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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Ricardovanleeuwen on May 23, 2020, 05:03:17 am

Title: Is this the stuff?
Post by: Ricardovanleeuwen on May 23, 2020, 05:03:17 am

Every now and then i wonder wich stone the natives used and start looking. The closest possible Stones i find are these but i dont know If It is It. When i slam It icget some razor Sharp pieces of It but i always assumed that It was harder

Title: Re: Is this the stuff?
Post by: JEB on May 23, 2020, 06:06:00 am

looks good to me. Texas rock?

Title: Re: Is this the stuff?
Post by: mullet on May 23, 2020, 06:50:24 am

Looks good.

Title: Re: Is this the stuff?
Post by: Ricardovanleeuwen on May 24, 2020, 12:40:10 pm

Dont know if Texas rock could thrift all the way to the Netherlands

Title: Re: Is this the stuff?
Post by: GlisGlis on May 27, 2020, 08:00:54 am

the smaller lighter coloured ones looks like pretty good chert cobbles
if you find big enough they can make nice arrow points

Title: Re: Is this the stuff?
Post by: Ricardovanleeuwen on May 27, 2020, 08:58:49 am

The darker ones are probly European , eighter dutch or scandonavian

Title: Re: Is this the stuff?
Post by: mullet on May 29, 2020, 06:46:16 am

Looks like some of the flint I have from Denmark.