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gstoneberg:
I have never knapped or even thought about it until joining the forum to talk about self bows.  But, all the beautiful arrow heads and knives posted here have me absolutely intrigued.  Bumped into Rickey down here looking for osage who said he'd show me the ropes.  So, next time out to the lease near Abilene (TX) I began to look at rock in a whole new light.  There are literally flint flakes everywhere, but finding actual rock large enough to make a point from was more challenging than I thought.  I must've knocked chips off dozens and dozens of stones.  Every time a piece came off smooth and sharp I tossed the rock in the golf cart basket.  Here's what I ended up with.  Do you think any of these will work?  My wife is gonna scream when I take up yet another hobby... ;)

Thanks,
George



PS. There is a geode in there and also a rock of iron ore that I know won't work...but I thought they were cool so I brought them home too.   ;D

cowboy:
Dang right they'll knap George! Allright, around Abilene, hmmm... That's pedernales flint you have there or something like that (all classified as Edwards Plataeu I think) and rough one's at that! You can work em like they are and make some thick course points or cook em and make some fine points. Or, you may surprise us all and make some nice raw fine points too ;D.

gstoneberg:
Thanks for the info.  This is on the plateau for sure, pulling that golf cart behind my jeep uphill out there is tiring, especially Ranger hill.  The flint inside those rocks varies from nice and smooth to pretty grainy.  There's also alot of stuff that looks like granite inside.  I didn't bring home but one or so of those just to have somebody knowledgeable look at.  My plan to to make huntable points and then go back out there and kill a hog with one.

I've watched some you-tube videos and need to first make some of the tools I'll need.  I'll have to go buy some leather but I have an old golf cart mat to make the hand pad with.  Probably could make 100 of them.  I'm old enough to be a decent judge of my skills and I suspect it'll be a surprise if I build a usable point at all. ::)  A fine one is probably way down the road at best.  Is there any danger of tire damage from flint chips?  I would prefer to knapp on the rock driveway to the shop?

George

arappaho:
You are one lucky man to have all that knappable material right in your own backyard! :)
Not to mention all the other miscellaneous rock you might find.
I would HIGHLY recommend you create some out-of-the-way special area out by your
shop, or somewhere, for knapping and your new rock collection hobby. Not so much
because the chips and flakes would slice your tires, but more because you don't want to
create a mound you have to drive over to get to your shop! I think you will be amazed
to discover how much refuse is created trying to make even the smallest points and how
quickly your pile of rocks will grow. It would probably be best to keep it all together and
out of the way. You don't want to have to move those rocks around very often either. ;)
Have Fun,
Joe

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