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couple more newbie knapper questions
Bishop:
Well, Dana got me cut!!! i said i was afraid of Obsidian and he went and called me a wuss, so today i got out a spall of Dacite, not even Obsidian, got off one good flake then i went for another one, small piece shot straight down and sliced the index finger of my right hand....thanks a lot Dana..... ;D
Im pretty proud of my first knapping cut but it wouldnt hurt my feelings if it never happened again.
Bishop
DanaM:
Oh sure blame me because ya cut yerself, is the finger still attached? if so slap some duct tape on it and get back to work ;D
Hillbilly:
The knapping gods demand blood sacrifice. Very few times do I knap without springing at least a small leak-it's all part of it. If flint diidn't get sharp enough to cut you, it wouldn't make very good arrowheads. :)
cowboy:
The scars heal up almost unoticeably - after awhile you have enough scar tissue and calusus built up that you won't cut as easy ;D ;D.
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
i am not sure how you guys cut yourselves so much ;D i break a decent amount of stone in a weeks time and very rarely get anything more than 1 tiny, tiny prick on the finger once or so a week. what do you guys do for a living, maybe i have built up skin ??? i build stone waterfalls for a living, so maybe handling all the stone everyday toughens my hands up more than the average guy. obsidian doenst even get through all the way very often. also, i dont know if you guys do or not, but i flip every flake off my pad before i make any more. - Ryan aka "man hands" ;)
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