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Flintknapping
    #21993717 - 07/25/15 04:57 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Hey guys! I've just started flint knapping again after not doing so for about a year, and I am quite enjoying it again. The reason I started up again is because I need some arrow heads for some arrows I'm making.

I wonder if anyone else flintknaps or knows how to. I'd love to see some of your guys work. I'm definitely not the best, but I can make a useable hunting point. I'll post some pics of my arrow heads when I get my phone to work. Also I'll show you guys an obsidian knife that was gifted to me.


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Re: Flintknapping [Re: Achillita]
    #21994703 - 07/25/15 11:00 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

I've chipped quartz, quartzite, jasper, tv screens etc.  Some came out alright, most would be considered useable although not the prettiest.  They would work as points, blades, skinners etc.

I just kind of stopped doing it though.  It'd be cool to take a look at what you're comming up with.  There's some bad ass videos on youtube of people going from chunk, to finished blade.  This one dude would take a sharpie and outline the chip size he was going to break and then crack it with the ball of an antler and the chip would come off outlined in sharpie.  He knew what he was doing.


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Re: Flintknapping [Re: Amanita86]
    #21995129 - 07/25/15 12:50 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

I knapp and sell my stuff at gem shows. I work with obsidians mostly, but cook agates, flints, cherts, and jaspers for knapping as well. Fire obsidian and electric blue obsidian are my favorites. These are a few of my pieces I made a few years ago, everything sold.





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Re: Flintknapping [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #21996374 - 07/25/15 05:30 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Yeah those are a lot better than what I was comming up with.  That knife up top on that one picture with the red band running through it, if I saw you at a show I might have to take that one off your hands for you.

What kind of knapping tools are you working with?


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Re: Flintknapping [Re: Amanita86]
    #21996680 - 07/25/15 06:42 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

I use a little of everything, copper tipped ishi sticks, copper billets, natural copper nuggets, moose antler, sandstone hammerstones, horse shoe nail. I haven't knapped much lately though since I almost lost my left middle finger last fall, and been learning jewelry.


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Re: Flintknapping [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #22082155 - 08/12/15 04:17 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Amazing work! :thumbup:


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Re: Flintknapping [Re: Toadstool5]
    #22092912 - 08/14/15 10:13 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Agreed.


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