Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: DanaM on June 28, 2009, 06:52:33 am
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Wife and I took off up north friday with the goal of looking for anything knappable :) As most of ya know that
means quartzite here in the UP ;D >:( ??? Hillbilly had told be I needed to find somme larger tabular chunks and
I think this stuff counts :) I should have brought a steel bar to lever some out, or maybe some dynamite :o
Anyway the first pic is me standing on a outcropping of Yooperite on a roadcut North of the Clevland Cliffs iron mine
near Palmer(El D will know where), then some pics of the rock, its tough stuff. Any advice on knapping this stuff will be
appreciated, and yea I already know know to hit it hard :D
The last picture is an artifact I saw in a rock shop in Ishpeming, (El D's hometown) Enjoy eh :)
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Here's a few more pics, some of you may remember me mentioning slag from old pig iron smelters.
I stopped at Bay Furnace on Lake Superior and risked imprisonment for stealing artifacts to get this piece :o
First pic is the remains of the smelter, which melted the ore which was then cast in sand molds. Not sure what part of the
process created the slag, but this is a nice piece here its just like obsidian, don't think you can see the color in the pictures but its purple.
I've seen it in many other colors also. Not easy to find nice pieces that are solid usually filled with gas pockets and junk.
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Dana: Don't know about da first rocks, looks like it could use some major heat! The slag is beautiful! Have made lots of ear ring and necklace sets out of it and the air pockets don't matter if they are small. Fun stuff to work with! Joe
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Dang, that rock looks tough Dana! I hear good things about that slag glass.
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My elbow started hurtin just looking at those pics. That looks like some tough stuff there.
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Nice furnace, thanks for the pics.
PD
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Yup its tough I broke both my good hammerstones on it this morning >:( But when its all ya have and yer addicted to banging on rocks
whats a fella going to do eh ??? Ya wanna trade for some, some of that girly rock from Missouri would be nice to work ;) :D
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DANA,
you got more balls than i,that is some tuff looking rock there.good luck with it
that slag glass on the other hand,looks nice i wouldnt mind getting my hands on a nodule of that stuff.
but then again i like obsidion
fine looking canine too ;)
peace,
tim
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Yep ...I have been past Goose Lake and that Rock Cut a Bunch going to the Empire Mine in Palmer....and what were Ya doing in "DA YOOPER STORE".........I betcha had ta buy something before Ya left to ....eh!!
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Ya mike I had to but a new beer sweater ;D Ya know to keep yer beer from frezzin ;)
Saw some of yer brothers carvings in der too eh, nice stuff
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He does some nice work....Antler Carvings.... Chainsaw Carvings....and Antler Cribbage Boards too.........too bad He has to drive a Bus to suppliment his Income!! He should be doing that all year long....did ya see Da Readed Karooka Monster Head in der whenyou was der?? Man dem tings are Feirce!!!
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I musta missed da Karooka monster :'(
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That's the spot you were looking for, Dana. I likes those big flat pieces. :) Nice looking slag, too.
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Better get out the jack hammer for that stuff :D
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That is one mighty large hunk of quartzite Dana. Looks like some tough stuff but I know you'll be posting some points out of it soon. Cool road trip!
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Hey Dana, did they get wise to you stealin rock from the park with the company truck? LOL, I still like your idea you had about taking rock from the rest stops on the way home from Tenn.
VB
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i like that quarts dana. looks pretty smooth with little fracture. ive been having a tough time finding some of the better quartz i work with here.
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Paul I don't know if I'm going to get anything out of it or not, so far I've broke 3 hammerstones on it without one decent spall >:(
Oh well I will go to the park and get some more eh :D jamie if I can ever get the hang of spalling this stuff I will be more than happy to send ya some.
If anyone has a really large dogwood billet to trade let me know eh, mine are too small, more like pressure flakers ;)
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I think I would stack that up on the Smelter, you know, kinda trade it for the slag. and I'd spall that stuff with a brick hammer. Have fun.
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Yup its tough I broke both my good hammerstones on it this morning >:( But when its all ya have and yer addicted to banging on rocks
whats a fella going to do eh ??? Ya wanna trade for some, some of that girly rock from Missouri would be nice to work ;) :D
Dogwood billet, I think you should just use a Dogwood tree. ;)