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redwasp:
If i can figure out how to post pictures i will. Bishop gl with your knapping, glad your finding it pleasureable. I find it Painful :-X smashed my thumb and watch my hard earned money dissappear with minimal rewards so far. I did expect some problems but I thought if a caveman can do it surely I could :D what a joke i stink but hopefully will improve just need to get over a few humps. I just got a dose of reality and greater appreciation for the way our ancestors had to live,
Bishop:
ive whacked about every finger on my left hand....i am wondering if there were a lot of "one good eye" knappers running around back then, i took a chunk of Obsidian to the lens of my safety glasses that would have for sure done some damage.lol.
Bishop
Sparrow:
Last time I was out at Glass buttes Oregon,we brought back a ton of nodules,but I have been using the couple of buckets of spalls that I made while walking around the country side.If you've got a materials source,it's better to spall it out there. Frank
Wolf Watcher:
Redwasp: You have had some very good advice. I used to go the the glass buttes in Oregon and believe it or not but all obsidian does not work the same way. There was one pit that had obsidian that was very very hard and others quite easy to flake. I personally think obsidian is for the beginner and the very good knapper! We used to get some really great materials off Mt. St. Helen and we sawed it because it was to precious to waste. I do think that if you learn to first work with flint spalls and can master thinning the bulbs you will be much further ahead. Go to a knappin or get the videos that were suggested. It will save years. When I was learning there were darn few knappers and everything was a secret. Believe me, it took a lot of years to figure it out. Also, if you plan to hunt with your own points, don't think they have to be gem quality. I have managed to do well over the years with some pretty crude points and shafts.
Good Luck and don't get discouraged! Wolf Watcher
redwasp:
wolf watcher i definitely want to hunt with the arrowheads i make or else i wouldn't even try. What's the use if your not going to use them? ;).... thank you for the advice. I will pick up a few videos/dvds when I get the chance. I guess I will go to paying a higher price for material your right probably worth it. On another note, I made 6 copper boppers out of some copper pipe and caps that I confiscated from work and filed to the top of pipe with lead. Seemed to help alot I had some really good spalls comming off today. I still managed to hit the same thumb at the same place figures. ::). thanks again
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