My First Knife! (Made of Georgetown Flint)

[eannis6]

I recently purchased some Georgetown Flint to make a knife with and I was working on it, then all of a sudden CRACKKKKKKKK.....and a little piece of me seemed to die LOL

[G10+]

Well crap!!!! Was looking good though !!!

[eannis6]

Hey, thanks G10

[willjo]

It happens you were off to good start.

[eannis6]

Thanks Willjo

[Kyflintguy]

Darn! Abrade, abrade, abrade! Got to keep those edges tough or that's unavoidable.

[eannis6]

Ah gotcha! I didn't know that. Thanks Josh!

[2ndoldman]

That sucks

[eannis6]

I know right! HAHA! I was all happy then BANG.

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Eannis: If you're not breaking them you're not making them. We all break points. As Josh said abraid often: never take a flake from an area that was not abraded. Also your platform should be at the bottom third of the edge. Very often when I am using percussion strikes I use an Ishi stick to set up a platform before striking.

[eannis6]

Hey thanks for the advice Ron! I often strike in the right place, or intend to...sometimes I find myself missing the intended spot, but I'm sure this is corrected with practice. I definitely need to abrade more.