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Keokuk Burlington
& Translucent Novaculite is heated, packed and ready for your order!
Thanks so much...oops, no longer true ~ I am a couple weeks behind again
on Novaculite.
We do our best to ship rock
that has minimal fractures in it. Also we pack your rock
carefully, wrapping every stone to help prevent shipping-shock
damages. While this is extra work to pack it this way, it's important
for you!
There's horror stories out there of rock just tossed in a bucket
and it
arrived to the customer broken in pieces. We want you to get the best quality
stone possible. However, please understand that because this is a
natural product it cannot be guaranteed perfect by anyone and a certain amount of
loss is to be expected by the buyer.
All the rock available on this site is spalled by professional
knappers. These guys know how make these bifaces ready to start
knapping!
Most people find that a knapped biface is far
easier to work than a sawed slab.
Nearly every spall or flake you
take off of a biface is a potential arrowhead! Some of the top knappers in the country use my rock.
OBSIDIAN
SPALLS! This are gorgeous, extremely consistent
material.
You will not be disappointed. BTW, This stuff is volcanic
glass produces razor sharp edges.
Glossy Black
Obsidian, under 6" ~
15 pound box.
$52.35
Glossy Black
Obsidian, under 6" ~
25 pound box.
$87.25
Glossy Black
Obsidian, 6" and over ~
15 pound box.
$59.85
Glossy Black
Obsidian, 6" and over ~
25 pound box.
$99.75
DACITE
SPALLS! This is a rich and very consistent material to
knap.
Knappability falls somewhere between Obsidian and
Novaculite.
Rich Silvery
Black Dacite, under 6" ~
15 pound box.
$52.35
Rich Silvery
Black Dacite, under 6" ~
25 pound box.
$87.25
Rich Silvery
Black Dacite, 6" and over ~
15 pound box.
$59.85
Rich Silvery
Black Dacite, 6" and over ~
25 pound box.
$99.75
COMING SOON ~ BOB THOMAS
preforms! WOW stuff!
Just gotta get time to update this ol' website ~ keep your eye
peeled (~;
Texas Butts
TEXAS butts for
the adventuresome knapper!
Good deal for knapper with a small rock saw. We have this pre-packaged so we can ship within a day or two of
receiving your payment.
High
quality Texas stone, probably from the San Angelo area (an educated
guess). Appears to have heat but not guaranteed.
If you decide it needs more heat, Waldorf
recommends a conservative approach of trying 350° up to 550° F which you
can in an oven or better yet, in your turkey roaster with sand for a
buffer.
Works well for Texas stuff. Due to the shape of these pieces (no
worked surfaces) this may be challenging for beginners to 'get into'
though it is solid stone. However, for knocking off flakes for small arrow points and for more
experienced knappers or knappers who want to use their rock saw,
it is ideal. I simply do not have time to saw it myself.
QUANTITY IS LIMITED.
TEXAS butts
$75 per box ($2.50
per pound) while
they last!
Size estimates of butts range from
4 - 6 inches or so.
Sold only in the Large Flat Rate Box stuffed which holds about 28-33
pounds of this rock.
Solid stone, every flake can be a potential arrowhead!
Click on picture to enlarge.
Novaculite
You are looking at boulders weighing about 200 pounds each.
Getting them home was my job ... choosing and hauling. It is about a
12 hour drive not including load time. This time, the brakes went to
mush about the time I got back to Missouri! The 4-wheel drive truck
is tough but this was a serious load! So into the shop next week.
Next Jim Spears will go to work, spalling these beauties into great pieces
for you! He takes great care to make as consistent size and
thickness as possible and remove bad material, cracks, etc. Jim is
expert at spalling with the grain of the rock and making minimal waste.
I have learned that spalling is an art unto itself!
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g rock will be to heat
treat it. My job again. I use a medium sized kiln. This is because I have heard a lot of
discussion about problems with rock not getting a "good heat" in larger
kilns. Don't know if it is the fault of the kiln (zones within a
kiln will have differing temperatures) or that people
cooking the rock just got in a hurry. But anyway, our kilns hold about 150 pounds
at one time. Then I raise the temperature very slowly, have a good
hold time and bring the temperature back down slowly. A load takes from five to seven days to complete and
be ready for you to chip.
