knappable lithics

these are a few types of knapping stone that i have available to me. i am willing to trade for stone like the ancients did as well as any experienced knapper who would like a challenge or a chance to knap some rare material by all means let me know and a sample will be out your way. more stone will be at my disposal when the snow melts but until then we will have to make due with a very limited supply of stone.

 

this is a personal discovery of mine in the Similkameen valley:    Slade-stone

raw slade stone, slicks up with heat

heat treated slade stone

another cooked slade stone piece

highest quality raw slade-stone

flake scar showing the quality of the jasper

another view of the quality of this piece

 

this is a different type of stone, also a type of jasper, it’s slick and an interesting colour.

another princeton knappable lithic

a different piece of greenish pink jasper with similar colourations

i brought this next sample to my geology professor and he had no idea what it was, he said it was probably volcanic and had never seen a rock like it. he suggested i name it.

a purple and red volcanic stone unidentifiable to a geology profesor

more of the odd rock

this is some stone from the princeton area it has amber in it occasionally and smells like petroleum products when knapped. i think it is akin to the eastern “onondaga chert” having similar colouration and a similar smell.

tulameen knapping stone only piece that i’ve ever found

a spall of western onondaga

photo to show luster (or lack of luster) of the stone

close up of western onondaga

if you are interested in any samples of the stone contact me at: theteenagecaveman(at)hotmail(dot)com.

my only request is to see what you bring out of the rocks.

thanks for looking.

TTC