woody. This flint is the best from Wiltshire. I have in my possession some large nodules traded with Woody & Woody (junior) & it shews sparks no problem. Image of nodules alongside my Wolf Creek Forge (Lisa West) horses head steel striker.
Regards
David

13637

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Bump.. :p
Regards
David

[shepherd]

awesome offer... great stuff buddy T^

[Woody]

hello,
Bump..[emoji14]Regards
David
Thanks for the bump and pic.
Great stuff
[emoji106]

[Woody]

awesome offer... great stuff buddy T^
Thanks bud
[emoji106]

[tomfury]

Mornin' Woody

A big thank you from me for your most generous offer and what a great idea. I would love to take up your offer and will be guided by your recommendations as to sizes. It would be very interesting to see flint in its different colours if possible as you describe. Several pieces would be fine, just let me know the cost. As you may guess, I am a newcomer to anything flinty, not having used it before so any advice is welcomed. I have a small gas forge and some old files and intend to make firesteel strikers! What say you?


Tom.

[Woody]

Mornin' Woody

A big thank you from me for your most generous offer and what a great idea. I would love to take up your offer and will be guided by your recommendations as to sizes. It would be very interesting to see flint in its different colours if possible as you describe. Several pieces would be fine, just let me know the cost. As you may guess, I am a newcomer to anything flinty, not having used it before so any advice is welcomed. I have a small gas forge and some old files and intend to make firesteel strikers! What say you?


Tom.


Good morning Tom.
I say yay!

No worries, PM me your address and I'll source out various bits of different colours and sizes at the weekend and post them out to you as soon as the box is full.

Flint will shew out sparks if it's stricken on its sharp edge with a good quality steel.

There's more folk on here that would be able to steer you in the right direction , on forging your own steel strikers.
I think the steel is better if rich in carbon, but how you go about doing that , is above my level of knowledge.
Just ask the question to the forum , lots of people will be keen to help you with that!


Here are a few links for more info on flint , knapping and fire striking....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MaL89y5kIg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfCj6oPh2s

http://www.eseeknives.com/flint-and-steel.pdf

I'll be in touch as soon as I got enough to send you...
Thank you

Regards

[tomfury]

Hi Woody

Thanks for the links to vids and pdf-watched them-all very interesting-caveman is a real character isn't he? Can hardly wait to get knapping and striking-my forge is heating up as I type!!!


cheers

Tom.

[Woody]

Hi Woody

Thanks for the links to vids and pdf-watched them-all very interesting-caveman is a real character isn't he? Can hardly wait to get knapping and striking-my forge is heating up as I type!!!


cheers

Tom.
Hi , yep.
Pm sent.

That guy is called Will Lord and he is an expert in ancient technology.
His website explains more.
http://www.will-lord.co.uk/will-lord-about.html

His dad is John Lord , who worked with National Heritage, ran the Ray Mears course on primitive technology + ancient skills and such.

http://www.flintknapping.co.uk/aboutus.html

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NsGx1bX5Xw4

This family has pretty much, single handedly, resurrected these skills in Britain, and enabled the opportunity for us to learn from them...
Scholars , Archaeology, Anthropology all turn to these guys when it comes to flint and ancient skills.

Very interesting!

[emoji106]

[David_JAFO]

hello,
:welcome: to the forum Tom. I've received some flint nodules from Woody & they're awesome best of Wiltshire flint. I haven't been to Carmarthenshire for a wee while, I've got some friends who live down there. I've spent sometime travelling & walking around the area, it's a lovely part of South Wales BTW. forum member "Beermaker" made me a few awesome file steel strikers. I've used these since whilst teaching Bushcraft skills they shew sparks no problem in conjunction with flint & can be used as ferro rod strikers too.
Regards
David


Mornin' Woody
A big thank you from me for your most generous offer and what a great idea. I would love to take up your offer and will be guided by your recommendations as to sizes. It would be very interesting to see flint in its different colours if possible as you describe. Several pieces would be fine, just let me know the cost. As you may guess, I am a newcomer to anything flinty, not having used it before so any advice is welcomed. I have a small gas forge and some old files and intend to make firesteel strikers! What say you?
Tom.

