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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3640548" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Yes, heat treating makes it flake better and easier to shape. I used to knap arrowheads years ago.</p><p>They would stack the flint in a fire pit, build a big fire around it, and then cover with dirt to create an oven. Open it up in a few days when it cools down, and it's done. They did it for centuries so I'm sure they had it down to an art.</p><p>When I did it, we heat treated the flint in an electric oven at work over a 24 hour period to heat and allow to cool slowly.</p><p>Edit: These are some tiny bird points I knapped when doing that. Size of a dime up to a quarter. [ATTACH=full]223931[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]223931[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3640548, member: 5412"] Yes, heat treating makes it flake better and easier to shape. I used to knap arrowheads years ago. They would stack the flint in a fire pit, build a big fire around it, and then cover with dirt to create an oven. Open it up in a few days when it cools down, and it's done. They did it for centuries so I'm sure they had it down to an art. When I did it, we heat treated the flint in an electric oven at work over a 24 hour period to heat and allow to cool slowly. Edit: These are some tiny bird points I knapped when doing that. Size of a dime up to a quarter. [ATTACH type="full"]223931[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]223931[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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