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paulc:
Thanks all for the advice.  It sounds like DK and I have the "master" and move on thing in common.  I have too many hobbies.  And I like the idea of tackling the largest mass first rather than the easy or obvious flake...hadn't thought of that as a strategy.

Mullet I may take you up on your implied offer as you are closer than the knap-in and I am not sure that weekend will work for my wife.  I'll pm you if I can find some free weekends which are few and far between until after the summer at this point.

And I was doing pretty well with only trying to get to second base with my tougher stone...but I was probably expecting too much progress the other night with the obsidian.  Never was very good with the ladies either  ::)

Paul

Trapper Rob:
If you go to some knappins get yourself some practice buckets that's what I did you learn a lot from them.

Dakota Kid:
Thunder chert (aka toilet bowl) is a great material to practice percussion flaking on. It's not the best to pressure flake, but if you're like me percussion is where I need to improve. Ask at your preferred hardware if the have any damaged stuff that is getting tossed or ask a local plumber to save a few lids and tanks for you. Personally, I tend stay away from the used bowl parts.

Tracker0721:
Still believe I need your address for the PITH sir if you'd PM me. I used a lot of stone to learn on and am still learning. In the hundreds of lbs of obsidian range. And somedays I'll do great, other days I'll break 6 arrowheads and decide it's the weathers fault haha

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