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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4115458" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Some of the pink ones in the third pic appear to be Kay County chert. In its raw form it’s gray. After being heat treated to make it easier to Knapp, it turns pink in color with fossils sometimes found in the chert. It could be rose quartz as well, hard to tell unless seeing it in person.</p><p>I knapped for several years after seeing a friend’s collection of real flint points wanting to learn how it was done and some history.</p><p>Native Americans from as far away as Minnesota came to the Kay County area to get that chert as it was so easy to work. They traded raw copper for it that vastly increased how quick points could be knapped vs using other stones or hardened animal bones.</p><p>It’s an interesting process to learn and gives an appreciation for the skills Native Americans had to build their tools.</p><p>After attending some Knapp-ins which are like gun shows among those that work flint, I saw some true works of art. One guy from Colorado was the only person that ever built a point that was 1/8” thick, 8” long and made a 360 degree turn from the haft (bottom) to the point. He said it took him 20 years to make one that didn’t break before the final product. I don’t have a pic, but that work of art belongs in a museum.</p><p>This pic is some “bird points” I knapped. Bird points were typically used as gifts among tribes, not really used for hunting as legend has it.</p><p>There is a dime in the lower left corner for reference. I tried to imitate the styles from Clovis to much later. Some are close, some not so close.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]410019[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4115458, member: 5412"] Some of the pink ones in the third pic appear to be Kay County chert. In its raw form it’s gray. After being heat treated to make it easier to Knapp, it turns pink in color with fossils sometimes found in the chert. It could be rose quartz as well, hard to tell unless seeing it in person. I knapped for several years after seeing a friend’s collection of real flint points wanting to learn how it was done and some history. Native Americans from as far away as Minnesota came to the Kay County area to get that chert as it was so easy to work. They traded raw copper for it that vastly increased how quick points could be knapped vs using other stones or hardened animal bones. It’s an interesting process to learn and gives an appreciation for the skills Native Americans had to build their tools. After attending some Knapp-ins which are like gun shows among those that work flint, I saw some true works of art. One guy from Colorado was the only person that ever built a point that was 1/8” thick, 8” long and made a 360 degree turn from the haft (bottom) to the point. He said it took him 20 years to make one that didn’t break before the final product. I don’t have a pic, but that work of art belongs in a museum. This pic is some “bird points” I knapped. Bird points were typically used as gifts among tribes, not really used for hunting as legend has it. There is a dime in the lower left corner for reference. I tried to imitate the styles from Clovis to much later. Some are close, some not so close. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_2073.jpeg"]410019[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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