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Chippintuff:
Here is my pressure flaking hand pad.

The first one is how it looks open. Notice there is a piece of leather that is covering the back and hanging long at the "bottom". That piece of leather is for gripping the rock securely and greatly diminishing the chance that a flake gets my fingers. If that piece were not there, gloves would become an absolute necessity. Of course this is a piece of recycled truck tread glued to a piece of flat steel and then backed with the leather.

The second one is as seen on edge when a piece of rock is in place to be flaked.

The third one is the pad being parallel to the ground. This is one of my favorite ways to hold the rock to flake it. The wrist has to reflex as far as possible to get that position.

lauderw55:
Ok that makes sense now thank you. Have any you guys use indirect percussion? I thinking about trying that and wanted to know the cheapest and easiest way to make sushi stick

Chippintuff:
From this position, I apply pressure with my R thigh. The L wrist is backed by the L thigh, and the R wrist is backed by the R thigh. I squeeze my thighs together till the flake pops.

Here you see the rock's edge when looking straight down. The pressure goes the same way you are looking.

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