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Marc St Louis:
I've seen several mentions of slabs being cut and used and it made me wonder how many people use them.  Personally, even though I have some sitting around, I avoid them as much as possible.

JoJoDapyro:
They have helped me understand how to pressure flake better. But the cave man in me thinks its cheating. The group near me Knap's a lot of slabs, but they are in the game to make money. And they do!

caveman2533:
 When working slabs I much prefer to percussion a slab, so I need slabs that are 3/8 min. to do that, I hate starting with a square edged slab and pressure flaking it. If I am doing that I will fog it.

When I percussion I will bevel one edge all the same direction to set a platform  and the skin on side at a time, When that is clear I will go to the other side.

JEB:
Like I tell my son when he laughs at me using a copper tips pressure flaker.  If the Indians  had them they would have used them.

My goal is to make hunting points and an occasional knife and slabs help me with that process.

TRACY:
I've got some of various material and enjoy working them when I just want to use the Ishi stick. Nothing wrong with slabs IMO . Knap in your comfort zone and have fun :D

Tracy

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