looky what i got

[Ncsnipe]

Where's mook come from?

[criveraville]

Man, that's pretty looking rock

[JustinNC]

FOG it, sell the knives, and buy some perdy rock with the $$ 

[jamie]

australia. what the hell is fog

[crooketarrow]

   I'D KEEP THE FLAKES IT SO PURRTY.

  I'd also like to know what fog is.

[JustinNC]

Flake over grind. Not my cup of tea but it doesn't waste much rock and produces art. Jesse and Curt(piper) could probably explain the process better than I. From what I understand it's an efficient use of rock and produces exquisite pieces, but I like the idea of starting from a spall and going to a point. If I had some rare, perdy stuff, I might consider it. The guys that do it certainly produce results!

[jamie]

oh yeah. coffee hasnt kicked in.

crooked everyflake that comes off of this i inspect to see if i can get even a bird point out of it

[leapingbare]

You should cut it.
 I have never tryed FOG. i know how its done buti dont have the means to do it.

Jamie that should really be cut.

[Lombard]

Interesting looking specimen.

Leapingbear, does cutting it allow you to get less waste?

[jamie]

yes it does lombard. very difficult to spall a piece like this efficiently. youd never get what you can get with a rock saw. anyway i spalled a few pieces of this and started a point and knife. after the third spall the sound got dull. two fractures through the rock let go. actually worked out well . if i can find a saw i'll cut the two bigger chunks. or wait untill someone i know gets a saw =)

[WOODSLORE]

  :oIts soooo purty it bringstears to my eyes almost too purty to break......almost.

[jamie]

never too pretty to break. too pretty to ruin, yes 

[mullet]

That rock will be prettier and glassy heat treated and then slice it with a saw. You'll crumble most of it when you hit the little crackes. You can pressure flake through them when it is sliced thin.

[Marc St Louis]

I was wondering how it would knap.  I picked up a piece last year but it didn't work so well, seemed too soft for proper knapping so I quit working on it

[Tower]

I like knapping Mook. That is if it isn't cracked too bad. Nice piece you have there.