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Offline seminolewind

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Black Kanawaha from WV.
« on: November 16, 2013, 12:24:05 pm »
I was recently sent a spall of a stone called Kanawaha coming out of WV. My buddy Robert White from the "flintknapping" page on Facebook sold me some tools and threw this one spall in with them. Lets just say it made a man of me and was challenging to say the least. This material reminds me of Argillite.

Y'all should check out that flintknapping page https://m.facebook.com/groups/164848923547186?ref=bookmark&__user=1238034048 if you haven't already. Good group of people there.

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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2013, 12:56:29 pm »
great looking point! looks like hard stone
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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2013, 12:58:50 pm »
I was making my platforms just slightly above center thickness in the preform stage which i seldom do but it's the only way to get it to flake. If I didn't it would hinge and terminate making stack in the center . Too tough to do much of any pressure flaking did most of it with percussion.
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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2013, 03:14:36 pm »
Tough looking stuff, nice point.
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Offline knapperhead

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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2013, 03:46:37 pm »
that's awesome ! I am a long way from being able to work stone that tough.
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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2013, 08:23:11 pm »
Looks like that Johns valley chert we get around here. It is really hard stuff. You did good on that piece .
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2013, 10:16:48 pm »
Nice point I like the looks of that stone it has a old look to it I have some from NY that looks old when finished.
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2013, 11:32:03 pm »
I was born in WV and have found many artifacts made out of Kanawha Flint. A lot of it comes from the Charleston area. It is tough rock but some of the points I found were nicely worked, but most were crude. It is similar to North Carolina Rhyolite.
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Offline seminolewind

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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2013, 02:06:10 pm »
Quote from: nclonghunter on November 16, 2013, 11:32:03 pm
I was born in WV and have found many artifacts made out of Kanawha Flint. A lot of it comes from the Charleston area. It is tough rock but some of the points I found were nicely worked, but most were crude. It is similar to North Carolina Rhyolite.

This material is cool stuff I like how a freshly knapped point already looks like it's been in a field for hundreds of years. I think I'm gonna try and make a matched set out of this stuff to hunt with. This stuff should make some durable points...got any pics of your finds?
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Offline Dan K

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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2013, 02:12:34 pm »
Nice point. Just started knapping myself. Made my first point this weekend. Thanks for sharing.
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Offline artcher1

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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2013, 02:13:22 pm »
I've tested the KB points by shooting them into oak trees. Only thing that broke was the shafts. One was hafted on a Tonkin bamboo shaft. Very impressive material............Art
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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2013, 11:12:52 am »
Does resemble some of that cry a lot. Nice work.
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Offline seminolewind

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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2013, 12:27:38 pm »
Quote from: cowboy on November 19, 2013, 11:12:52 am
Does resemble some of that cry a lot. Nice work.

Haha cryalot I get it !
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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2013, 06:43:40 am »
Very nice work,looks tough and I am parshell to black point anyway. ???   :)
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Re: Black Kanawaha from WV.
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2013, 09:25:06 am »
Beautiful point !  '  Frank
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