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Offline part Cherokee

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« on: July 05, 2009, 09:03:10 pm »
oSiYo,
 About 15 years ago i wanted to get into napping and i found some material that  napped like butter.Even though i had never made a single arrow head this stuffed napped so easy i made my first point that turned ou to be an unfluted clovis.
The material was a dark navy blue in color and was very smooth but was not shiney like obsidian.
Anyone know what im talking about?
I wanted to get some more and give it another go. Where can i get it.
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Offline redwasp

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« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2009, 09:04:28 pm »
what part of the country were you in?
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Offline part Cherokee

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« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2009, 09:21:08 pm »
Hey i live Alabama.
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Offline Bill Skinner

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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2009, 11:17:57 pm »
What part of Alabama?
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Offline cowboy

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« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2009, 12:51:02 am »
Sounds like some of that stuff I picked up in Decatur,AL. Kinda bluish/blackish and needs no heat treat. Like you said - knapped like butter. I can't think of the name of it offhand but look around creeks, road cuts, jobsites. Next time I'm out there I'll be hunting some more of it up.
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2009, 06:40:40 am »
Hey
 Thats where i live is Decatur.
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Offline Hillbilly

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« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2009, 07:43:42 am »
Probably some variety of Fort Payne chert if you found it locally. If you bought it from a dealer, may have been dacite, or hornstone.
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Offline Timo

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« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2009, 07:54:50 am »
I was guessing hornstone,of kentucky blue?
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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2009, 11:14:06 am »
Well then, your in the right spot ;D. Just go driving and find some, I wouldn't spend any money till I gave that local stuff a try. It's rounded nodules - kinda looks like old mud balls. Bust into one and get past that cortex - oooh, good stuff :).
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