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piper28139		#21	[-]
Posts: 318 (05/26/09 5:03 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Pete u da man... Curt
Tallahatta Man		#22	[-]
Posts: 19 (05/26/09 5:18 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'd have to say Georgia Jasper. Knaps like butter when cooked right. Great colors too!
CurtisSmith		#23	[-]
Posts: 319 (05/26/09 6:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I like the good stuff you never hear of like the Potato Hills Novaculite, Blue and Red Pierson, Badlands Chalcedony, etc. But as far as big material goes I have always liked Pedernales River Ameobas because there can be some differsity of colors and patterns but is usually all about the same workablity which is good and I like to spall out the odd shaped pieces. It gives me a challenge. I also like the bricks of Georgetown I get from the quarries because not too many people can or are willing to work them and they can be challenging to get a decent wide point from. I don' t like almost any material that needs to be heated because I am impatient and want to work the rock from the raw and don't like having to biface them out and then wait for them to heat treat and then work them again. I used to like doing that but not so much anymore. Curtis
NVstonebreaker		#24	[-]
Posts: 113 (05/28/09 12:27 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	my faves are Paiute agate , dooshotes picture jasper. fire obsidian , rainbow obsidian. Montana agate . Steve every biface out of obsidian is at least 10 inch i got a pice of rainbow that is 24 inch long that would knock Ur eyes out from Davis creek better colors than 2 woody did. im saving. i got a 13 inch Paiute agate spall that is killer. 20 inch as u would call ninja sword bifacesed out . every thing sounds like just a rock out hear. need to move to the land of the big rock if u cant. ill send u some.(=
knap123		#25	[-]
Posts: 417 (05/28/09 4:51 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	i like coastal plain ,flint river,coral and fort payne. and anything i find myself. to me , rock hunting is the most fun. theres nothing like finding a good nodguel after you've picked up alot of worthless junk and hearing that cling when you tap it. and taken a flake to check it and knowing it will make something. it just makes working all the more exciteing for me. like finding gold in a river. i have to go up to fort knox, kentucky next week and hope to find a creek or somewere to look in..
rebelace		#26	[-]
Posts: 189 (05/28/09 12:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	If im around and your passing close by give me a ring and I will take ya to a creek full of Ft Payne I 65 is 30 minutes from my house.
knap123		#27	[-]
Posts: 418 (05/28/09 5:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	sounds good to me!
DTala		#28	[-]
Posts: 67 (05/28/09 7:45 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	gotta be Tallahatta...knaps like candy:)
hardawaypoints		#29	[-]
Posts: 362 (05/29/09 12:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	As aggravating as Flint Ridge can be with the hidden cracks and inclusions, it can make some nice colorful points. I like Pedernales either cooked or raw. I got my hands on some high ridge Burlington that was killer, but most Burlington I've had lately wasn't hittin' on much. I like rhyolite if it decent quality and doesn't stack like a son of a gun. Raw Knife River is great & cooked coral is pretty too. My favorite rock to knapp is one that holds together while I'm beating on it. Jim
whatsamerc		#30	[-]
Posts: 288 (05/30/09 6:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	piper28139 wrote: I do not sale F/R But What do You have to trade? let me know what you are looking for and i might be able to come up with it. otherwise i live in the heart of tallahatta country so i can get that.............benji
Mutt.vets		#31	[-]
Posts: 5 (06/06/09 8:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I got several pieces of 12 inch dasite. Problem is ...... once I get done spalling it and flaking it ....... it ends up being a thousand 3 to 6 inch flakes ....... LOL Ask of your men only that which you are willing to do yourself.
rhymeswithwhat	The rock that makes the most sense	#32	[-]
Posts: 513 (06/07/09 9:42 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	My native area rock is Onondaga and its workability is etched in my brain. Everything else gives me trouble, but I have fun trying and like Pedernales and Flint Ridge too. Rhymes
rebelace		#33	[-]
Posts: 199 (06/07/09 1:02 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	hey ryhmes If I ever get a nice supply built up of Fort Payne I will send ya some of it, its alot like Onondaga I hear. I was thinking of selling it but In hindsight. Trades are alot more fun. I got 2 orders to fill for trades already and I will spall the rock and try and eliminate the cracks. Its all creek find stuff so cracks are common. I do get some nice pieces though. I just made a nice corner notch last night and gave it to a friend who wanted to see me make a point. He loved it
rhymeswithwhat	Onondaga is very different	#34	[-]
Posts: 514 (06/07/09 6:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hey Reb, I tried a bunch of Fort Payne from Curtiss, it sawed well and the dark stuff worked well raw, the light needs heat as expected because it is not as fine grained as the dark. I am familiar with the stuff, but haven't seen any that is similar to Onondaga at all. In general, Onondaga is a heavier, denser chert with a higher silica percentage and it always works raw. In fact the black Onondaga I like the best severely degrades at 400 degrees F. so heat treating it is a NO NO because of the petroleum content that explodes with heat! I have also tried Pitkin Chert that some say is similar to Onondaga. I think all those guys are either jealous of Western New York's Onondaga or they really never tried it. I hope you get a chance to try some of the good stuff from around here or Southern Ontario. Sorry, I'm not trading it anymore for a while, some health problems again...yuck! Rhymes
johnyringo		#35	[-]
Posts: 104 (06/07/09 7:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	i was lucky enough to get a 5gal bucket of really nice mozarkite from beaver lake in ar. i cooked it at 450 and man was it nice. best stuff i ever worked.
lebaronr		#36	[-]
Posts: 110 (06/25/09 8:14 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	im like rhymes, im all about the onondaga, but i like to mix it up... when resources are as scarce as they are here, ill take anything i can work with. reuben
Los 528		#37	[-]
Posts: 120 (06/25/09 8:43 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	rainy buttes petrified wood. it flakes so nice and cleanly leaving beautiful flake scars. plus there's something about knapping an ancient piece of wood...
Twobear		#38	[-]
Posts: 166 (06/25/09 10:14 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well being a rock baron has it's advantage I have hit just about every rock known to man.....and hands down....it's Sweet Reeds spring and Pearson.can't beat em....An where I'm from about a Million abos felt the same way..LOL
deerstand		#39	[-]
Posts: 1 (06/25/09 11:56 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	my fav is texas , and knife river . and crackin brackins heat treatred agatized coral.
P nasuta		#40	[-]
Posts: 48 (06/25/09 2:59 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well since all I have is my Louisiana citronelle gravel, so I'll say it's my favorite. It's always a surprise because you never know what color or texture will be under the brown exterior. I did have some really neat stuff from the Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas, unfortunately I turned it into a bunch of gravel when I was just beginning. Take Care, John

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