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Anybody knap one of these?

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bjrogg:
These is a chert ball from our local limestone quarry. It is very hard to work but makes a very though point. Most of the artifacts my cousin finds are made from this material

nclonghunter:
Looks like Hornstone to me...just a guess

I would think a bipolar splitting would be the way to start...I've never worked any myself, but looks like fun.

bjrogg:
It my be called  hornstone also I was told it's a chert ball and you you look up on e-net. They look just like it some as big as basketballs. I'm not sure fun properly describes how I've worked them took a lot of hammer stone work. This one had a crack stared so I went from there. But I've been told you should they to break in two halves, not sure how to do that I'm just happy to get a piece broke off the thing. I made three nice points from this one.

bjrogg:
Here's another

Zuma:
I bet some heat would help. :)
Zuma

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