Need some Texas assistance or Washington/ Oregon
 

I'm getting all Paleolithic lately and would like to try my hand at knapping some arrow heads. Apparently, Flint is a good stone for this as is Obsidian. I'm told that aside from our illustrious pseudo-Amish dwellar, there is a lot of Flint in Texas and a lot of Obsidian in Oregon, Washington, and California.

I'm assuming it's all over the ground or maybe even it is the ground.

Despite my still being about 4 years behind in mailing some of you your photos I am swallowing my embarrassment and asking Dwellars who can or will send me some chunks of Flint or Obsidian. The stone, not the dwellar.

I could send you granite, marble, slate, or shale in return or I could refund your postage costs.

Lemme ask my brother. Though Ohio isn't a Flint or Obsidian mecca, my brother probably can gitsum, 'cause of his yob.

Obsidian is really cool. I found a hunk of it on a trip out West. You can totally see how it would make a nice arrowhead. I'd send it to you but haven't seen it in 30 years.

Earth's Children reenactor?

Hmm. There's not a lot around here that I know of. At least not any that's not still stuck to the ground. Mostly limestone. Maybe there's more up in the Metroplex by (the dwellar) Flint?

Ft3, I'll find some Oregon obsidian for you... PM your addresss and how much.

Oregon has reds and blacks, but the reds are sort of rare.

My brother said "can do, let's talk later."

I'll let you know more as I find out.

Flint is damn near everywhere.

Be careful when working with obsidian, when flaked, it can be sharper than a scalpel.

QFT.

This is a fact. I've been cut before by flint and I reckon the obsidian is even sharper still. For Fuck's Sake, mind your eye protection. Your hands will heal, but one of these "flinters" might just go right through and stick on the inside of your skull.

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Knapping, I've do a little. Mostly to form the flints for my flint and steel firemaking kit work. I have a big hunk of flint downstairs, how much are you thinking about starting with?

I think obsidian is essentially dirty glass.

I started poking around the web to see about upstate NY flint, because the Iroquois had to get theirs somewhere. So I ended up looking at South Waverly PA which has an archeological site called Spanish Hill, which may or may not bear some comparison with mound builder sites further South, naturally from their I started reading about the Forbidden Path and French Jesuit reports, which got me thinking about a French cemetery which shows up on old maps up the road a piece.... Ritalin, its a possibility.

I so hear you, brother magpie. The internet is an ocean of shiny things.

What in the holy hell have you guys done to my vanity search.

Dude, my brother has been spending all his time at the compound and I still haven't seen him or heard back from him. :(

It might not happen until T-giving, so I do hope others can get you started in the meantime.