Heat
Treated High Grade Novaculite (Plain color) $3.49
per pound
Knaps
like butter! Very easy knapping stone. Color is soft gray to
lavender with little or no variation. Note, Novaculite sometimes
has 'healed' fractures. These are lines that were a fracture eons
ago but have filled in with minerals over time and essentially 'glued'
the stone together again. If we can flake through these, meaning
if these hold together through the spalling process and through the
heating process, we leave 'em. We try very hard to not ship stone with
fresh cracks. However, it is impossible to guarantee a natural
product that has been quarried with heavy equipment. If you are a novice
knapper (meaning you have not chipped a ton of various materials)
understand with ANY stone from ANY dealer, that there will be
imperfections that you have to find and work around. For pieces over 6",
we have added 50 cents a pound. (Picture is representation only!) While
experienced knappers love this stone, it is also a great stone for beginning
knappers. Pieces will be
mostly 4.5" to 6" which is
roughly hand size. While these are not preforms, we do not ship 'chunks!'
High Grade PLAIN
COLOR Novaculite up to 6". 15 pounds
$52.35
High Grade PLAIN
COLOR Novaculite up to 6". 25 pounds
$87.25
High Grade PLAIN
COLOR Novaculite 6" and OVER. 15 pounds
$59.85
High Grade PLAIN
COLOR Novaculite 6" and OVER. 25 pounds
$99.75
SHIPPING the
CHIPPING STONE
Shipping is $12.40
for 15 pound order plus $2 for packaging
(we wrap every single rock
individually to protect against damage in shipping!)
Shipping is $15.20 for 25 pound
order plus $2 for packaging
(we wrap every single rock individually
to protect against damage in shipping!)
If the
shopping cart over charges you on shipping we will reimburse
you.
We charge actual shipping plus $2 packaging/handling on rock
orders.
Hi,
If you're curious about the spalling process and you'd like to "meet" Jim
Spears and Jim Redfearn,
go to the
MTCo & Scenes
around the Ozarks
page and see them tackling a 150 pound chunk
of premo Novaculite!
$3.49
a pound and in stock now!
Add 50 cents a pound for BIG pieces (over
6")
This is luscious stuff!
Generally
glossy, this Missouri area rock has color ranges from whites to soft pinks;
sometimes with some light gray matrix or red peppering. (Very
occassionally, there are red blood veins though it that
are quite striking. We pack it as it comes so you might
get lucky.) Spalled bifaces
are ready to go! NOT CHUNKS! And nicely heat treated for
easy knapping.
Keokuk Burlington
up to 6". 15 pounds
$52.35
Keokuk Burlington
up to 6". 25 pounds
$87.25
Keokuk Burlington
OVER 6". 15 pounds
$59.85
Keokuk Burlington
OVER 6". 25 pounds
$99.75
Heat
Treated High Grade SEMI-FANCY Novaculite
NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Great knapping rock! Generally
chips to a glossy finish. Colors can be from soft gray to lavender to pinks
with white or gray spider webbing. For pieces over 7", please
add 50 cents a pound. (Picture is representation!)
NOT
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE (We have a good supply but will not be able to
process it until spring! Check
back)
Knaps very
well. Colors can be from partial black to solid black. Pieces
may have spider webbing in white or slate gray - very beautiful!
This rock is often referred to as "gem quality." For pieces over 7",
please add 50 cents a pound. (Pictures are representation only.)We have
beautiful blacks.
Take a look at some examples!
(Click on picture to
enlarge.) Jim Spears 8" Adena is SOLD but he has more points for sale on
his
Gallery Page on Knappers Web.
Rainy
Buttes
$3.99 per pound
SOLD OUT
Gorgeous
rock deep brown rock. Very dense and heavy stuff from the
western USA. This has not been spalled and frequently may even have
a yellow ochre "cortex" that the Indians used for war paint.
Reed's
Spring
$2.25 per pound
SOLD OUT
Gorgeous
rock, typically worked raw by both the Indians and modern
knappers. Beautiful mottled shades of blue gray with white and
sometimes with bright blue spots. This rock is a
little more challenging to work than Novaculite or Burlington...but it's
pretty!We find MANY
points here in the Southwest Missouri Ozarks made from this stone.
g rock will be to heat
treat it. My job again. I use a medium sized kiln. This is because I have heard a lot of
discussion about problems with rock not getting a "good heat" in larger
kilns. Don't know if it is the fault of the kiln (zones within a
kiln will have differing temperatures) or that people
cooking the rock just got in a hurry. But anyway, our kilns hold about 150 pounds
at one time. Then I raise the temperature very slowly, have a good
hold time and bring the temperature back down slowly. A load takes from five to seven days to complete and
be ready for you to chip.
