Ron - it's absolutely awesome to see what you've done with that lithic material. It would have been a real waste to have kept it. Now it's been made into something with a useful purpose.
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This morning I knapped the last three pieces that Chuck sent me. I'm happy to report that I was able to get a point from every stone. Some was easy, some was tough, some was wicked tough and that's what keeps it interesting. Thanks again Chuck. BTW if you do take up flintknapping you should start with some of your beautiful Tennessee Hornstone. That material is a real pleasure to knap.
Every time I have seen this white patina it was covering some high grade chert.
Well I guess the first one was too easy LOL. This next one is some real tough rock.
By the time I got a point from this last one there wasn't much stone left but I like it.
Michigan Yooper
If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything
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Awesome! I really like the points you are releasing from the rock!"The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee
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Beautiful group you have there! That is a great example of Tennessee stone."The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee
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Wow..... I have beat on very similar looking rhyolite for hours and had little more to show for it than sore hands and thick, crude bifaces........ just, wow.
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“With force”.... sounds painful to me!
I have a 10 inch solid brass billet (1.25”dia). It must weigh 4-5 lbs. i swing that thing hard enough to bruise my thigh. I seem to either break the piece in half or i get a little copper smudge on my platform. Not sure if its my angles or my aim! Lol!!!
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