Leather -or- Lead to Hold Your Flint?

[Black Jack]

Leather for me. Always found that leather keeps flints tighter for longer.

[Hanshi]

Tried lead and it didn't work well.  Leather always works for me in any gun.

[shootrj2003]

From checking it out I see I do need to use 2 bolts now and change the lock bolt layout any way as the mainspring is where the single Lyman lock bolt threaded in. You learn something every day wether you want to or not!

[shootrj2003]

I only had to use 1 bolt by the way,as far as lead or leather,I wasn’t happy with lead when I tried it long ago,I wonder if .. rawhide let to dry and harden might be a useful idea although plain old leather does very well.

[Ohio Joe]

If I were you I would try the rawhide. You never know, it may work great. I've found that old boot leather works really well.

[shootrj2003]

I used buckskin with a new French amber flint on my new rifle,seems to spark quite wonderful.

[Uncle Russ]

If I were you I would try the rawhide. You never know, it may work great. I've found that old boot leather works really well.

Over the years I have learned to remove ever "tongue" from discarded leather boots.
In my experience; That well worn, wrinkled-up, dried-out, piece of leather works quite well, when "cut to size" and installed between the Fiint, and Jaws of the Hammer, of about any Flintlock, no matter how hard the strike of the Handammer.
You will find that combination on all of my Flintlocks!

Russ...

[RobD]

If I were you I would try the rawhide. You never know, it may work great. I've found that old boot leather works really well.

Over the years I have learned to remove ever "tongue" from discarded leather boots.
In my experience; That well worn, wrinkled-up, dried-out, piece of leather works quite well, when "cut to size" and installed between the Fiint, and Jaws of the Hammer, of about any Flintlock, no matter how hard the strike of the Handammer.
You will find that combination on all of my Flintlocks!

Russ...

+1 

[Eddie Southgate]

 Tried the lead wraps and like bout everybody else had poor results with them . I use shoe tongue leather saved from my wore out reject shoes .

[Hanshi]

I guess I've used everything from buckskin to heavy cow leather and it all works near perfect.  I don't know, but using lead AND leather is like wearing a belt for one's trousers plus suspenders. 

[Winter Hawk]

Yes, but with a belt you can also hang a knife, etc. from it while the suspenders just look cool!    I went with just suspenders for a while, got tired of having my pocket knife and other stuff in my pockets.

~Kees~