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Some of the posters on this thread have inspired me to try something I’ve thought about for a long time but never went ahead and done. I built myself a set of flaking tools a couple weeks ago and I’ve been doing a little knapping. I’m really glad I did because it’s pretty cool and gives you a feel for what it took to make some of the stuff we find.

So far I haven’t made any points out of flint, I don’t have any cobbles big enough to do anything with. But my dad is headed out on a trip to the SW this week and he has orders to find me some river chert cobbles to fool with.

I’ve been using the bottoms of old bottles and jars I find walking the creeks and enjoying it.

Here’s a couple I beat into submission on my lunch break last week. Brown one is a beer bottle bottom and the clear one was an old #10 Mason.


Definitely not museum quality but I’m getting better since I’ve made 5 or 6