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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Some cowboy rocks
« on: November 09, 2013, 11:59:12 am »
 Since Cowboy was generous enough to send me some great rocks, I figured I'd share the pics with you. I heat treated them in my fire pit. The rock was all top notch!  thanks Paul!  All antler tools as usual
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Offline knapperhead

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2013, 01:16:41 pm »
Nice work
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Offline Majuba Tom

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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2013, 07:55:41 pm »
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Offline mullet

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2013, 08:00:41 pm »
Very nice, Ryan. I guess I'm going to throw some in the kiln. Seems like it is working for everybody else with the heat treat.
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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2013, 01:39:19 am »
Cool!   8)
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How to Cook It?  200° for 24hrs then 275° to 500° for 4hrs (depending on type), Cool for 12hr

Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2013, 04:00:38 am »
Nice work! Perty Texas rock...wished I had rockslike Paul does probably got a flint stone wall around his property...lol


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Offline koan

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2013, 07:06:56 am »
Nice work! Thats definately Cowboy rock... only thing i can do with that stuff is drive nails, lol... Man, its hard stuff....Brian
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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2013, 07:27:45 am »
And that's some top notch knapping there Ryan! Kinda refreshing to see this morning, thanks for posting.
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2013, 09:03:35 pm »
Real nice work Ryan!

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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2013, 01:31:20 pm »
So I have a webber grill.  could I use that to heat treat and if so how? details please?
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Offline Bone pile

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2013, 12:00:05 pm »
I need to heat some up also.They knapped OK raw,maybe a little heat to slick em' up
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2013, 12:33:48 pm »
thanks guys.

Prarie bowyer- I dont know if I'd use a webber grill as it may heat up and cool down too quick... but I don't know. I am sure someone has done it. I bury mine in dry sand about 3 inches down and build a nice even fire over them for  about 4-6 hours then let die all by itself and dig up 2 days after and they are usually still pretty hot. Just make sure there is no rain in the forcast
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Offline swamp yeti

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2013, 09:19:19 am »
Gorgeous points.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2013, 06:11:05 pm »
I think mullet posted how he does it with charcoal, I think it took 20# of charcoal
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Re: Some cowboy rocks
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2013, 06:47:35 pm »
Here's a link to Cowboy's heat treating thread:   http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,24988.msg335795.html#msg335795 
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