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A different style ABO

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Zuma:

--- Quote from: nclonghunter on October 20, 2015, 08:25:08 pm ---Thanks Zuma, I try to always be fashionable...
lol You are quite noticeable especially when you fill up the entire doorway. Thanks for the meaningful reply


If my understanding is twisted or incorrect I am certainly open to the true definition of ABO knapping if one exists but if it is only another interpretation or belief of what it means then I will stick with mine.

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I never had a question about what ABO meant until these recent threads.
I guess that is why I jocked around about a possible name change.
I was supprised, errr shocked that quite a few posters agreed.
But I now think that rather than thinking something could be twisted or incorrect
it is an opportunity to re evaluate the term KNAPPING.
Which by the way means making gun flints in England.
I am acquainted with many posters here from the east coast and I know they are
mostly straight up and honest  guys with a passion for the understanding of the past and what those that went before us handed us on a silver platter.
Those folks that relayed their abilities to us had around 3 million years of platters
relayed to them. Expressing your views is the only way to pass the torch.
You can't do it by waiting for the archies to dig up your knapping pit to know what was going on in your neighborhood in 2015.

turbo:
Interesting way to hold the punch Lyman, I haven't seen that approach. The only limitation I see is using different angles/staying in the slot. Is that an issue?

I've also experimented w/ a sandwich rock, usually in late stage thinning. It does add extra mass/support if nothing else. Keep us posted!

nclonghunter:
Turbo, Thank you. The rock does add extra strength to the flint piece you are working. I broke several when I first started using this style, until I added the sandstone rock for support. As far as angle goes I use my left leg for supporting my left hand and it allows you to use different angles on the preform easily. I am certain there are problems with it but like most knapping I am learning setting up the platforms is a must. When I try to cut angles I usually lose..give it a try I think you will like it.

nclonghunter:
Turbo, I read your question again and realized I thought you were asking about staying on the face of the preform or the slot but I think you meant keeping the antler in the slot when striking it. If the leather is hard leather it vrips the antler but I punched holes on both sides and tied it around the antler underneath. I have used it for hours and it never came loose. Hope I answered it right this time.

PeteDavis:


Interesting method sir.

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