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Mike_A:
I appreciate all the advice and I think I'll look into the copper cap thing, in the meantime I believe Hillbilly has a very good point, Parden the pun. I've been to a knap in and had a blast, unfortunately I only learn well from actually doing it. Thanks for the help and if anyone else has some advice please share. Thanks ya'll. Mike

cowboy:
Mike, man I've been trying to reply to this for almost a week it seems - something to do with the picture posting thing that was happening :).
 I was trying to tell you that I like solid copper the best, seeing as how thats what I learned with and have used most. I did build some copper cap boppers with lead in em and a wooden handle but the caps would wear out on me within - oh, maybe a week worth of spalling. May have something to do with the rocks I'm beating on ;D. Anyway, I found some copper remnants at a metal mart and bought them for the going price per pound - wasn't cheap, but these days they'll almost cost ya their weight in gold :-X, well almost. You can also find odd shaped copper chunks at scrap yards, and they'll usually sell them at market price - just an idea.
  On Ishi sticks a flakers, I just took a fat broom handle and drilled a hole in the end the size of my wire (which I had taken from an old power pole) this stuff must be some kind of alloy because it's stiff, the newer stuff isn't stiff. I drilled two holes in the side of said handle and tapped in two set screws to lock in the wire, then wrapped a peice of bailing wire around the end to keep it from splittin out - voila, have been using them almost since I've been knapping.
  Here's a pic of my tools..

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flecha:
I use what I can find for using points.  If I'm trying to make a certain point, I try to do the research and find out what tools would have been available to the ones who made that certain style originally.

Mike_A:
Thanks Cowboy and Flecha. I'll have to look into the getting the copper from a scrap metal place around here. I'd like to eventually learn how to do it well enough to be able to use pretty much nothing but super primitive tools. Till then I'll use whatever I can find to get the job done. Thanks all. Mike

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