Slab Knapping

[ToddsPoint]

I never knapped slabs much. I didn’t have a rock saw until fairly recently. I tried a few slabs in the past but never had enough of them to get good at it. I cut some Harrison Co flint on my saw and tried to work a slab yesterday.

First step is to send flakes across the face to remove flat saw marks.

I made it that far then I broke them end off. My fault. Bad strike up too high. I salvaged what was left of the preform.

This is what I ended up with. Better luck next time!

 

[robertk]

Better luck next time!

I'd say your luck this time was still pretty good. That's a nice looking point!

 

[jeffrey.bean]

That looks fantastic, I tried knapping awhile back, didn’t have much luck at it

 

[russau]

After my "other" shoulder surgery I'm going to try out some of my Missouri "Mozarkite" . I have yet to clean up my material to see what I have to be able to knapp for next Spring ! Beautiful Point Gary !