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Hillbilly:
Mike, not an utter contempt, i just consider it to be a wretched, evil material spawned of the dev-ill.  >:D  ;D Naw, I got no problem with copper-swatters.  :) I just never got the feel for it myself, I learned with wood, stone, and antler and they feel better to me than copper. If you look closely, you might even find some of the unholy substance contaminating the tips of some of my pressure flakers.  ::)

Justin Snyder:
Hey Steve, I can go down to the abandoned copper mine and get you some big green rocks so you can make your own copper tips so it is more primitive.  8)

Hillbilly:
Justin- ;D I've actually seen a copper pressure flaker that was dug out a Mississippian mound near here during one of the archaological digs.

Justin Snyder:
With all the copper jewlery they made I wouldn't believe it if someone said they didn't use some for knapping. I picked up a couple of baseball sized rocks that have a heavy concentration of copper in them.  I have been trying to figure out how to melt them into billets/bars.  Ill bet they will spall just like they are.

Hillbilly:
Justin, I'd guess that the main reason it wasn't used more was because of it's value- would be kinda like one of us making a knapping billet out of a gold ingot. :)

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