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Olanigw (Pekane):
I got bit bad by the knapping bug.  An hour of work on a floor tile produced a super crude knife full of steps, and lots of scrapes and nicks.

I had an elk antler billet and a short 4" whitetail deer antler tine to work with.  I set it up to use indirect percussion, holding the tine against the top of my thigh with my foot and striking it with the billet after much frustration.

nclonghunter:
I got bit and it still hasn't healed..lol

You got some good flakes on that tile....steps are usually a result of not abrading well.

Olanigw (Pekane):
A quick pic of how my setup fell together.

le0n:
^^ i'd be bruised to no end if i did that.

what billet are you using?


--- Quote from: nclonghunter on April 19, 2016, 12:27:35 pm ---I got bit and it still hasn't healed..lol

You got some good flakes and blood on that tile...

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^^ fixed.

Olanigw (Pekane):

--- Quote from: le0n on April 19, 2016, 10:09:01 pm ---^^ i'd be bruised to no end if i did that.

what billet are you using?


--- Quote from: nclonghunter on April 19, 2016, 12:27:35 pm ---I got bit and it still hasn't healed..lol

You got some good flakes and blood on that tile...

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^^ fixed.

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Yeah my thigh was black and blue the next morning.
I'm using a maple stick about 2" diameter and 10" long for my striker.

Also made a couple honey locust billets to work on direct percussion.  Run what ya brung

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