Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Tracker0721 on October 24, 2016, 11:37:50 pm
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Bye bye garden shed, hello knapping shed. Gonna be crammed once I finish moving all my obsidian in. Got some large chunks as seen by my size 13 boot compared to that one and the 6" wide shelf. Once I get the window and door on it should be perfect for the winter!
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It is great to have a designated knapping area. That pile should be a lot of fun to knock through.
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Be careful with dust pardner! BAD on the lungs and obsidian is full of glass dust!
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Look like some good stuff
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I'm planning to get a heater in there and a fan that'll be set up to blow the dust out the door behind me as I knap keeping me warm and safe. If it's too cold I'll be wearing a mask for sure and will just have the heater blowing past me.
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THAT'S A PHAT PILE OF ROCKS!! Now I know how a crackhead feels. "Hey Man, let me get one of those. I got this car stereo. How many I get for dat?" :laugh:
I'm officially jealous. :'(
I have to hunt for an hour or two just to find a few fist sized chunks of Onondaga and often they are pre-cracked from frost. One good smack and it turns into a pile of little cubes. The hunting would be better if I drove a few hours north, but I rarely have a free half day to gather stone. The couple boxes that I have purchased really spoiled me. Before that I though I was just no good at knapping. Unfortunately, I think the wife will try to have me committed if I buy another box of large rocks to smash into smaller rocks. Well, I suppose when you put it like that it does sound a little like a mental disorder.
Congrats on the new man cave. I rigged up a box fan with a filter to help with the dust when I'm indoors. A mask is a good idea, but I dislike re-breathing my own hot air and the foggy safety glasses.
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Woowa! Nice stach Tracker.
Alot of those nodules look like creek finds.
Is the big hunk quarried?
Can you show some Dasite?
Thanks Zuma
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That all came from digs at glass buttes and a few fist sized chunks came from picking em up on the top of little butte. I used to have all my rock sorted out to what flavors of obsidian and dacite they were but now it's all just chunked in together
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What a pile of rocks! Beautiful.