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Differences in knapping obsidian and flint?
Justin Snyder:
--- Quote from: Hillbilly on March 13, 2008, 01:17:08 pm ---Justin, you need to try some good grainy rhyolite or quartzite. Makes Cowboy's perd look like obsidian. ;D
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I need to find me a big solid piece of copper and a couple of baseball bats to smack it with first. My tools would probably qualify as dentist tools like Eddie's. Justin
Sparrow:
I hardly ever use anything but antler with obsidian,lately however,I have been knapping flint that friends have sent from down south(Mostly Texass) and I am using hammerstones for the percussion,(not so much with the heat treated rock though) Man some of that stuff is tough ! Frank
Hillbilly:
Justin, the copper wouldn't do you much good with either one of those. Seems like the harder the material is, the softer billet you need.
D. Tiller:
Think I will try some boppers without lead in the tip and see how they work. But have you also noticed you have to change your stiking angles also?
Paul, tried knapping some more of that rock you sent me. I have to say that I think I like obsidian a lot more! Thanks though! Have you made a point yet from the obsidian I sent ya? Cant wait to see the points you make from it.
David T
cowboy:
Naw, haven't had a chance to hit it yet. Got it in the mail and hit the road, it's sittin in the shop waitin on me. That bi-face you put in there was in two peices when it arrived - it was ready to be pressure flaked into existance. Oh well, two smallish points now :).
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