Question for dog owners

[Swamp Bow]

How do the folks that own dogs deal with making piles of razor sharp stone/glass chips?

Swamp

[boo]

Do all your knapping on a tarp so you can carry all the small sharp stuff away.

[StevenT]

Here is another thing to keep in mind. I got in trouble with the other half on this one. I use a tarp in my work area. What I forgot was the flakes that had fallen in the sides of my shoes. I would take my shoes off inside the door and flakes that were stuck on the sides of my socks and bottom of the socks fell off in the house. After the second time the wife got a glass cut, it was almost the end of my knapping days and I had to figure out how. Now I make sure I take my shoes and socks off outside and that they are free of flakes. Pants with cuffs are a trap for flakes also.

[Justin Snyder]

It keeps their feet tough for hunting. 

[mullet]

 StevenT, that's why I knap with Flip-Flops on.

[cracker]

I have gotten in the habbit of knappin Japes Parker style.

[RidgeRunner]

I am a tender foot.
If I tried to knapp James Parker style I would be worse off than Swamps wife ever was.  James " beat " all I ever saw when it came to knapping.

David

[StevenT]

If you mean you knap bare footed..... yikes. I have too much of a tendency to drop things. I could just see dropping a big ol piece of obsidian on my foot. I could just hear it now from the other half..... "You big dumb A$%. Why weren't you wearing shoes." Thanks, but I think I will keep my shoes on and just be carefull to clean them out. Actually, what I am going to do is just use an old pair of dock siders that I have and just use them when knapping.

[Hillbilly]

I'm a barefooted knapper, too. As for the dog, after he runs through it a few times and gets cut all up, he'll learn not to (unless he's really stupid. )

[Justin Snyder]

I'm a barefooted knapper, too. As for the dog, after he runs through it a few times and gets cut all up, he'll learn not to (unless he's really stupid. )

What he said, both times.

[Bone pile]

I also knapp bare footed,when I'm handling bigger chuncks I just throw a towel or something over the top of my foot.flakes in shoes are a big pain
Bone pile

[cowboy]

I always wear boots, no matter what I'm doin. As for the dogs, they walk all over my debitage piles - I haven't noticed any blood yet cept what's coming outa my fingers .

[FlintWalker]

I like knappin bare footed. Kinda seems like the natural way to do it

[mullet]

 I've been over at Claude's house when his kids were real young. His whole yard is debutage. His daughter when she was around 4 or 5 would walk all over that stuff barefooted. And the down side of flip- flops is when a flake gets stuck in the bottom and works it way through to your foot.

[ricktrojanowski]

I like flip flops in the summer.  When I was knapping in shorts and boots, all the flake would end up down the boots.  With flip flops I can just dust off my feet and go.