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Offline Tower

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Flint trade BITH?
« on: October 02, 2016, 09:48:01 am »
I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a BITH
A medium flat rate box of stone swap?  It's been a few years since we have done it.
Would anyone be interested?
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Offline mullet

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2016, 11:55:24 am »
Count me in.
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Offline Tracker0721

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2016, 11:43:45 am »
You know I love shipping my obsidian and dacite! I'm in for 2. Gotta make room for my trip next spring to the buttes.
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Offline Tower

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2016, 09:32:41 pm »
This is looking like a pretty short list. 
The name drawings looking pretty simple

I'll leave it up another week before we swap
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Offline jeffp51

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2016, 12:53:29 am »
So I would just fill a medium FR box --which is what, like 12 or 15 dollars full of rock and then someone would send me one too?  I have obsidian.  Mostly pretty lumpy, but definitely workable.  would that qualify?

Offline Parnell

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2016, 10:25:42 am »
I'd play, but I'm a little low on supply.
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Offline Tower

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2016, 08:12:27 am »
Nothing wrong with a lil obsidian or dacite .
It's all about the trading of lithic materials
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Offline jeffp51

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2016, 08:30:24 pm »
Count me in then, but I need some advice on how to pack it so the obsidian doesn't beat itself to pieces before it arrives.

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2016, 10:14:41 pm »
Newspaper, and pray. ;)
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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2016, 10:34:54 pm »
I'll give it a try. Count me in if its not too late.
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Offline Orrum

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2016, 02:02:56 pm »
I am a newbie. What does PITH. stand for?   Can I participate? I have heat treated small pedernales and some flint ridge heated in the turkey roaster. Probably some obsidian
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Offline Tower

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2016, 04:06:24 pm »
PITH  stands for Point in the hat. It's a point swap we seem to do every spring.
Your more that welcome to join in on the BITH.
The more the merrier.
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Offline bronco611

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2016, 10:26:45 pm »
i wish I had some rock that was worth a hoot, everything I have left looks like it has concrete mixed in it. Even I don't want to work it, but it may find its way into my junk pile.
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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2016, 09:21:10 am »
Don Ive been on the fence to join or not. Do we send a bunch of the same or a mixed lot? How does the crowd prefer? Should we wait and ask our recipient, or just send blind?

Offline Tower

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2016, 09:49:29 am »
I'm going to send a mixed lot of what I like to knap. Kind of a sample of Centeral Texas material . I'm ok with you asking your recipient.  If it were me a big box of your Burlington would be just fine.
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