Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: darwin on June 30, 2012, 06:15:23 pm

Title: spalling?
Post by: darwin on June 30, 2012, 06:15:23 pm

My brother and I are out at the ranch and trying our hand at knapping we are haveing difficulty getting workable pieces out of nodules any advice, most the stuff out here is chert

Title: Re: spalling?
Post by: Tower on June 30, 2012, 07:05:38 pm

It could be the quality of the material. I like to hit high on my core to remove good useable flakes.