thanks!
I will get some pics of how I notch these this evening. I been using pressure from underneath and this is only the second Andice I've notched that way but it seems safer than punch notching.
I have been knapping like a mad person lately because my hands have healed enough that I am able to and I guess I'm making up for lost time and want to take advantage of this opportunity in case things change and go back like they was.
I had (have) plaque scorioucis that caused my hands to severly crack, big and deep, and the skin around my finger tips was so thin it was like no skin almost for the last two years.
I tried everything and had insurance to help with doc visits at first, but I was steady getting worse to the point I could barely get work done and we was struggling financialy. I suffered severe pain all day every day and bout went crazy, gave up knapping for a few months and thought I may never be able to knap comfortably again. I would saturate my hands with triple antibiotics and where rubber gloves to numb the pain but work and knapping was very difficult to do
I was accepted by Novartis pharmacuticals to receive assistance and they provided a very expensive medicine called Cosentex to me free of charge for a year. It took months to saturate my system enough to work and it has some side effects, but it has enabled my skin to grow back on my hands and I can use them agin. They are tender but it's so much better than the way I was. They been clear for about three months now. The year long medication assistance just ended, this month and I am in the process of reapplying for it
If you recall the last point trade we had, I sent you a previously made point because I couldn't make a good one at the time, and my mom was hospitalized then too which was taking up a lot of my time.
But anyway! That's the biggest reason for my recent surge in knapping and why I wear gloves when I do.
I still owe a point to tracker0721 for months now. He has been very patient, I just wanted to get better to make him one and I've taken too long but I'm ready to send him one now. Sorry to take so long Tracker.
