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Novaculite questions
autologus:
--- Quote from: JonW on May 07, 2014, 01:39:18 pm ---It takes a lot of temperature to make candy rock. I am not sure who you are referencing about owning a quarry but I'll tell you what I know. Parker's quarry has the best range of colors IMO. Steve Kirshman's quarry has the better quality rock IMO. Either way you can't go wrong Grady.
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Robert Parker is the one, I just need to get busy and get him a bow made. This time of year is a whirlwind with basketball, track, and softball. I have been doing some exploring and found what looks to be nice novaculite that is almost white and rings like steel but when you whack on it with a hammerstone it does not flake but crushes. I guess this is what would need to be heated to get to flake correct?
Grady
Knapper:
pics would help but prob, yes
knapper
Zuma:
Here is some novaculite that was heated.
I don't know where from or what temp it was cooked at.
It knapped very well.
Zuma
Dalton Knapper:
Here is some stuff from Rick Parker's quarry (I think) - it's a little grainy, but works good:
This is some more fine-grained novaculite, probably from Hot Springs where I once collected some:
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss187/benhenry007/DSC_0040.jpg
And another that I think came from Dan's Whetrock (Steve Kirschman)
Anyway, correctly heated Novaculite will produce nice points even if it is a grainy grade like the first and last points. I like it and it is a great beginner's rock if you didn't sink much money into it to start with. Good luck. Good thing about Rick Parker's quarry is that all of the black and black & white will take heat treating and not all black novaculite will do that.
cowboy:
That's some awesome novac stuff there guys! I have a few chunks I bought in MO more than a few years back but haven't grown the juev, er figured out what to do with it yet ::).
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