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nclonghunter:
Punched out a Dalton from a piece of Burlington and an Adena point from WV silitified shale.

iowabow:
great work! is that shale hard to knap? the Burlington point is cool also.

Parnell:
Very cool.  Silicified Shale?  So it isn't the Kanawha stuff?

nclonghunter:
Thanks everyone,

Kanawha chert is found in the Charleston WV area, but the shale comes from the southeastern area of the state. The shale looks like a creek rock when found and must be edge broken to determine what it is. I'm not certain any original points have been found made from the shale. Due to the smooth roundness of the shale when found it needs to be edge worked similar to stitching a square edge. Once the outer edge is made it will work nicely. Robert Godshall has made a few awesome blades from the shale.

iowabow:
And what tools are you using on it?

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