[TheForge] Steel for Strikers (flint sources?) OT!!

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Hence....Coming , to Blurbex near you!
New anthropological evidence of
Knapped points, worked from lodes of
A prior technology's tell.
In the disturbed 23 rd layer of Tel Chicag
Careful excavations has revealed
spaced distribution of fired ceramic
vessels, associated with linear deposits
of metal oxides.
Scolarly consensus bifurcates into into 2 camps.
One advocated that the vessels were altars, worshipped at on 
festive occaisions.
The other holds that each household of an adaquate status
featured it's own blown forge.
Soused before sunset...tisk....pf


Bruce Freeman wrote:
> Sorry, I didn't make myself clear.
> Stones that fracture conchoidally are "easy" to sharpen.  Easy, that is, if you're a flint knapper.  You can chip off pieces and leave sharp edges.
> I've only done some reading on flint knapping.  Most recently writings of Louis Leakey.  He's fairly clear, which is more than I can say for some other authors.  But it's real obvious that you don't learn knapping from reading - you have to try it.
> I've heard that "johnstone" is a good material to try knapping.  That's the ceramic from old toilets...
> Bruce
> NJ
> 
>>>> frosty at customcpu.com 4/18/2007 1:17 PM >>>
> Bruce:
> 
> You don't need a concoidal fracture for sriking a spark 
> just a sharp edge. I've used flint, chert, quartz and 
> even granite.
> 
> Knapping stone is fun if you don't mind the sight of 
> your own blood. Obsidian knapps reasonably easily if 
> you select the right stone. By easily I mean much less 
> force, the other side of that is it's more fragile. If 
> you decide to give it a try let me know, I've done a 
> bit but to go into it at all takes some wordage. <grin>
> 
> And no, obsidian won't strike a spark.
> 
> Frosty
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> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
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> From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
> 
> 
> 
> Mike,
> Is that Wheeler Mtn, VT?
> Have you tried working these rocks yourself?  I've been 
> tempted to try "flint knapping" on chuncks of glass, if 
> I can find any such these days.  Glass, though, is Mhos 
> 5 or 6, which is probably to soft for striking sparks. 
> Flint is Mhos 7.
> I'm wondering about using agate as a "flint".  It's 
> hard enough, but probably doesn't have a conchoidal 
> fracture, so would have to be sharpened by grinding.
> Bruce
> NJ
> 
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