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couple more newbie knapper questions

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Hillbilly:
If it's that stuff that Ray Thorpe and Curtis Smith are selling, you probably ain't gonna go too wrong. I've never tried that particular type of rock, but if Curtis and Ray say it's good, it probably is.

Bishop:
Ryan
you did answer my question plus give me lots of good info, i appreciate it. most of the "spalls" i use may be what some would consider flakes. some i can go right into pressure flaking and some i need to thin out a little bit. things are going pretty good.

Hillbilly
Curtis is who i am going through to get the Edwards flint, i asked Cowboy about him but he hadnt heard of him and you were my next move....you must be a mind reader.... ;D

Bishop

Sleddman:
Bishop,  A couple of things that may help you making arrowheads.  I'm not talking for the most part about big blades, just arrowheads. Look for a video called Making Cahokia and Ishi Points, with Jim Redfearn.  He shows how to reduce a spall into usable flakes for arrowheads using his methods of knapping small points.  Also as for learning materials I would get ahold of Craig Ratzat of Neo Lithics and get a box full of odsidian spalls and flakes so you can practice on. By the time you get through a small box of this you will be on your way to making sturdier rock points with the materials you are looking at.  Usually the obsidian will save you some money.    Good luck.

Bishop:
Sleddman
thanks for the info, i will look for that video. i have been a little afraid of Obsidian due to how sharp i hear that it is, but i did read some interesting info on how it cuts so clean that your wounds heal faster and cleaner..lol..ive read that some doctors are using Obsidian tools for heart surgery. after kind of getting the mechanics of flintknapping down, i think some Obsidian might be a good idea.
Bishop

DanaM:
Bishop a big guy like you afraid of a few cuts :o bob would call ya a wuss :D

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