From Copper to Antler
While at the Flint Ridge knapin, Bill Earnhardt and Ed Mosher decided to work on a little experiment together in an effort to compare platforms for copper billets and moose billets. This wasn't...
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"...the platforms could be set much thinner for the moose compared to copper."I think everyone would agree with that from what I have heard here, but I am pretty much "mooseless" to you in a deep...
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Most of the bi-facial percussion flaked blades that are made of obsidian were quite thick 4:1, 5:1 or thicker. Some are a little thinner. I saw one leaf shape blade in California that looked like it...
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It is very possible to make a thin blade using hammerstones... I've witnessed it. It has a lot to do with how hard your hammerstone is and how you set up the platform. It is a fact that antler...
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all i want to know is where did he get the bad to the bone shirt..i want one..anybody have any info?..please pm me
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I've seen Ed's thin pieces and I know Ed is the king of thin with antler billets. When it comes to thinning I'm not sure which is the more capable tool, copper or antler, but the copper allows very...
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Thanks for all the replies. Interesting to see others feel the same way about the differences in copper and antler. And Jim, you are so good at putting such things into words. I read your reply to...
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I also think that the striking surface has alot ot do with it. I use a flat face billet so it has more surface contact. This makes my flakes realy fan out and remove surface flakes. Later Ed
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I've never used copper boppers, but I do know that when I use my antler billets that I only need to lightly grind my platforms. Too much grinding and I can't get the flakes to release or the flakes...
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I am a copper knapper, just learning hammerstones with some antler experience. When i first started using hammerstones I was crushing lots of platforms. The main reason I think this was happening was...
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For me that 10/1 or 11/1 is pertty easy but I have to realy work at makeing a thick point. As for points from the midwest there are alot of very thin point types. The Fulton Turkeytail is thin on thin...
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