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Offline Hunts with stone

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Owyhee Jasper
« on: February 20, 2013, 07:03:37 pm »
Oregon owyhee cripple creek picture jasper. This raw or not heat treated jasper is the hardess stone i've knapped. It was bending my big ishi sticks point. Iwas getting some long flacks almost half way across. I reset the copper a little deeper . Then snapped at 1/3 the way down. Well anyway my wrists are sore. Any got this out of it.

Offline Will H

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Re: Owyhee Jasper
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2013, 07:52:11 pm »
Nice point! Easy rock makes good points, tough rock makes good knappers I always say :)
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Owyhee Jasper
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2013, 09:20:11 pm »
Does it get more color when heat treated.
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Offline Hunts with stone

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Re: Owyhee Jasper
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2013, 09:34:12 pm »
I'm not sure if the color changes from heat treating but a 1.0" slab will take about 600 degree heat. The colors stated from this are the sme as in this raw piece I worked. Thanks for your comments all.

Offline Tower

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Re: Owyhee Jasper
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2013, 10:39:07 pm »
That looks like a tough point. Perfect to give wings & get bloody.  Tower
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Offline Lemos

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Re: Owyhee Jasper
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2013, 11:15:41 pm »
Very cool. I'm glad you posted this ,I'm just getting in to knapping and recently bought a turkey roaster for a bunch of slabs I purchased one of them being a huge slab of the same stuff. I was wondering if it would take a heat treating.

Offline Tower

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Re: Owyhee Jasper
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2013, 11:27:39 pm »
Lemos I don't think a roaster will get that hot.  Tower
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Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: Owyhee Jasper
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2013, 01:59:03 am »
Nice Stone...

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Offline Hunts with stone

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Re: Owyhee Jasper
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2013, 07:09:12 am »
Lemos I don't think a roaster will get that hot.  Tower
rootbeer is only 300 for any size. There are many in the 600 range. A quick google search for heart treating jasper will bring up the PSK website with a chart for download for those Interested. And thanks PSK for the info.

Offline NFFK

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Re: Owyhee Jasper
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2013, 06:57:49 pm »
I hear ya on wrists
Im doin a big piece of raw burlington
wake up in AM and say ugggh
laid off carpenter so I aint got nowhere to go !
some coffee and Im all good

nice point man