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knapperboy:
Great replies and thanks Tower for clarifying for me. The only thing I can add is try to grindo your platforms again and follow your ridges down and the glass point shown in the picture should be thinned out a great deal. Place the end of the flaker against your thigh and push inwards on the point. Don't try to drive a flake at first only build pressure. Once the pressure has been built up give a little flick of the wrist and you should drive a long flake. Keep the angle of the flake shallow. Try to push inward not down. Hope that helps.
Stringman:
And when you get all of that right, the point snaps... :o
This is a journey, so enjoy the ride and don't get overly frustrated. Keep postin pics.
GlisGlis:
Hey Jayman448 have a look at this link:
http://flintknappinginfo.webstarts.com/uploads/BasicConcepts.pdf
I think it was allready linked in the past here as a valid reference for flintknapping
Parnell:
--- Quote from: Stringman on December 04, 2014, 10:01:53 am ---And when you get all of that right, the point snaps... :o
This is a journey, so enjoy the ride and don't get overly frustrated. Keep postin pics.
--- End quote ---
Break lots of rock. Don't get frustrated. Work on your tools over time. Find a teacher. Break lots of rock. Don't get frustrated. ;D
Tower:
Don't be scared to break them. After all it's just a rock.
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