Here's something you don't see everyday....some quartz points made by a modern knapper. I know most people don't use this stuff since there is alot better stone available for knapping, but Archaic people here in my home state of Georgia used it a lot. And since I'm a practicing primitive, I figured I better learn to make tools out of the same stuff the old guys used. I made these from various quartz and quartzite that I've picked up over the years. It's definitely a lot more difficult to chip than stuff like flint or obsidian or glass, but once you learn the technique it's really fun to knap because you're making tools out of some really crappy, tough stone and it's actually working! Don't look down on this stuff though...flaked edges are pretty damn sharp, especially the white/clear quartz. Besides, if this economy keeps going the way it is, being able to work tough, local stone like this might come in very handy sooner rather than later! Hahaha...
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