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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: bubby on September 20, 2011, 07:47:57 pm

Title: are these knappable?
Post by: bubby on September 20, 2011, 07:47:57 pm

i was wondering if these are knappable, normally i'd break some off to check them out but their in the wife's flower bed so i want to be shure before it hits the fan >:D, Bub(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/bubncheryl/blade001-28.jpg)
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Title: Re: are these knappable?
Post by: RickB on September 20, 2011, 09:46:27 pm

Any rock in the yard is fair game. Put bricks on those water hoses and take a chip out of the rocks to see if they'll knap. rick B

Title: Re: are these knappable?
Post by: Jimbob on September 21, 2011, 01:22:59 am

Im with Rick on this one, any knappable rock used for landscaping should be a crime or it should at least be understood that they will not be safe when you are running low on material.

Title: Re: are these knappable?
Post by: bubby on September 21, 2011, 07:30:34 am

guess i'll roll them over and knock a couple a spall's off, then roll 'em back to hide the evidence :-X, Bub

Title: Re: are these knappable?
Post by: StevenT on September 21, 2011, 11:25:57 am

Depends on where you want to sleep for the next few nights. Also, can you cook? ;D

Title: Re: are these knappable?
Post by: cowboy on September 21, 2011, 09:13:51 pm

All afore mentioned is good advice but those don't look very knappable to me. Never know till ya hit it :).

Title: Re: are these knappable?
Post by: iowabow on September 21, 2011, 09:27:02 pm

My wife puts flint in her garden just to mess with me.  Also she knows that the round ones make good hammerstones.  My advice never tell them anything flint related (they are evil). 

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