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Started Knapping this Afternoon
mullet:
Bishop, another little tip. If you are using ground wire, it's soft. Put one end in a vice and grab the other end with vice grips and twist it so it spirals a little bit. This will make it harder and last a little longer.
Bishop:
im pretty sure its just copper grounding wire, bare copper wire from the Home Depot. i will put it in the vise and give it a twist. whats a better option, copper nails maybe?
Bishop
mullet:
Nails are real good. It tok me coaxing my Home Depot man into stocking them.
Sparrow:
I been knapping for 20 years,making my own shoot arrows for about 10 years,now I am making my first bow,what I've heard guys call going full circle.(Always been "Primitive") This is starting to be alot of fun. Those points will come,just keep whacking them rocks. Frank
Bishop:
I made some pressure flakers today, a couple regular sizes and a couple smaller sizes, also hammered some of the copper wire flat and made a couple notchers, used the tips you all gave, will try them out in a couple days...hope they work...
Bishop
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