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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Bevan R. on April 19, 2012, 12:16:56 am

Title: Made a couple of Notchers
Post by: Bevan R. on April 19, 2012, 12:16:56 am

Made a couple of horseshoe nail notchers tonight. the numbers are the nail size.
(http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w468/bkrhino/Notchers_a.jpg)
(http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w468/bkrhino/Notchers_b.jpg)
Hope to try them out tomorrow!

Title: Re: Made a couple of Notchers
Post by: maddog314 on April 19, 2012, 12:43:07 am

I need to make me some good notcher! THOSE LOOK NICE!
Micah

Title: Re: Made a couple of Notchers
Post by: bubby on April 19, 2012, 07:11:10 am

look's good, did you put some epoxy in there to keep the nail from wiggleing around, Bub

Title: Re: Made a couple of Notchers
Post by: Bevan R. on April 19, 2012, 12:01:09 pm

Quote from: bubby on April 19, 2012, 07:11:10 am

look's good, did you put some epoxy in there to keep the nail from wiggleing around, Bub

I used something called 'quick steel' (I think that is what it's called. It is a clay epoxy type stuff. Seemed to work pretty good.

Title: Re: Made a couple of Notchers
Post by: bowtarist on April 19, 2012, 01:08:45 pm

I made one of those awhile back.  Works good to remove those small flakes that you can't get w/ your fingernail too. dp

Title: Re: Made a couple of Notchers
Post by: Bevan R. on April 19, 2012, 01:47:50 pm

Quote from: bowtarist on April 19, 2012, 01:08:45 pm

Works good to remove those small flakes that you can't get w/ your fingernail too. dp

I now keep a narrow snap knife in my kit to pry those flakes off. The last point I did, I was using my thumbnail to pop a flake off and run the flake under the nail. Still have a piece of obs in there.