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Auggie:
You knappers amaze me. Im gonna get into this as I can. Isee alot of flint,chert,toilet,glass,ect.  But what other materials-stones are knappable? Id like to hear all what kinds you guys have used,and like best. Kinda curious about jaspers,agates and other rocks of color too. Thanks, Auggie.

Justin Snyder:
What can "I" knapp? Not much.  :'(
Others can knapp any stone that flakes in stead of crumbling.  I have a bunch of fancy Italian porcelain tile left from doing the floors in my house that works.  I use it when I want to go hunting and be snooty.  ;D Justin

Hillbilly:
Off the top of my head, I've tried: Many cherts (Ft. Payne, Knox, Dover, Flint River, Coastal Plains, Pedernales, Georgetown, Edwards Plateau, Flint Ridge, burlington, Belize, Horse Creek, onondaga, Boyles, cobden, etc.) Kentucky and Indiana hornstones, English flint, rhyolite, obsidian, dacite, basalt, silicified metasiltstone, quartz, quartzite, silicious limestone, argillite, coral, opal, opalized phosphate, agate, petrified wood, Mookite, jasper, Fenton glass, slag glass, beer bottles, forty-oz. malt liquor bottles, plate glass, TV tube glass, principal's-office-door glass, toilet tanks, porcelain sinks, coffee cups, ashtrays, plates/saucers,  insulators off electric poles,  ice, and probably other wierd stuff I can't remember. Out of all that, my favorites are probably hornstone, Flint River chert, Fort Payne chert, and good rhyolite.

Coo-wah-chobee:
....Hmmm......Everthing Hillbilly has exceptin' fer principals office door glass, :o ashtrays and ice(whatever that is ! )  ;D Hows about shark teeth (tiger, mako, bull ), seashells(all kinds ), Stringray barbs, mussel shells, bamboo, palm, sycamore, cypress, mahogony, carrotwood and oak. Cant remember the rest memory must be fadin' ! :o.....bob                                                                ...............Oops  .just read ya said stone sorry about that !  Favorite stone is flint river chert an obsidian (volcanic glass )                                                                                                       

D. Tiller:
Obsidian since its plentifull and other stuff!  ;D

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