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PrimitiveTim:
cool thanks y'all! 


--- Quote from: nclonghunter on April 09, 2014, 02:03:05 pm ---I'm not a big fan of obsidian

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why don't you like obsidian?

nclonghunter:
It's too much a glass and I suspect I have always pictured flint associated to Eastern Native American points. Even dacite seems a better choice. Perhaps if I had grown up out west then it would have been more prevelant and acceptable to me. Just a personnel perspective and in no ways see it as inferior. Of course as the learning process continues I learned of Cherts, Rhyolite and other types of rock..
If you like it, use it...just not for me.

mullet:
nc;

Google Obsidian, You will find that it is the sharpest material on Earth. That is why it is used for Heart and Eye Surgery.

The reason most knappers don't like it is you seem to get cut without knowing it when you are chipping.

PrimitiveTim:

--- Quote from: nclonghunter on April 09, 2014, 07:44:27 pm ---It's too much a glass

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Lol, I learned on glass.  I like how it chips so easy and I can thin it out easily.

Bone pile:
They look consistent in size/weight and they look sharp ,what more do you need. Obsidian is fun just keep super glue and band-aids around.I made a couple obsidian points Sunday and had to glue my thumb up. :o
Roger

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