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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: ozy clint on June 23, 2009, 02:19:54 pm

Title: any knapping rocks to be found in san francisco region?
Post by: ozy clint on June 23, 2009, 02:19:54 pm

i'm staying with my brother in law in san fran before flying out back to oz. just wondering if there is any rock around this region that i could collect and take home with me?

we're going to yosemite on the weekend, is there anyway rock out along they way?

i'm a newbie chasing some rock to have a go with. back home in oz we have very very little knappable rock.

Title: Re: any knapping rocks to be found in san francisco region?
Post by: cowboy on June 23, 2009, 05:06:38 pm

I don't have a clue ozy but have fun and good luck :).

Title: Re: any knapping rocks to be found in san francisco region?
Post by: DustinDees on June 23, 2009, 07:58:12 pm

too bad your so far south. central oregon is full of knappable rock. from what i have heard, most of oregon is.

Dustin D

Title: Re: any knapping rocks to be found in san francisco region?
Post by: mullet on June 23, 2009, 08:50:16 pm

 Didn't they pound rocks at Alcatraz?

Title: Re: any knapping rocks to be found in san francisco region?
Post by: cowboy on June 23, 2009, 09:23:59 pm

I was gonna say maybe some window glass from Alcatraz. Could make some of those judo's like Hillbilly made ;D.

Title: Re: any knapping rocks to be found in san francisco region?
Post by: Newbow on June 24, 2009, 01:42:28 am

I just posted this on your "newbie" thread, but I'll put it here as well.  Go here: http://www.sonic.net/~dbieling/obsmap.html
and you'll get a California map showing major obsidian sources.  Several are not far from Frisco.  Good Luck.

Title: Re: any knapping rocks to be found in san francisco region?
Post by: Blacktail on June 25, 2009, 10:54:14 pm

don't you have mookinate down there...i have some in the pot for cooking tommorrow....if you can get ahold of jim winn or tom mills they might know...john