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gene roberts

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« on: April 27, 2008, 02:18:54 am »
Hey people I am new to flint knapping and I live in Alabama.My question is can you knap chert???
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2008, 02:58:32 am »
Quote from: gene roberts on April 27, 2008, 02:18:54 am
Hey people I am new to flint knapping and I live in Alabama.My question is can you knap chert???

                           Why Hell Yes ....you can knap Chert!!! Works greak.....you'll hear from a Bunch on this!!
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2008, 11:41:25 am »
90% of knapping material is chert of one sort or another. All chert isn't created equal, though-some knaps really good raw, some needs heat, and some is too fractured up and hackly to use. What kind you got? That Alabama Fort Payne chert is good stuff.
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Offline Strongbow88

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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2008, 02:39:56 pm »
what part of alabama are you from. I live in dothan.
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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2008, 04:09:01 pm »
COOL,I live bot 30 miles away from Ft.Payne.I live in Jackson County.
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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2008, 04:19:55 pm »
Ft. Payne chert comes from outcrops in the Fort Payne Mississippian limestone formation which runs from Alabama up through Tennessee into Kentucky. Some of it is excellent material.
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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2008, 05:10:19 pm »
Cool,I need to get me some.
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