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Offline Jaeger

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billets
« on: July 12, 2009, 04:37:20 pm »
I have saw billets out of antler and copper and wood ,I wanted  to know if a brass billet will work?
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Offline piper

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Re: billets
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2009, 07:32:11 pm »
most any thing will work  But some thing work better..Like Copper...... Brass works good for sparling.

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Offline billy

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Re: billets
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2009, 11:42:34 pm »
yeah, I think brass works just fine.  It's a bit harder than copper, but it should work, although I've never tried it.  I have seen brass hammers and billets in other people's toolkits though.
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: billets
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2009, 07:31:29 am »
I've used a big chunk of brass to spall before, but it's too hard and slick to make a good billet for general knapping.
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