[tomfury]

Hi David

Thanks very much for your warm welcome. Looking forward to receiving some from him. In the 1980's I visited many parts of Wiltshire and surrounding English and welsh counties while driving in four wheel drive off road events but was not into bush craft at all then. So missed out on tons of flint no doubt although I drove over and through tons of it as well! Although I've live in carms for last 8 yrs i'm a scouse immigrant living and fishing the teifi valley near llandysul-where the canoe centre is. Theres a local BC group near me run by John Fenna that i'm involved in a bit but, as always we learn every day in every way and this site is no exception.


cheers

Tom.

[tomfury]

Hi Woody

Thanks again, all very interesting. I agree. It is extremely important that all these skills and more are retained, practised and never forgotten. There may come a day when they are vital for humanity or for an individual. Long live bush crafting and bush crafters mate!!

Cheers

Tom.

[Thumbcrusher]

Woody could i take you up on your very kind offer. I'm happy to have whatever flint you can offer as there's none hereabouts! I'm happy to cover postage. I'll PM you my address.T^

[Woody]

Woody could i take you up on your very kind offer. I'm happy to have whatever flint you can offer as there's none hereabouts! I'm happy to cover postage. I'll PM you my address.T^
No worries Thumbcrusher.
I'll collect a load this weekend and get it posted asap.
It'll probably be after the bank holiday though...postage that is.
[emoji106]

[David_JAFO]

hello Tom,
Awesome countryside in Carmarthenshire. I have a good idea where you are. A Scouser you'll fit in well there "soft lad" :p LMAO They're good people down there. Well enjoy your flint when it arrives worth every penny in postage.. :wink:
Regards
David


Hi David
Thanks very much for your warm welcome. Looking forward to receiving some from him. In the 1980's I visited many parts of Wiltshire and surrounding English and welsh counties while driving in four wheel drive off road events but was not into bush craft at all then. So missed out on tons of flint no doubt although I drove over and through tons of it as well! Although I've live in carms for last 8 yrs i'm a scouse immigrant living and fishing the teifi valley near llandysul-where the canoe centre is. Theres a local BC group near me run by John Fenna that i'm involved in a bit but, as always we learn every day in every way and this site is no exception.
cheers
Tom.

[Woody]

David-JAFO :
That was a good idea.
Quite a few people interested !!!
Well done


:)

[tomfury]

hello Tom,
Awesome countryside in Carmarthenshire. I have a good idea where you are. A Scouser you'll fit in well there "soft lad" :p LMAO They're good people down there. Well enjoy your flint when it arrives worth every penny in postage.. :wink:
Regards
David


cheers ta la

Tom. (calm down, calm down-cos de do do duvets der don't don't dee doh? OH I de do.)

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Tom.. ROFLMAO. singing "Ferry across the Mersey.." :p
Regards
David
T^


cheers ta la Tom. (calm down, calm down-cos de do do duvets der don't don't dee doh? OH I de do.)

[tomfury]

Gerry Marsden isn't a scouser. He's from Birkenhead. I'm a scouser from Garston.(three miles from the lennon abode.) As for music, I play guitar, proper guitar as in acoustic, loud in yer face, sing up or bugger off guitar. And I sing and play (in tune-instrument and voice) most of the worlds best groups' songs. Gerry puddle jumper Marsden can't do that to save his best(only)suit.

cheers bro

Tom.

[steelezac]

Hi woody! I don't know if the offer ends at one person but if not, I would love to take you up on your offer also. Flint is scarce in Staffordshire and trying to hone skills with very little is pretty difficult! I am happy for any size really, it would be a great help.

All the best,
Zach.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[Woody]

Hi woody! I don't know if the offer ends at one person but if not, I would love to take you up on your offer also. Flint is scarce in Staffordshire and trying to hone skills with very little is pretty difficult! I am happy for any size really, it would be a great help.

All the best,
Zach.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
No worries, PM on the way.

