It sounds so magical when it's put that way.houtenziel wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:18 pmApparently modern "flints" are actually made of a synthetic alloy called Ferrocerium.Whalehead King wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:41 pmHoutz, you've got me thinking. What is a flint made of anyway? I doubt it's really flint. Maybe there is a little ground up flint in there in some complex matrix of other materials---even a trace of magnesium, perhaps? I don't know.houtenziel wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 7:18 pm I've used Bic flints too which are suspiciously similar to the Clipper.. although it is just a flint.. how many people could really be out there making them?
I reminds me of the essay, "I, Pencil." It's worth watching the video:
The longer I am alive and understand the complexity of the world, I become more Hayekian, and more religious. No one person can build a lighter flint. Think of how insignificant this product is in the world at large. And, yet, there is an, albeit small, industry dedicated to producing lighter flints. It boggles the mind.
It's a wonderful world.
"A modern ferrocerium firesteel product is composed of an alloy of rare-earth metals called mischmetal (containing approximately 20.8% iron, 41.8% cerium, about 4.4% each of praseodymium, neodymium, and magnesium, plus 24.2% lanthanum.[4] A variety of other components are added to modify the spark and processing characteristics.[1] Most contemporary flints are hardened with iron oxide and magnesium oxide."
Also of interest.. "About 700 tons were produced in 2000."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrocerium
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I am doing my best.Whalehead King wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:20 pmYou're hitting all the best threads today, aren't you?
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Does "best" really have any truly qualifying meaning when all threads are of the highest quality?Whalehead King wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:20 pmYou're hitting all the best threads today, aren't you?
“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
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Oh, we got some of them there ontologicalablephilosophizers up in here (love making up compound words, German DNA). Seriously though, I love my Zippo, but I'd throw it in the garbage if someone put Ronson fluid in it. In the garbage!houtenziel wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:05 pmDoes "best" really have any truly qualifying meaning when all threads are of the highest quality?Whalehead King wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:20 pmYou're hitting all the best threads today, aren't you?
And I’d be right there in the garbage bin waiting for it...Bro Uhaha wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:34 pmOh, we got some of them there ontologicalablephilosophizers up in here (love making up compound words, German DNA). Seriously though, I love my Zippo, but I'd throw it in the garbage if someone put Ronson fluid in it. In the garbage!houtenziel wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:05 pmDoes "best" really have any truly qualifying meaning when all threads are of the highest quality?Whalehead King wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:20 pm
You're hitting all the best threads today, aren't you?
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avid wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:41 pmAnd I’d be right there in the garbage bin waiting for it...Bro Uhaha wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:34 pmOh, we got some of them there ontologicalablephilosophizers up in here (love making up compound words, German DNA). Seriously though, I love my Zippo, but I'd throw it in the garbage if someone put Ronson fluid in it. In the garbage!houtenziel wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:05 pm
Does "best" really have any truly qualifying meaning when all threads are of the highest quality?
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avid wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:41 pmAnd I’d be right there in the garbage bin waiting for it...Bro Uhaha wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:34 pmOh, we got some of them there ontologicalablephilosophizers up in here (love making up compound words, German DNA). Seriously though, I love my Zippo, but I'd throw it in the garbage if someone put Ronson fluid in it. In the garbage!houtenziel wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:05 pm
Does "best" really have any truly qualifying meaning when all threads are of the highest quality?
“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
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LOLhoutenziel wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:43 pm
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