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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Stone tools & knapping - anyone had a go?
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<blockquote data-quote="AtomRat" data-source="post: 201070" data-attributes="member: 3111"><p>Quartz arrow point - probably 1 hour</p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3111/1446173580_14461727285601.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>O.k - safety: glasses and gloves a must. My fingers aren't bleeding from accidents, the edge that knapping creates is mega sharp and just touching the sharp edges without pressure was cutting my fingers up bad. Especially obsidian.</p><p></p><p>I'd also highly reccomend this is done on an easy cleaned floor like tiles or concrete to make cleanup a breeze and prevent future inscisions.</p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3111/1446173600_14461727367642.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Only tools I've used so far. A rock from tassie and a fork ( my deer antler hasn't been cut up yet..so holding a whole head to do small knapping was difficult so used a fork for now. Sorry..broke tradition ) and also sorry for crappy photos! I don't know what's going on wuth my phone camera <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3111/1446174287_14461741141630.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtomRat, post: 201070, member: 3111"] Quartz arrow point - probably 1 hour [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3111/1446173580_14461727285601.jpg[/img] O.k - safety: glasses and gloves a must. My fingers aren't bleeding from accidents, the edge that knapping creates is mega sharp and just touching the sharp edges without pressure was cutting my fingers up bad. Especially obsidian. I'd also highly reccomend this is done on an easy cleaned floor like tiles or concrete to make cleanup a breeze and prevent future inscisions. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3111/1446173600_14461727367642.jpg[/img] Only tools I've used so far. A rock from tassie and a fork ( my deer antler hasn't been cut up yet..so holding a whole head to do small knapping was difficult so used a fork for now. Sorry..broke tradition ) and also sorry for crappy photos! I don't know what's going on wuth my phone camera :mad: [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3111/1446174287_14461741141630.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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