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Want to make an ishi stick
Wolf Watcher:
You can buy nylon rod material from US Plastic Corp. Just google them up and they sell 4' sections CHEAP. Order 3/4" or 1" depending on what the hardness of the material you are using. I used woods of all kinds for years and saw a nylon one at a knappin and have been using them ever since because you can grip them several inches above the point and the bend and recoil of the nylon will produce fantastic spalls. I have lots of hard drawn copper in two sizes so have a different size on each end of the Ishi stick. One is for flaking and the other is for making deep narrow nocks! Like cowboy says, drill a hole the size of your copper and put a couple of set screws in the side to hold the copper tight. I like the Ishi stick to be 18" long not counting the copper. It makes pressure flaking easy! Watcher
ricktrojanowski:
Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm going to try to get ground wire today. So basically I just need to pound it, then file to a point? Cowboy- Be carefull pullin wire off of "old telephone poles". ;D
cowboy:
;D ;D, I never do it in daylight, shhh ::).
D. Tiller:
They arnt always old poles are they Paul? Now just come clean and admit it. Confesion is good for the soul! O:)
uwe:
I`ve seen somewhere that even a piece of aluminium works well.
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