197 Flintknapping Spalls Mix - Medium Flat Rate Box
Medium USPS Flat Rate box packed with 12 pounds of our #1
graded and cleaned 3-6 inch Flint knapping Spalls Mix (Novac, Keokuk, Obsidian
& Dacite). Box price includes shipping within the domestic United
States.
This box of material contains a well rounded
mix of select knapping stones that include some of everything we have to offer:
Heat treated Novaculite, Heat treated Keokuk, Dacite and Obsidian.
These 3-6 inch mixed spalls are ideal in size
for producing medium to large points and blades. Priority Mail Postage within the United States is pre-paid and
included in the price of this 12 lb box of 3-6 inch Mixed Spalls.
International Customers should contact us for adjusted shipping and other
limitations before purchasing.
Arkansas Novaculite most often is white to off white but can sometimes be
found in shades of black, translucent, red, and purple. Keokuk is a high quality
chert found in parts of Oklahoma and surrounding areas. Keokuk is typically
cream to pink colored when heated, and may contain bands and speckles of bright
red and brown. Dacite and Obsidian are both translucent black or
grey igneous stone found in areas with past volcanic activity. Dacite
is more textured and 'stone' like than Obsidian, which is essentially volcanic
glass.
WARNING: Obsidian and Dacite flakes
can be sharper than razor blades! Exercise extreme caution! We highly recommend
using gloves to work these materials as they will make even the most
experienced knapper bleed.
We strive to provide the cleanest, blemish free knapping
material within our means. On some spalls however, blemishes do get past us
because not all defects are evident at first or even second inspection. In
efforts to avoid defects as much as possible, we perform a few thinning blows to
ensure that you do not pay for large amounts of waste, over thick spalls, or
fragile/thin sizes that will shatter with the first strike.
Large knapping material requires large billets. Attempting
to knap large stone with too small of a billet will damage the billet and not
produce sizable thinning flakes early on in the process as needed. If you are
graduating to this size material from one of our kits, we recommend adding a
large copper percussion billet to your order. If you are unsure about what you
need, please visit our Flintknapping Buyer's
Guide, or feel free to contact us and we will
be glad to help.
Tool pack of some of our most popular modern
flintknapping tools in one cost effective bundle. Features two sizes
of copper bopper billets and supporting supplies, good for small to large
spalls. The copper bopper billet design features a lead core that
provides a comfortable weight forward strike and soft
impact.
Traditional Deer Antler flint knapping tool kit featuring some of the most popular historically accurate types of tools. Kit includes: hammerstone, medium antler billet, antler tine pressure flaker, abrader stone, leather hand pad and basic instructions.
Thick and durable large rubber leg pad helps
prevent damage to your clothing and leg/knee during
percussion knapping and provides support when
pressure flaking.