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Tracker0721:
I need to go break some more stone. Broke 2-3 arrowheads the other day doing stupid stuff like bopping from the end without proper support, thinning the middle before the ends, and using a bopper when it was pressure time. Addicting though.

le0n:
Congrats ;)

My favorite mistake is when I'm eyeing my platform locations (rotating the point) and I drop the point on the floor and snap the tip off.

Knapper:
Yep. If you aint breakn you aint makn
Knapper
Nice point

Sasquatch:
So we have all been there.  If you are having trouble breaking points thy these tips. 
1. Sharpen your flaker's tip.
2. use a non flexing pad( rock,wood,thick rubber) most people use leather early on as a pad, but you have to learn where to place the point on your hand before you get good results.

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