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Re: Flint Knapping?
[Re: Coosa1]
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02/02/22 12:10 PM
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BhamFred is your huckleberry.
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Re: Flint Knapping?
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02/02/22 01:42 PM
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BhamFred is your huckleberry. X2
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Re: Flint Knapping?
[Re: Coosa1]
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02/02/22 02:18 PM
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BhamFred
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I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 25 YEARS OR SO. I FIRST LEARNED HOW SO I COULD MAKE HEADS TO HUNT WITH. I've killed a dozen deer, hogs, and turkey with stone points.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Flint Knapping?
[Re: Coosa1]
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02/02/22 04:11 PM
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Get u some beer bottles n use the bottom
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Re: Flint Knapping?
[Re: Coosa1]
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02/02/22 04:38 PM
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glass and obsidian(natural glass) are both easier to snap because the molecules are even throughout the rock. South Alabama Tallahatta Quartzite is very hard because the makeup thru the rock varies and it breaks in odd ways. White Quartz is very very hard to knap
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Flint Knapping?
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02/03/22 08:29 PM
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Coosa you can find some regular old gravel chert that will work good raw, and very good when cooked. Just look for big rocks of regular gravel (look like baking potatoes). Once you break through the cortex, most are good material. Pm me if you want to talk about looking for material or making tools.
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Re: Flint Knapping?
[Re: Coosa1]
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02/04/22 02:00 AM
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The best natural material you can find in Alabama is Knox Chert. Its jet black and some people confuse it with obsidian but they are very different. You can find it in cobblestones in the bed of the Coosa river but the geologic formation is actually in north Alabama where the Coosa cuts through it.
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Re: Flint Knapping?
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02/07/22 05:31 PM
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I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 250 YEARS OR SO. I FIRST LEARNED HOW SO I COULD MAKE HEADS TO HUNT WITH. I've killed a dozen deer, saber-tooth tigers, dinosaurs, cavemen, hogs, and turkey with stone points. FIFY When is the big knapping event at Moundville this year, or do they still have that weekend?
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Re: Flint Knapping?
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02/08/22 09:16 AM
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Clem, not sure. They have a bunch of knappers at the indian festival in summer. I can check and see
I used to have to shoot velociraptors on the ten mile walk to school every day.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Flint Knapping?
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02/08/22 10:33 AM
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Clem the spring knap-in is March 4-5, 9am to 4 pm, $8 admission to park knapin is free. be so good folks to learn from
///Native Indian Festival is early Oct usually fri sat sun. Lots of stuff for kids and some good knappers there down by the river.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Flint Knapping?
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02/08/22 10:34 AM
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Fred, what is the average weight of your big game heads? stone is lighter than steel so near 100 grains or so.PM sent
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Flint Knapping?
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In case anyone is interested and wondering WTH we're talking about in Moundville, they have a knap-in at the arkeeuhlogical park each spring. It's very cool, with experienced knappers, demonstrations and other cool stuff on site. https://moundville.museums.ua.edu/2022/01/31/knap-in-march-4-5-2022/
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Re: Flint Knapping?
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02/09/22 08:29 PM
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I know u wanna build your own but one day I'm gonna put a head that I've found on an arrow n try it... that don't look bad for 1st try 👍
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