New to Knapping
Hello Everyone, I just joined PaleoPlanet today because i have been attempting to learn the knapping skill. I have been working with my hands my whole life (growing up on a farm, blacksmithing,...
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Indeed welcome Andrew. Sounds like you are on your way to a most gratifying and humbling hobby. I think you've already determined that some aspects of knapping are a little more challenging than one...
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Welcome to the site and to flintknapping. I broke a lot of bottle bottoms when I started out too. If you can find some flat pieces of glass you can concentrate on making platforms and getting the...
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This is the hammer stone that I picked up. It is the one I could find with the least surface area of contact. I've never heard that term used in knapping before but I assume that is what you are...
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Hello Andrew. I don't know what you have there as far as available material but one of the places I head for when I want flat glass to work with are the state or county recycle centers. Some are at...
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Thanks so much! I will check out the local places tomorrow and see what I can come up with.
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Good luck on your silica journey Andrew.If you want, there is lots available through mail order.Tom
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Hi Andrew and welcome to the Planet. Great bunch of people here and tremendous resource to learn and share. Whether you start with glass or stone you're going to turn a lot of it into little pieces! I...
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Thanks for the explanation. I have made a bopper, I just didn't get a picture of it. I did it exactly how you said, minus the holding pin. As far as the epoxy fittings, i realized after the first...
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Welcome Aboard Andrew! PaleoPlanet is a great resource with great people!A couple other resouces - Mike Lynn's E-book http://flintknappinginfo.webstarts.com/index.htmlPuget Sound Knappers website...
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