Friday, October 5, 2007

Flint knap advice from stranger on MySpace

I’m trying to find material for klint knapping and having no luck. Any hints on how to tell if churt is flint-bearing or not? -Kristy

Abe from Myspace:

I’ve been having a little trouble finding good materials as well, you can look in rocky creek bottoms for rocks that have a glossy look to them and chip off a piece with a hammer stone or billet and see if it’s flint, but flint needs to be tempered at about 300-450 degrees fore 12 or 24 hrs. a good material is glass, from a bottle with a flat thick bottom, that’s what I’ve been using.

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