Knapping a hole

[StevenT]

I didn't want to steal the "something unusual" thread, so I am going to pose the question in a new thread. I have seen this before with eccentric pieces and now in the "something unusual" thread. That would be a knapped hole. I am sure you apply the same knapping techniques once you have the hole started, but what I don’t know is how to get the hole started in the first place short. I am sure if you had a thin enough piece you could shoot it with a BB gun and hope for a hertzian cone without breaking the piece. I know, that would be a big gamble and not practicle. So, has anyone experimented with this or know the technique for starting a hole?

[n2everythg]

The 2 methods I have heard of are either drill it (primitive drill or modern)
or
Strike the piece to create a hertz cone. I hear this is pretty difficult to get just right.

Never tried either one but going to one day. I'm sure it will cost me lots of rocks to try to learn it.

wade

[Hillbilly]

What Wade said, or find a piece with a natural hole already in it and work from there. I've seen coral, Coastal Plains, and Texas stuff with holes in it before. James (Robustus) knapped a chain one time with moving links, like a whittled chain. Pretty amazing.

[leapingbare]

3 ways to do it.
#1 drill it.
#2 the rock has a natural hole to start with
#3 make a cone. To make a cone you have the strike a thick biface then thin it on the other side until the cone can be knocked loose.

[aaron]

hillbilly- got a pic of the chain? amazing.

[mullet]

 The chain is on Jame's website under Classifieds, down below.

[Hillbilly]

Yeah, here's a link to the website pics: http://huntworthyproductions.com/gallery.html It was featured in one of the flintknapping calendars a couple years ago, too.

[aaron]

wow thanks hillbilly.

[StevenT]

Thanks all. I think I might have to invest in a BB gun.

[AncientArcher76]

I kinda did it once by isolating a heavy platform striking it like ur trying to bat 1000 and then take some heavy thinning flakes all of which is a big risk and increased way of getting injured... go with the drill method...lol!!!!

AA