Mike, man I've been trying to reply to this for almost a week it seems - something to do with the picture posting thing that was happening
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I was trying to tell you that I like solid copper the best, seeing as how thats what I learned with and have used most. I did build some copper cap boppers with lead in em and a wooden handle but the caps would wear out on me within - oh, maybe a week worth of spalling. May have something to do with the rocks I'm beating on
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. Anyway, I found some copper remnants at a metal mart and bought them for the going price per pound - wasn't cheap, but these days they'll almost cost ya their weight in gold
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, well almost. You can also find odd shaped copper chunks at scrap yards, and they'll usually sell them at market price - just an idea.
On Ishi sticks a flakers, I just took a fat broom handle and drilled a hole in the end the size of my wire (which I had taken from an old power pole) this stuff must be some kind of alloy because it's stiff, the newer stuff isn't stiff. I drilled two holes in the side of said handle and tapped in two set screws to lock in the wire, then wrapped a peice of bailing wire around the end to keep it from splittin out - voila, have been using them almost since I've been knapping.
Here's a pic of my tools..
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