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Playing with Keokuk

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flungonin:
Thats pretty awesome work you have done there. That ULU is really appealing.

mullet:
Those are sweet, Tom. You got that Keosuck really thin. And that Ulu looks really cool.

Majuba Tom:
Thank you for your comments.

Now the funny thing about the Keokuk I ordered.  I had read some where that there is a real nice chert for giving demonstrations (I am not using it for a demonstration I just want something buttery) and I thought it was the Keokuk. I have not been able to find where I read that. :o
I had been wanting to try the Keokuk anyway  and I like how it works. I did discover I had to abrade it like crazy.

There is a lot more types of stone I want to try and I am planing on buying 2 more types in the next month or so. I am going to get some Sonora but I do not know what the 2nd type should be.

I would like some suggestions for  the 2nd type of chert/flint that might work like butter if there is one. :)
So what is everyone's favorite flit?

Thank you for any suggestions.

Tom

 

cowboy:
Sonora, Hornstone, Georgetown are a few slick ones..

Dalton Knapper:
As unglamorous as it is, Edwards chert, when heat treated is one that I have had great success with. I am sure the same goes for Pedernales and Georgetown. So, Texas chert is a sure-fire material and the "bedrock" of good knapping.

That said, I haven't had a lot of other more exotic or limited materials, but I did like some Knife River flint that Woody Blackwell sent me and also enjoyed English flint.

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