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keekeerun:
Is it me or is noviculite flint hard to knapp, I just spent 7 hours percussion and pressure flaking the stuff. I did end up with 4 points, 2 were decent One of them I would not be afraid to hunt with, but man I had trouble thinning them with my antler billet. I made platforms and hit, made more platforms and smacked again. I seem to thin it out eventually but buy the time I got it thin enough to pressure flake the point seems to small. Any advice is appreciated thanks.

Hillbilly:
Is it heated? Raw novaculite is tough as hell, heated knaps really well. The stuff you're describing sounds like part of the normal learning curve. Those of us who've been knapping for years still sometimes do that more often than we would like.

keekeerun:
Hillbilly yes is is heat treated. Well that makes me feel better, I knapped 7 hours straight, sore fingers, 2 cuts, left arm feels like it was run over buy a truck , but I sure had fun. I used a homemade flaker, I took #4 copper wire and put it in a piece of dowel rod. I have'nt tried a deer antler for flaking yet, how do they work. I seem to dull my copper flaker pretty easy.

david w.:
i never used antler but antler will dull faster

at least that what i hear eveyone say

carpenter374:
im new to knapping too. i seem to do well with a 10 penny nail driven into a dowel. i like it better than an antler flaker.

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