Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Stringman on September 19, 2016, 03:48:15 pm
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Does anyone know if hornstone can be heat treated?
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I've never heard of anybody needing too. But I guess it might be worth a shot.
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Scott, never tried it but according to Mark Bracken's website Kentucky hornstone is on the no list along with Tenn. Ft. Payne and the Dover and NY. Onondaga and a few others :( Check out his site a lot of info on heat treating recipe's. Bob
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Well I've never heard of it either so I probably oughta just leave well enough alone. Get whatcha got sorta thing.
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I agree with the others. I have collected and viewed
quite a bit of hornstone out on the Ohio River.
Indiana and Kentucky. I never did see any heated debitage.
Throwing a few hunks in with some other stuff could be
interesting?
Zuma
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Zuma, I have seen a few pcs that looked all pot lidded, not sure if heat or not, just sayin :o Bob
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Zuma, I have seen a few pcs that looked all pot lidded, not sure if heat or not, just sayin :o Bob
Yeah I find flakes like that in almost any material.
I more or less chalk them up to being cooked in an open fire pit.
Not so much intentional. The sites I used to hunt repeatidly,
would usually have many heat altered flakes in the same area.
Usually the ones flaked off of heated preforms.
I hate no till farming O:)
Zuma
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Don't know why you'd need to. If it chipped any easier it'd make itself into a point. :o ;D ;D