Such beautiful work. I can never get tired of looking at the fine art of fling knapping. This thread deserves to be brought back to the top. Rock on gentlemen and ladies!
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Originally posted by quarterback View PostSuch beautiful work. I can never get tired of looking at the fine art of fling knapping. This thread deserves to be brought back to the top. Rock on gentlemen and ladies!
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this is something I have been interested in for a few years and never followed through with it. I will be watching several videos when I get home on how to. Can some of you post pictures of the tools you use to knapp please? I am interested in seeing the different types of tools being used. I have a good source of rock down in kimble county I just need tools and know how. Subscribed to the thread
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Originally posted by bassmatt72 View Post.........lets talk tools. I use "modern" copper tools and hammerstones some. All my tools are homebuilt.
First a quick pic of where i knapp, my back porch. It faces south and the sun sets nicely in the evenings making it a relatively warm and protected place to knapp in the early spring, fall and winter.
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two of the basic tools needed to start from a larger rough piece are your bopper and abrader. My abrader is a piece of busted up common grinding wheel and other grinding wheels of various coarseness.
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the abrader is like sandpaper on steroids for stone. We use them to remove areas of stone to thicken and strengthen platforms. Please ask questions if you have any.
Next boppers, used to strike the platform to remove flakes, both large and small. My boppers are basic copper pipe caps that i have melted and filled half way with lead then attached to some type of handle. You can see i have wood and pvc pipe handles. The largest is 2" all the way down to 1/2", basically bigger tool bigger flakes of material removed- smaller bopper smaller flakes.
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