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Offline bushman

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Pressure Flaking
« on: July 27, 2011, 02:27:59 am »
When you guys are pressure flaking how long is the longest flake you can drive off?
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: Pressure Flaking
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2011, 03:51:04 am »
I consider anything over 1.5" a pretty long flake.
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Offline Tower

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Re: Pressure Flaking
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2011, 09:42:43 am »
There are a lot of circumstances that control a flakes length. Under the right conditions 1.5 - 2in . That's with my Ishi stick.
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remington22

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Re: Pressure Flaking
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2011, 06:41:16 pm »
Man I must be doing something wrong, I would be happy with 3/4" Please explain how to get pressure flakes 1 1/2" long.
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Offline bushman

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Re: Pressure Flaking
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2011, 08:58:26 pm »
Ok, just using a hand pressure flaker I’m mostly getting ½ to ¾ flakes but I have driven off a few inch and a half flakes (most of the time when I didn’t want too and I took off the opposite edge of the point with an overshot.)
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JustinNC

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Re: Pressure Flaking
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2011, 09:29:17 pm »
1.5" on a platform set up perfectly with a good ridgeline.
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Pressure Flaking
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2011, 01:36:25 pm »
    I mainly only make hunting points but a 1 1/2's killer.I've never start out with materal for one that long. I think 1/2 to 3/4's really good. I've got to get out of the closet more often.
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