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Offline beartail

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notching question
« on: November 10, 2014, 09:31:20 pm »
what gets better results. copper or steel. does a nail work better than a copper wire when your notching.

Offline Chippintuff

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Re: notching question
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2014, 10:23:26 pm »
For me, soft steel is the best, but I usually use pressure. My punch results are usually disasters, but my pressure is good. I think that most of the punchers use bone, antler or copper.

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Offline Ghost Knapper

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Re: notching question
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2014, 11:14:25 pm »
I like a copper pressure flaker for notching, either pounded flat to be narrower or just kept to a sharp point.

Offline 1442

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Re: notching question
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2014, 09:39:36 am »
I like a flattened steel nail for deep notching. Same type nail in an ishi stick for shallow notches.
I broke the ear off this one due to a dumb mistake, I had it upside down and punched from the wrong side, then used it for practice.

Offline mullet

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Re: notching question
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2014, 10:30:38 am »
I use a copper nail hammered flat like the nail above for punch notching and a horse shoe nail for most of the rest.
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Offline beartail

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Re: notching question
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2014, 11:22:23 am »
Dang! i never notched anything that deep! id need a light saber flaker to do that. good work. where do you get copper nails? Ive looked a hole in every shelf around here for them with no luck. probly have to order on line right?

Offline Chippintuff

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Re: notching question
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2014, 03:23:22 pm »
http://flintknappingtools.com/

There are many places on the net where you can get anything related tp knapping.

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Re: notching question
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2014, 04:15:21 pm »
I made them order them at Home Depot. I asked to see the manager and wanted to know how I was going to nail the copper flashings and gutters they were selling without the nails. ;D
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Offline Tower

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Re: notching question
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2014, 07:37:42 pm »
I buy mine online from Jamestown Distributors.
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