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Offline iowabow

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stone axe flint?
« on: October 14, 2011, 12:36:50 pm »
I saw a guy at the Skunk river knapin working on an ax head with a piece of flint. Has anyone see this process. I was suprised how fast he could remove material using this method. I put this in flint knapping be cause we use stone to hit flint - this (ax making process) is flint hitting stone.
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Re: stone ax flint?
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2011, 01:56:40 pm »
In my years of arrowhead hunting I have found numerous hammerstones. The vast majority are limestone or a type quartzite. But everyonce in a while ,a long while, I do find a hammerstone made of flint. I cannot say what it was used on but its definitely a flint hammerstone.
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2011, 01:59:00 pm »
iowabow im pretty sure you are talking about "pecking and grinding".  he was doing the pecking.  its better to do the pecking with stone like flint because everytime a piece breaks off it "sharpens" itself again
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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2011, 07:38:01 pm »
This is not a fast process.  1 hours work. 
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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2011, 07:48:01 pm »
I have been hitting it with a piece of flint. 
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Re: stone ax flint?
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2011, 09:53:45 pm »
thats peck and grind. take a spall of nasty chert and itll chew that stone up. same reason our abraders and hammerstones get grooves and wear patterns. its the best way to get the shape made if the material is too dense to rough knap.
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« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2011, 05:43:12 pm »
OK I have hit on this think for two more hours (crazy) but it is starting to take shape. If anyone has done this please post suggestion as I go. This is the first time for me.



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Re: stone ax flint?
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2011, 07:50:35 pm »
sing while your doing it, it'll help kill the time.  ;D
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Offline Bill Skinner

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« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2011, 01:17:25 pm »
Josh posted some pictures of a couple of axes that I made, I don't remember the title.  When I grind, I use a concrete slab so I can get a 4 to 5 foot long stroke.  Also, I use coarse river sand and some water to really make it cut.  Bill
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« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2011, 07:12:29 pm »
I have worked a lot more on the Celt (and I don't know why) it take a long time to make any progress on a project like this.  Here are a few more pictures. Also if any one has pictures of. A celt or could take pictures of the bit I need to know what the correct angle should be.  Also I don't know when the grinding starts.  I am afraid to continue hitting close to the cutting area.
I need to flatten the top and the bottom still. 



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Re: stone axe flint?
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2011, 12:45:46 am »
Start grinding now.  To final shape your cutting edge, use a smaller hammer stone.  Go to the megalithics site, Larry Kinsalla has very detailed steps and lots of pictures.  Bill

Axes by Bill Skinner, July 16, 2011 by Josh has a couple of pictures of some axes I have made.
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Re: stone axe flint?
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2011, 01:00:03 am »
Thank you for the reply!
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Re: stone axe flint?
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2011, 05:01:59 pm »
Man,

That is Pretty Darn Cool...
Nice looking Cutting Edge.

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Re: stone axe flint?
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2011, 09:13:11 pm »
looks great john. id bring the apex of the curve down a bit more. its definitely ready for cutting though. excellent work
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