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can cooking hornstone improve knappability?
Chippintuff:
Mikki, I'll try a piece of it tonight and let you know how it works for me.
WA
Chippintuff:
Mikki, I have to agree with you. It is tough. It's appearance is very homogenous and clean, but it takes a lot of force to detach a flake. My suspicion is that it requires a little practice with it to get a method down. I have not tried to cook it to see whether it improves, but from what the others are saying, I think it might be a good idea to not cook it or experiment with only two or three pieces to see how it responds. As dark as that stuff is, I bet anything over 350 will fracture it beyond usefulness.
WA
JackCrafty:
Hornstone is some of the best stuff I've ever worked. Maybe I'm lucky but I've not had a bad experience with it. Can't imagine how much better it would get with heat, it works great as-is.
TRACY:
--- Quote from: Chippintuff on June 24, 2015, 10:51:08 pm ---Mikki, I have to agree with you. It is tough. It's appearance is very homogenous and clean, but it takes a lot of force to detach a flake. My suspicion is that it requires a little practice with it to get a method down. I have not tried to cook it to see whether it improves, but from what the others are saying, I think it might be a good idea to not cook it or experiment with only two or three pieces to see how it responds. As dark as that stuff is, I bet anything over 350 will fracture it beyond usefulness.
WA
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Got me wondering if you have something other than true hornstone. Even the low grade stuff with concrete in it knaps decently. Got any pics of the stuff?
Tracy
Chippintuff:
I'll get some in daylight tomorrow to get the colors right. It is from the same piece Beartail is working.
WA
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