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GlisGlis:
I am starting to grasp the advantages of a good support in many situations
from spalling to more refined stone hammer works
unfortunately the more protection I wear the less effective the support seems to be
result is I often I have to skip knapping days to restore from thigh or fingers pain
is it supposed to get better as I progress?
I've seen many videos where big rocks where knapped directly on the thigh and I cant imagine how to avoid short term pain and long term damages

Dakota Kid:
I found it got less painful when I started resting the rock on the out side of my thigh. That way the force of the impact runs along side my leg instead of down into it.

Most knapping materials don't require a ton of force to get your flake. If your getting bruises from knapping obsidian your hitting it too hard. Unless of course you bruise easily.

paulc:
I quit knapping on my thigh...too many ugly bruises. My wife actually suggested I might be engaging in some kind of weird self-hurting thing. She's a threapist....

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Hawkdancer:
Sure glad someone else started this thread!  We must all be some sort of masochist to put up with the agony of a break ruining a piece of work, regardless of the material :-K )-w(.   I have been wanting to ask about how much force to apply to obsidian to get a flake.  I do expect to make a lot of small pieces before I get it right, but a reference point would help.  Enough pressure to break a pencil or an arrow shaft?  Experiment with glass to get a feel?  I might have a piece of heavy desk cover glass (amazing what can flit across my mind, just remembered that it is on the deck, I think).  I am still in the recovery stage, "If it hurts, don't do that".   I am allergic to pain, so I heed that caveat pretty closely.   At the same time, somebody has to provide therapist with clients >:D😂
Hawkdancer

YosemiteBen:
Man o man! is this hard to explain! Once I was told - if you miss at least you did not take too much! I had a nasty bruise! Practice! Use a pen of any kind that puts a mark in your mind! Aim small miss small! draw it all out before you swing! make sure it goes where you think it will!

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