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Flint Run!
Knocker:
Hey Cowboy, I don't know what Basil_Brush has in his yard, but some of the best flint is supposed to come from England. English flints are imported to the states for use with Flintlock rifles in the rendezvous crowds. I've heard said that good English flints are the best for making a spark.
I live in Western Washington, and don't know how far you have to go for good knapping materials here. I know there is a lot of obsidian at glass butte in Oregon which would be a bit of a trek for me, but I might give it a try if I ever get into knapping.
Keith
cowboy:
Robinwho: Only one's I throw around are the broken one's - they get tossed out in the yard for visiting kido's to find, their funny to watch - like Easter egg huntin :). I'll knap a lot of that stone I've accumulated, and will trade a bunch of it also.
Hey Keith: I've never been to the NW, don't know what a feller might find up there to knap. I would think with all the volcanoes that their would be obsidian in your neighborhood (state) somewhere. If ya ever do pick up knapping - that natural glass (or man made for that matter) would be some great learning material. Television picture tubes make some fine blades and points ;).
stickbender:
Aw, Man! You lucky dog you! That reminds me of when I was in england for the World Clown Convention, and wondered if I would be able to find any flint, and then I saw a couple of chunks in the little flower beds, and got all excited, and then went down to the beach, ( I was in Bognor Regis ) and the whole beach is covered with Flint! Dark blue, almost black flint! I wish I had kept most of what I was able to bring home. Not much, but chert here in Fla. and some coral geodes in Tampa bay. I need to make a run to Ga. sometime and look for some up there. Man, talk about finding a mother lode!
Stickbender
basil_brush:
Cool, maybe I'll visit Bognor Regis, it's only a short train journey along the coast. I've never been there before though.
cowboy:
That sounds interesting stickbender. Basil - if you go there and can post pic's I'd like to see that site :).
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