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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: sailordad on May 16, 2009, 10:30:14 pm

Title: weekend luck
Post by: sailordad on May 16, 2009, 10:30:14 pm: well this weekend i was on the prowl as i was running out of knapping material and in need of leather for sheaths too.
earlier in the week i had located a rock shop not to far from where i live and a tandy leather store not far from there ;D
while at the rock shop todai i bought a couple pieces of brazilian agate,picture jasper,a piece of moohkite or moonkite
along with a few pieces of colored sparkly glass.
now i am not sure if any needs to be heat treated and to what temps for how long.
also while i was there i looked on the bulletin board and got the phone number to a guy selling slabbed obsidion
well icalled the guy with the obsid,he was working so i went to tandy leather and bought a single shoulder of leather.
about the time we left there the gut with the obsidion called back and we arranged to meet.
so i drove out to his place(put on over 250 miles today)and bought some slabs of rainbow and mahogony and black,and a couple of banded slabs
hers a pic of all the rock on the leather along with a knife a iam making and needed the leather for a sheath.
please if anyone knows anything of the rock i bought from the rock shop(i.e. brazilian agate,pic. jasper,moohkite) like if it needs heating etc please let me know

(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9823/1000372.jpg)

thanks for looking peace,
tim
Title: Re: weekend luck
Post by: cowboy on May 16, 2009, 10:42:26 pm: Looks like some good stuff there Tim. I'm not sure about all the rocks ya got, but am pretty sure the mookite and agate's have to be treated. I worked a piece of that mookite when learning and ruined it - the guy that gave it to me was bout ready to hang me ;D.
Title: Re: weekend luck
Post by: nugget on May 16, 2009, 10:43:46 pm: Well Tim I wish I had those resources near me. You are a lucky guy. Tandy leather is a good distance away and I do not have any rock shops close that i know of. The Jasper and the Agate I do not think need to be treated. The other piece I do not know. The obsidian definitely does not need any heat. Good luck and post your results.
TJ
Title: Re: weekend luck
Post by: nugget on May 16, 2009, 10:45:34 pm: OK I was wrong. Let the experts chime in and give you the true answers. I am still learning and am not sure about what is and what is not.
TJ
Title: Re: weekend luck
Post by: mullet on May 16, 2009, 11:04:37 pm: Tim, heat treat the Mook, Agate, and especially the Jasper. Pieces that small I throw in the toaster oven at 450dgs all night. Turn it off in the morning and let it cool down all day. Your done.
Title: Re: weekend luck
Post by: Hillbilly on May 17, 2009, 10:23:36 am: I have tried knapping raw mookaite and brazilian agate, and you don't want to do that- trust me. Cook it.