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david w.:
i am gonna try to make a pressure flaker. if i dont have any thick enough copper can i use a clothes hanger?
Its sort of intimidating and its gonna take me a while (probably years untill i get anything that resembles a head) but i think i can do it
Pat B:
David, Copper is soft and will "grab" the stone so you can put the pressure where you need it. Coat hangers, even though they are soft steel, are too hard to make a good pressure flaker.(coming from another novice) ;D
Percussion flaking can be done with small stones but that is in lesson 2, after a bit more experience. ;D Pat
david w.:
thanks Pat. My dad said he didnt want me working with glass because of how sharp it is. He said he would rather have me work with flint. He said youll still cut your hand up with it but i would rather have you work flint.
I dont really have any access to good knappable flint so i just have to wait a while, but maybe he will let me use glass. He also let me cut down that tree i wanted to cut ;D
Hillbilly:
If you can get your hands on an old toilet tank, it's knappable and doesn't break quite as scary sharp as glass or obsidian. Any knappable stone will slice you easily, though.
david w.:
i just remembered that my dad has a big box of chert and flint. He doesnt know where it is but i will have to find it. There was was some cool rainbow lookin stuff in it i remember.
Porcelin...cool i will try to find some.
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