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GlisGlis:
Hello folks
It's quite a bit I started to shyly trying flintknapping.
I use mainly glass and started with copper tools pressure
Lately I'm making a sort of abo conversion using hammerstone but i clearly lack precision
Is that a silly idea to fix a smaller hammerstone on a wood handle to try to accomplish greater precision?
It has that allready been done?
 

JoJoDapyro:
it could work. Think of it like this. Hammer something with a long handled hammer, held at the very bottom of the handle, now do it holding it next to the head. For me shorter is more precise. Just my 2 cents

AncientTech:

--- Quote from: GlisGlis on November 10, 2015, 01:14:32 pm ---Hello folks
It's quite a bit I started to shyly trying flintknapping.
I use mainly glass and started with copper tools pressure
Lately I'm making a sort of abo conversion using hammerstone but i clearly lack precision
Is that a silly idea to fix a smaller hammerstone on a wood handle to try to accomplish greater precision?
It has that allready been done?
 

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If you want to follow in the path of Native American knappers, the almost universal description was that they held the biface in a small piece of leather, in the left hand.  And, they struck downwards, on the edge, with a hammerstone held in the right hand.

It sounds simple.  But, it actually involves many subtle sub-skills to master.  That being said, I would suggest watching every hammerstone video that you can find, on Youtube.  One of the best hammerstone videos I ever saw was of a Mexican obsidian worker.  He is super skilled probably because he flintknaps all day long.

Hummingbird Point:
The short answer is I don't know.  I have done something similar with antler and have been very happy with the results.  Sorry if it is kind of hard to read, but I think most can manage to make out the below text, reprinted in a book from 1919 from an earlier text.  The "Roughing out" part below seems to support your idea.







Keith

GlisGlis:
thankyou very much for your input.
Will try and share my findings

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