[Woody]

Diviy:
Please check your PM.
Cheers

[David_JAFO]

hello,
I like this guy.. :cool: LMAO.
Regards
David


Gerry Marsden isn't a scouser. He's from Birkenhead. I'm a scouser from Garston.(three miles from the lennon abode.) As for music, I play guitar, proper guitar as in acoustic, loud in yer face, sing up or bugger off guitar. And I sing and play (in tune-instrument and voice) most of the worlds best groups' songs. Gerry puddle jumper Marsden can't do that to save his best(only)suit.

cheers bro

Tom.

[Woody]

@Tom Fury:
Hello mate, please delete some of your messages as my PM is not going through!
Sorry mate!
Also PayPal payment for postage not come through???
Check for mistakes, you might have paid somebody else by mistake or just not pressed send?
Either way, post on its way!
Cheers

[tomfury]

All sorted Woody as you now know! inbox cleared too. an honest paypal customer hadn't accepted payment so I cancelled it and thanked him!
Will be all sparked up soon.

cheers

Tom.

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Tom this flint is awesome stuff BTW.
Regards
David
T^


All sorted Woody as you now know! inbox cleared too. an honest paypal customer hadn't accepted payment so I cancelled it and thanked him!
Will be all sparked up soon.
cheers
Tom.

[Woody]

All sorted Woody as you now know! inbox cleared too. an honest paypal customer hadn't accepted payment so I cancelled it and thanked him!
Will be all sparked up soon.

cheers

Tom.
Thanks Tom, I knew you had made a mistake. Good job the recipient was honest.
Anyways as promised there's all sorts in the box. Different shapes and sizes and also different colours as you requested.
A particular one there , is immensely orange with purple rays inside...
Crazy stuff , I hit it just to see if it was flint and to my surprise it had all those colours!!
:-o

I tried all of these rocks with my son's Hudson bay steel striker , (the one that our friend David-JAFO sent him as a gift) and they all shew great sparks...
Hope you enjoy them , and if you need anyone to "test" your forged steel striker, then I'm happy to oblige. ;)

[tomfury]

Hi Woody

Fantastic mate. the orangey purple stuff sounds absolutely awesome!! will be sure to play a few electric ladyland tracks when I light that one up!

Hope i don't start an unintentional fire anywhere in my eagerness. lol.

thanks buddy#
look out for a huge \/\/ O \/\/ on here in a couple of days

Tom

[tomfury]

Lol David, pressed one wrong key to Woody and sent all the icbm's to north korea-oh well kim sing song no singy just singey!
Paid up member of the I can set fire to anything club now mate!

cheers

Tom.

[Woody]

[emoji48] [emoji23]

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Woody what's this "A particular one there , is immensely orange with purple rays inside..." :confused2: you been on the silly pop?? :p BTW that sounds interesting did you find it with the flint or somewhere else? It sounds like it could be Chert. I though we were onto Iron Pyrites (dinosaur blood) there for a moment & you were holding out on me.. ROFLMAO.
Regards
David
:Sorry:

[Woody]

David , I will try and find another one of these... They are quite common here. They are yellowish/orange to brown in colour, but this one had what looked like crayon rays of purple inside it...
Might be chert?! Who knows...
You'll soon find out what it is... ;)

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Woody if I think I know what your saying.. :confused2: I'll pay for it pocket money for the Woody jnr's mini Bushcrafters. :p
Regards
David


David , I will try and find another one of these... They are quite common here. They are yellowish/orange to brown in colour, but this one had what looked like crayon rays of purple inside it... Might be chert?! Who knows...You'll soon find out what it is... ;)

[diviy]

Woody payment sent

[Woody]

Woody payment sent
Thank you, PM sent .

[Woody]

Bump...

Has everyone got their flint yet? Have I missed anyone out?
If you got it, let me know how it worked, any good?
What is the outcome?
What did you do or what are you doing with it?
Let us all know here please.

I've been too busy to get more , but hopefully I'll be able to send more out soon to anybody else who might want it...

[emoji3]


Cheers

[Woody]

@steelezac
Mate, ive just realised I never sent you your bits of flint! PM inbound.

And if anyone needs anymore flint , feel free to add your name below and PM address.
Postage required , but open to trades instead....