Author Topic: porcelin? serriously? whats the secret? (Read 4461 times)

recurve shooter · « **on:** September 18, 2009, 08:37:02 pm »

whats up guys? i found a toilet tank and hit it with a rock, so now i have a few slabs of "john stone" to play with. i have been able to create some point shaped things from glass, but this stuff confuses me. i think your supposed to knock off big flakes, then pressure flake those right? i cant figure out how to get off big flakes. i can only get em about the size of my thumb nail. help please.

warhawk · « **Reply #1 on:** September 18, 2009, 08:40:26 pm »

i never tried toilet.

Jaeger · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2009, 09:19:10 pm »

fragile stuff it is hard to do anything with,but you can make a point out of it ,it will crumble like chalk if you are too ruff with it.

recurve shooter · « **Reply #3 on:** September 18, 2009, 10:08:27 pm »

huh. guess i'll stick to glass for now.

leapingbare · « **Reply #4 on:** September 18, 2009, 10:44:51 pm »

Keep knapping the jhon stone. its very good to learn on. if your platforms and angles arnt just right your flacks will stall out.
Learn to knap the johnstone and your do good on everything else.

nugget · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2009, 12:53:22 am »

Thunder chert will tell on you real quick. If your platforms are not correct it will let you know.

recurve shooter · « **Reply #6 on:** September 20, 2009, 11:24:54 am »

cool. but how do i do it? its bout a half inch thick. do i knock off flakes and work them or what?

El Destructo · « **Reply #7 on:** September 20, 2009, 12:52:59 pm »

Quote from: recurve shooter on September 20, 2009, 11:24:54 am

cool. but how do i do it? its bout a half inch thick. do i knock off flakes and work them or what?

Here is a good starter "How To" for you...just add the www.

paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/4142/t/Johnstone-Slab-Knapping-Tutorial.html

smokeu · « **Reply #8 on:** September 21, 2009, 09:59:06 pm »

pretty good!

Pappy · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2009, 12:46:15 pm »

Here are some from the Classic,them boys knew how to nap Johnstone.And the winner.

Pappy

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JW_Halverson · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2009, 04:53:39 pm »

John stone, thunder chert, poo flint, lotsa common and not so common names. Leads to too much confusion. I think we should all refer to it by the technical name that a geologist would use...crapite.

Hillbilly · « **Reply #11 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:29:52 pm »

I actually like knapping toiletite. The older tanks especially are pretty good material. Some of the new ones are pretty crappy.

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El Destructo · « **Reply #12 on:** September 22, 2009, 08:03:28 pm »

Them are something else Steve....would never guess that they were Thunderchert....look almost like Novaculite in a Way!

recurve shooter · « **Reply #13 on:** September 22, 2009, 10:20:05 pm »

wow. you guys know your stuff. the stuff i got is out of an old streamline camper i found in the woods.....well.....more of a streamline pile of twisted tin and glass with a tree ontop of it and small oaks growing out of it. been there for a while. so i went after it with a crowbar and axe and found the toilet, busted off the tank, and hauled it back home. guess i got to get to practiceing. thanks for the replies guys!

hillbilly, thats awsome work man. hopefully one day i'll be able to make a sharp, point shaped object.

Pappy · « **Reply #14 on:** September 23, 2009, 06:59:49 am »

Very nice Hillbilly,You may be our new champion this year with stuff like that.

Pappy

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