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Stringman
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first real rockrun!
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April 23, 2010, 11:36:18 am »
I made my first real rockrun the other day. I got a friend who took me down in the creeks in midwestern IL and man did we start loadin up the buckets. I ended up with what seems to me to be about 300 - 400 lbs of rock. Some big pieces I might just save for MoJam cause I know I'll just break 'em. Every once in a while I find a rock that is real chalky inside, but most of it is glassy and has beautiful color ranging from pink to blue to tan. I've made a few pieces from it and it doesn't seem to need heatin. (Which is fortunate cause I haven't been successful with that yet.) And the flakes run fairly well (which is a credit to the rock, not my skills!)
PS please don't drool on your key board
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knap_123
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April 23, 2010, 11:39:23 am »
awesome!!! i love rock runs, its the funnest part i think.
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DanaM
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April 23, 2010, 11:45:38 am »
Damn I'm droolin
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Eddie Parker
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April 23, 2010, 02:02:36 pm »
Look's like some good rock. And nice blades, too.
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brownhillboy
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April 23, 2010, 02:20:50 pm »
Yeah, I'm droolin'! When you have to buy your rock it adds up fast! Nice points and blade too!
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arappaho
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April 23, 2010, 11:12:01 pm »
Dang man! Fine Job! Nice looking rock.
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FlintWalker
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April 23, 2010, 11:44:06 pm »
Real nice looking work. Congrats on the haul too! Any idea what the rock is called?
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Timo
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April 23, 2010, 11:46:54 pm »
Nice haul! All what you have posted looks like good Burlington. you bring them bigguns to the jam and we'll break um up for ya!
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Stringman
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April 24, 2010, 08:14:36 pm »
Tim, as much as I learned from you last year, I'm liable to just take ya up on that. I have run across several pieces that are just hard. Should I be trying to cook it?
A few more pics, man I'm loving this!!
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Timo
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April 24, 2010, 09:50:40 pm »
That grey on the left is definitely Burlington,The other stuff looks like Harvester to me? Not sure.
You can cook the really hard stuff,but if you can work it raw, then by all means do it!
Good to see how much you have come along with your knapping. Nice job on the points.
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jamie
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April 25, 2010, 07:23:17 am »
great haul and work
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