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tips please
iowabow:
I learned to knap very fast. Not bragging I just used this website as a resource. Search my profile and select started by me. You can read my thoughts and see my journey. This will be helpful because you are asking the same questions as me. This will really help you.
iowabow:
Here is a link to the first time I started really shooting flakes.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,22851.msg310001.html#msg310001
Zuma:
--- Quote from: jayman448 on October 22, 2015, 04:09:55 am ---im using a copper bopper
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If you are doing small glass a deer antler billet works ok.
It doesn't need real good platforms. I hardly ever grind when doing a
big glass blade. If I do grind an edge I use a rough sanding belt. 80 grit
Elk is even better than deer. It's softer and sort of digs into the ragged
platforms to make a non crushing contact. fastest points to make.
le0n:
--- Quote from: jayman448 on October 21, 2015, 10:26:33 pm ---i keep creating terrible steps or just snapping my glass.
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how thin is the glass you are working? if you're just starting out, perhaps you can go straight to the flaking stage if it isn't too thick.
just a thought.
jayman448:
i probably could go straight to flaking but i am trying to put at least one pass with percussion for thinning and experience
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