Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Sleep Junkie on August 04, 2009, 02:15:34 pm
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Seeing as how money is in short supply at the moment, I am trying to put together or make my knapping tools out of stuff that I have around the house. I have most of the stuff, but I am missing the abrading stone. I have two items that I think I could use but I am not sure exactly how rough the stone needs to be. The first is a puck style axe whetstone that has a rough and smooth side. It was a cheapy that I bought in my younger days, so it is no big loss if it can never be used to sharpen things again. The second thing I have is an old emery wheel off a grinder. I figured I could break it in half to make it more manageable but it is really course. Which would be the better choice?
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Both should work :) Try em and see what ya like best, I use a chunk of old grinding wheel myself.
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either would work... I use a fairly coarse grinding wheel for percussion work and a finer one for pressure. If it's too coarse, it'll break off chips, if it's too fine it'll just take longer to grind.
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Both, you'll wear them out pretty quick.