Hi Jeremy. I got the copper from a friend a few years ago. Its a solid copper piece 2 1/4" diameter by about 7" long and weighs about 9#'s. I have a larger one I got on ebay from a guy who was casting them for knappers...
Yeah, they are all volcanic and work about the same except in the final stages where the basalt is more prone to step fracture. With care even basalt can be knapped thin though....jim
That's pretty cool, I didnt know you could flint knab bassalt. BTW Jim does the points you make really cut? It would be cool if you could do for us a cutting test, with like a piece of meet or something like that
hey jim i live in austin and a short drive from perdenales and i was wondering how u got that flint in your "Collecting Texas Flint" video thx zekeyo37
Hi Jim, I'm trying to find a light weight nodule spalling tool like the one you use in this video. Is that just a copper rod? Where did you get it? Thanks!
I dont think there is any workable basalt around phoenix, most basalt is very tough to work. There are some obsidian sources close to phoenix, but mostly very small....