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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jayman448 on February 23, 2015, 08:22:34 pm

Title: finding rock
Post by: jayman448 on February 23, 2015, 08:22:34 pm

are there any tell tale signs a rock is knapable? what kind of geography should i be looking for?

Title: Re: finding rock
Post by: TRACY on February 23, 2015, 08:35:09 pm

Check out the knappable resource post above


Tracy

Title: Re: finding rock
Post by: jayman448 on February 23, 2015, 11:36:57 pm

im not in america. any visual aids?

Title: Re: finding rock
Post by: nclonghunter on February 24, 2015, 08:38:55 am

Jay man, I am going to step out here a bit....knappable rock is formed from several events including volcanic eruptions and compressed vegetation and I am certain other events that occurred a long time ago. The different types of knappable rock have names given them by the manner they were formed. If you do a search or study of your area for "rock formations", then you may find a belt or vein of knappable rocks and were they formed. To give specific info it could take a while....

Get a piece of bottle glass bottom and strike it with a rock or copper bopper on its edge. The break you should see is a conical fracture. That type of break or fracture is what you want in knappable rock when you sample it. If it crumbles or crushes it is not useable. Some rock will break or fracture better than other so practice and knowledge is key.

Hope this helps and answers your question...Good Luck

Title: Re: finding rock
Post by: TRACY on February 24, 2015, 10:21:24 pm

Sorry, didn't see your location. Not sure if there is much to find that far north. Find something to trade guys here for obsidian or flint to get you some practice rock.

Title: Re: finding rock
Post by: vinemaplebows on February 24, 2015, 10:47:38 pm

Read this article, it may give you some ides of where to look....


http://www.academia.edu/4501801/Lithics_and_Livelihood_Stone_Tool_Technologies_of_Central_and_Southern_Interior_B.C

Title: Re: finding rock
Post by: jayman448 on February 25, 2015, 02:38:45 am

hmm... well i know for a fact my area had volcanoes. now to find the rock i guess. time to start smashing XD

Title: Re: finding rock
Post by: JackCrafty on February 26, 2015, 01:33:59 am

Check out this video:   ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bwBlOaDyfk

Title: Re: finding rock
Post by: crooketarrow on March 02, 2015, 12:10:12 pm

  Take a hammer,knaping stick along. After you break it open you should be able to tell if it's knapable.