Author Topic: Heat treating hornstone? (Read 2436 times)

Stringman · « **on:** September 19, 2016, 03:48:15 pm »

Does anyone know if hornstone can be heat treated?

mullet · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2016, 07:08:44 pm »

I've never heard of anybody needing too. But I guess it might be worth a shot.

Outbackbob48 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2016, 07:23:20 pm »

Scott, never tried it but according to Mark Bracken's website Kentucky hornstone is on the no list along with Tenn. Ft. Payne and the Dover and NY. Onondaga and a few others

Check out his site a lot of info on heat treating recipe's. Bob

Stringman · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2016, 08:10:04 pm »

Well I've never heard of it either so I probably oughta just leave well enough alone. Get whatcha got sorta thing.

Zuma · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2016, 10:38:07 am »

I agree with the others. I have collected and viewed
quite a bit of hornstone out on the Ohio River.
Indiana and Kentucky. I never did see any heated debitage.
Throwing a few hunks in with some other stuff could be
interesting?
Zuma

Outbackbob48 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2016, 11:13:31 am »

Zuma, I have seen a few pcs that looked all pot lidded, not sure if heat or not, just sayin

Bob

Zuma · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2016, 12:00:38 pm »

Quote from: Outbackbob48 on September 21, 2016, 11:13:31 am

Zuma, I have seen a few pcs that looked all pot lidded, not sure if heat or not, just sayin Bob

Yeah I find flakes like that in almost any material.
I more or less chalk them up to being cooked in an open fire pit.
Not so much intentional. The sites I used to hunt repeatidly,
would usually have many heat altered flakes in the same area.
Usually the ones flaked off of heated preforms.
I hate no till farming

Zuma

bowtarist · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2016, 02:21:56 pm »

Don't know why you'd need to. If it chipped any easier it'd make itself into a point.

Primitive Archer