Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: BamaHunter01 on June 06, 2013, 06:39:25 am
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Hello all I am wondering if anyone knows of stone I can get mailed to me cheap while I'm deployed here in Afghanistan I'm dying to break some rock. I would use glass or anything but there's literally nothing here to knap any ideas would be appreciated !! Thanks in advance
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I was in RC east twice 08-09 and 2011 when i was there i had found some balls of flint on Fob Sharana over by the dump on the back side but it was low grade stuff and really not worth the time.
Haha if you look close i bet ya could find the remnants of my old flake piles on OrgenE and salarino and sharana and margah :) Besides that what i did was just order some off line.
Good luck over there brother, stay alert, stay alive ;)
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Are you looking for slabs cut as preforms? Have tons of obsidian. Unfortunately slabs don't do well in the mail. Joe
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bama- I can mail you some obsidian in trade for your service. What size points do you make? Please give me your address.
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Man you are surrounded by stone but Im not one to say looking through the mountains of afghanistan for knappable rock..lol Like Jesse said would make it a lot easier to order online...also check for local rock shops!
Russ
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I checked with the post office today and you can send packages using free flat rate boxes for the flat rate fee. They start from around $6.00 for a small box to around $16.00 for a large box. You must fill out the standard declaration form which is also provided by the post office. I have sent lots of rock in the mail and when I mail slabs I wrap them together with a shrink wrap material and then put bubble wrap around them.
When mailing rock you must wrap the crap out of the box with strapping tape to keep the box together.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks all I have looked around nothing of quality here I just make small points to hunt deer hogs and turkey with I'm on Fob Shank my address is 2-10 Avn F Co Pathfinders Fob Shank Apo AE 09364 PFC Tippett no one has to send me anything but if someone did I'd be very grateful .
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I just re-read your post with your name at the end of the address. Is that the way the address would be written with your name at the end?
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Sorry name first I apologize
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can you write your address with line breaks? that is , what goes on the first line, second line, etc...
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Fob Shank is the name of the base right? I had a cousin there a couple years ago. I just assumed he was talking about the name of the base. He is a Bama boy too. He is from Florence. He was a helicopter mechanic. He has been to Iraq since then.
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Pfc Tippett Eric
210 Avn F-CO Pathfinders
Fob Shank
APO AE 09364
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Dont have to much sent to ya. Only what you can use while your there.
Customs will not let you ship any raw rock home or let you carry it back... trust me ive tried :)
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You have to have a US Agriculture Stamp to ship rock or soil to the US. I do it all of the time.
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Mullet, did I read your post right, " to the US" or did you mean "from the US". Also how do you get one of those stamps?
And would obsidian fall under either one of those two categories, dirt or rock. Or would it be classified as glass.
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You have to have the stamp to ship it from a foreign country into the US.
It's not a problem shipping obsidian overseas.
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Hey Eric I sent you a PM Shank sucks stay safe let me know if you need anything !
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I can send some preform cut slabs of obsidian. Do you need any tools such as a hand pad, small copper flaker good for Obsidian, abraider, etc? Let me know and I will get it in the mail next week when I get to town. Come home safe! Joe
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package sent- obsidian from oregon and flint from denmark. enjoy and be safe!
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Thanks for serving our country.
I don't have much glass/stone (actually I only have a little obsidian)...
But can you knap the bottoms of bottles? Broken glass?
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PF Tippett: Finally got to town this morning and posted a box of slab cut obsidian to the address at FOB SHANK you posted. They told me it should take about seven days to get there so hope it arrives in tact. Included is a small copper pointed hand flaker, an abrader stone, hand pad, and a copper pipe designed to remove the scrum before the last pass. I will no doubt be ostracised for promoting slabs and copper! ;D I would like to tell you and all your buddies that I am grateful for your service! Joe
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Thanks everyone I'm so excited to receive some rock I appreciate ppl like they are here you guys are awesome!
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Stay safe over there and Thank You for your service.
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I wanna say thank you to Joe aka Wolf watcher for sending me a knapping package you don't know how happy I was to receive it. Sorry it's taken so long but I knapped a few points today ill post pictures tomorrow if I can figure out how to shrink them on this iPad . Again thank you from the bottom of my heart. Eric
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I wanna say thank you to Joe aka Wolf watcher for sending me a knapping package you don't know how happy I was to receive it. Sorry it's taken so long but I knapped a few points today ill post pictures tomorrow if I can figure out how to shrink them on this iPad . Again thank you from the bottom of my heart. Eric
Joe's a real generous man!
I send my pics to email and choose the small size when it prompts photo size to send and then copy photo to camera roll on the iPad via email. Small size usually doesn't get distorted this way.
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