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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: bowmo on September 21, 2008, 03:52:38 pm

Title: being creative....
Post by: bowmo on September 21, 2008, 03:52:38 pm

a glove and notched pad with leather ramps that i came up with...

so how about yall? anybody else have something you came up with to make knapping a little easier that you haven't seen anybody else make?

dan



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Title: Re: being creative....
Post by: mullet on September 21, 2008, 05:40:00 pm

  Well, that's kinda neat. I like it. :)

Title: Re: being creative....
Post by: stickbender on September 23, 2008, 03:59:06 am

     Cool!  I just have a pair of roping gloves, and a lether pad with a thumb hole cut out.  I have been thinking of using my stainless mesh fileting glove, but thought it might catch the tiny flakes, and really chew my hand up.  Man that is a nice point!

                                                                              Wayne

Title: Re: being creative....
Post by: mullet on September 23, 2008, 10:53:41 pm

  Wayne, the mesh will eat you up.

Title: Re: being creative....
Post by: huntertrapper on September 24, 2008, 09:28:00 pm

nice man...the little bit of knapping ive done ive just used buckskin...never had such a good idea as that...nice  :)

Title: Re: being creative....
Post by: shortarrow on September 26, 2008, 07:32:11 pm

Very creative. Beautiful point in the first pic too!