I'm running out of spalls to make points out of, so I decided to see if I could get some spalls off a flint nodule. Started like this:
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and ended like this. I saved a big chunk to try for a blade.
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I'm sure this is no big deal to you guys that do it all the time, but I was sure glad to get some knappable pieces. Had a lot of small stuff too, sadly, but some is better than none. Decided to take the smallest, thinnest spall and make a quick point to practice my notching. Boy, the raw stuff is HARD. I whacked it like would have snapped every heated spall I have and it took it like it was nothing.
![Shocked :o](http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/Smileys/default/shocked.gif)
Did get a little point, very thin and notching went a lot better.
![](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6785228153_8d73e4f1eb_z.jpg)
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This is one of the few I've made thin enough to see a pattern in. It's light, at 75gr.
![](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6785225095_205563b5a2_z.jpg)
I think I'll cook the rest after I've spalled a few more.
George