Flint Run!

[cowboy]

Thought I'd show you guys where I pick up the majority of my flint. This is a near a little town South of San Antonio TX. I was here roughly a year ago in the winter (with no crops) and the feilds of flint just dissapeared over the horizon - got a truck load along the edges without permission, cause I couldn't find anybody. This time I ran into the farmer and got that permission. Caught him mowing his driveway - I disturbed him for a moment to ask if I could pick up some rocks, he rubbed his chin and studied on it for a bit and said sure, get all you want - uhh what you going to do with em. I showed him some of my points and explained about my illness  , he didn't seem too impressed but sayed they'd found arrowheads on the place. Anyway he took me to some washes on up the road where more rock was exposed - this is what I got away with.

  Oh, I almost guarantee fifty percent of what's laying on the ground is knappable flint.

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[DBernier]

Jezzzzzzzzzzzzzz! Cowboy.     Bring some of that back to NC. I'll trade you for a bucket.    Man that is a "GOOD" haul. Hope to see you soon. Let me know if you are within 3 to 4 hr's driving of Mebane.

Dick Bernier

[Pat B]

Hey Cowboy. Can you get me some of the flint seeds? Apparently it grows pretty good down there. I wonder how long the growing season is?    Where we live there is that much rock but very little knappable rock. Mostly leaverite(leave er right where it lays)    Pat

[Justin Snyder]

Wow cowboy, that looks like a potato field with all the potatoes turned up. Are you sure those are rocks?  How in the world do they plow with all those rocks.  Justin

[Marc St Louis]

Nice

[cowboy]

Sure thing Dick, if I'm ever up that way again (which my work will take me there) I'll bring a bucket or two along - could alway use some more Hickory. Hey Pat when I was learning how to knap I picked up so many leaverites I used them to decorate my cactus garden - that's funny leaverite  . Justin: man I couldn't tell ya, have wondered myself - all I can figure is he must have some hellava plows  .

[cowboy]

Hey Marc - thanks. If you need some more flint don't hesitate - I'd be proud to send ya some! Course we'd have to work out a trade, hmm - I've never tasted Moose .

[DBernier]

Cowboy, your salivating.     Moose is good. 
Let me know what you need and PatB and I can come up with it to be sure.

Dick Bernier

[Little John]

That is just too cool.   Kenneth

[D. Tiller]

Is that the hard stuff? 

[mullet]

  It's all hard till you get good at it.Break some rocks!

[cowboy]

Yessir D! That's the same stuff I sent ya. Actually the hard stuff is what ya want - the hard to break stuff is what ya don't want - the harder or denser the better. Did you ever locate some heavier boppers? That'll really help you out.

[D. Tiller]

Nah! not yet. I've been so busy with my business I have not had a chance to get out to the work shop in a long time. I have a little modoc style bow I started a month and a half ago and I still have not had a chance to pound apart the sinew for it. Way things are going I should be in the shop again sometime next December. Man these ladies are demanding when it comes to skincare products!!!  Now we are starting to cary lingerie in the shop. Should be fun selling it along with my soap products. Either that or I'm going to end up with a coronary from all the excitment! 

I can see it now some gal is going to walk out of the dressing room and say "How do I look?". Oh jeesh! I'm really going to be in trouble now...COOOLLLLL!!!!  Thank god I'm not married yet!

[Justin Snyder]

Calm down David.  The only ones that do stuff like that are the ones you don't want to see anyway.  Justin

[jamie]

i just poured coffe down my face . it burned like hell and i didnt care. thats like knappin heaven.