Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: paulc on February 16, 2017, 08:51:38 am
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Closest I have come yet. Flint ridge OH stuff. I think it would go thru a hide.
Paul
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Keep on knapping. It's all good it's all a learning process. It's hard to explain to someone how to do it. As with so many things observation and hands on experience are some real good teachers.
Bjrogg
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Not too bad. Keep going, I would take a small bopper to thin it out more, but thats just me. Although the stone has good color it looks like it is rough material. Try to get better material. That way you dont get frustrated before you experience a victory.
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I have wondered how much the material is playing in what I am doing...although my obsidian doesn't look much better! Most of my Ohio stuff is what I picked up off the surface around the dig holes left behind by others. I was way unprepared for my collecting trip so pulling fresh rock was not very realistic. So maybe my stuff was discarded by folks looking to make arrow heads cause they knew it was not great stuff..? Or maybe it was kicked aside by folks looking for pretty rock for lapidary work. Don't know. It is one long learning experience. I've cooked this stuff twice now in a turkey roaster-says 450 on the dial as highest temp but I haven't tested it yet to confirm.
Paul
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Keep going! Gotta break a lot of rock...