Thanks, Karlis!  Sent you some stuff directly.  :-)


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Karlis Karklins <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> ​Hi all,
>
> As some of you likely already know, there are a number of videos on YouTube
> that show the flintknappers at Brandon, Suffolk, making gunflints in the
> 1920s and 30s. The process hasn't changed for 200 years (except for the use
> of ventilators in the 20th century to ward off silicosis). It is fun to see
> the process live.
>
> Two examples are:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XPEoiY3NnI
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYG0uHbZ7fQ
>
> Karlis
>



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