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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Jaeger on July 20, 2009, 07:34:17 pm

Title: hornstone
Post by: Jaeger on July 20, 2009, 07:34:17 pm

sorry for so many posts but this time of year I go knapping crazy.I got some hornstone in the mail ,I like it but I get some steps ect. in it ,I think I would prefer it for hunting  to obsidion though .Will a sharper flaker help eliminate those small steps?

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Title: Re: hornstone
Post by: FlintWalker on July 20, 2009, 08:34:18 pm

A sharper flaker will give you a deeper bulb and a narrower flake.  To help eliminate steps, make sure your platform is strong enough and that you have some convexity. If your platform is overhung or your trying to push a flake across a concavity, it's hard not to get a step or hinge.  Also, if you try to push to much "in" to the point, sometimes you'll get a hinge. ;)

Title: Re: hornstone
Post by: Hillbilly on July 21, 2009, 07:21:10 am

Like Shannon said, platforms, platforms, platforms. Grind, grind, grind. Some steps are inevetible, they are just a part of knapping. Getting rid of most of them comes with breaking a lot of rock until you get the feel of it, and you'lll still have some. Those little hangnails won't hurt anything.

Title: Re: hornstone
Post by: Bone pile on July 21, 2009, 08:03:46 am

Make yourself a booger picker and you can pop some of those off
Bone pile

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Post by: DanaM on July 21, 2009, 08:45:32 am

Nice points Jaeger :)

Title: Re: hornstone
Post by: cowboy on July 22, 2009, 07:58:11 am

Good looking points Jaeger! I don't see any major steps in there. like said already - good platforms at or below center will elliminate most of that.

Title: Re: hornstone
Post by: piper on July 23, 2009, 10:13:21 pm

nice recovery with the precussion work..Very nice point.

   Curt

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Post by: TRACY on July 24, 2009, 11:12:41 am

Good looking points!

Tracy

Title: Re: hornstone
Post by: cowboy on July 24, 2009, 12:32:44 pm

You've been busy! Nice collection ya got there :).