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PRECUT PREFORMS AND SLABS FOR KNAPPING
3 3/8 X 1 X 7/16 INCH HORSECREEK CHERT PREFORM. HAD A LAYER CRACK, THIS WAS ONCE ABOUT 5 INCHES, BUT I HAD TO TAKE IT DOWN PAST THE SEDIMANT LAYER. IT IS CRACK FREE NOW, AND IS A NICE RED AND YELLOW.
ITEM:#A25
PRICE: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 1/16 x 2 x 1/4 INCH MOZARKITE PREFORM. THIS IS EXTREMELY RARE! IT IS NOT FOR THE BEGINNER KNAPPER! IT DOES NOT NEED HEAT TREATMENT, BUT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPICE UP THE COLORS, AND SOMETIMES, THE WHITES, ARE ALOT HARDER THAN THE GRAYS ARE. WHAT I USUALLY DO TO ASSURE MAXIMUM KNAPPABILITY, IS, I SIMPLEY PUT IT IN A TOASTER OVEN, START OFF AT 250 DEGREES, FOR AN HOUR, AND WORK MY UP TO BROIL, IN 100 DEGREE JUMPS EVERY HOUR. THEN LET IT COOL OFF INSIDE THE OVEN ON ITS OWN TIME. THIS METHOD WILL USUALLY WORK ON ANY TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT NEEDS TO BE COOKED, AS LONG AS IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SLABBED. (CHECK MY COOKING INSTRUCTION PAGE)
ITEM:#A26
PRICE:$4.00 + $2.00 S&H
4 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 INCH MOSS AGATE PREFORM. THIS ONE HAS SOME FLAKES, ON IT, BECAUSE IT WAS RAW WHEN I GOT IT, AND I COOKED IT MYSELF. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO MAKE SURE IT WAS COOKED, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COOKING METHOD I USE, WORKS.
ITEM:#A27
PRICE: !!!!!!!!!SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!
4 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 INCH BLUE CHALCEDONY PREFORM. THIS ALSO HAS A COUPLE OF TEST FLAKES ON ONESIDE. NOTICE THE TEXTURE OF THIS PC. SKY BLUE WITH WHITE "CLOUDS". SOME OF THE RARE MATERIALS, FOR ALL OF YOU EXPERIENCED KNAPPERS OUT THERE. I FEEL THAT ALL THE "MASTER KNAPPERS", SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION OF THE NICER MORE RARE MATERIALS THAN WHAT ALL OF THE BEGINNERS ARE USING TO LEARN ON, WITH EXPERIENCE SHOULD COME OPTIONS!
ITEM:#A28
PRICE:$9.00 + 2.00 S&H
2 1/4 X 1 1/4 X 5/16 INCH INDIA JASPER PREFORM. REALLY NICE MATERIAL, I GOT A COUPLE OF THEM MADE OF THIS TYPE. THIS STUFF IS FOR THE EXPERIENCED KNAPPERS, YOU DO NOT WANT TO TRY TO TEACH YOURSELF HOW TO KNAPP A PREFORM ON THIS STUFF, YOU MUST FIRST LEARN THE "DO'S", AND "DONTS", OF PREFORM KNAPPING BEFORE JUMPING INTO THE MORE EXPENSIVE, AND HARDER STONES!
ITEM:#A29
PRICE:$3.50 + $2.00 S&H
2 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 5/16 INCH INDIA JASPER PREFORM. THIS STUFF IS FOR THE EDUCATED KNAPPERS. IT IS KIND OF HARD AND COSTS A LITTLE MORE THAN OBSIDIAN AND OTHER MORE COMMON MATERIALS. THIS STUFF IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL WHEN FINISHED.
ITEM:#A30
PRICE:$3.75 + $2.50 S&H
2 9/16 X 1 1/8 X 1/4 INCH AGATIZED JADITE. THIS IS REALLY RARE MATERIAL, AND I HAVE PESONALLY KNAPPED IT INTO A BLADE, http://www.artifactrader.com/100.JPG WHICH I SECURED INTO A STONE HANDLE THAT I MADE OF BUFALLO STONE. ASIDE FROM THIS MATERIAL BEING SUGGESTED FOR THOSE MASTER KNAPPERS OUT THERE (it was harder than most materials), IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL ONCE FINISHED. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET YOUR PRESSURE FLAKES TO REACH THE CENTER OR FARTHER ON THE PREFORM, YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT MY KNAPPING JIG, I HAVE PERSONALLY KNAPPED MATERIALS THAT ARE SAID TO BE "UNKNAPPABLE" USING MY JIG. IT PIN POINTS ALL THE FORCE INTO A SINGLE MINUTE AREA, AND INCREASES THE POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH BY MORE THAN 5 TIMES, WHICH ENABLES YOU TO KNAP MATERIALS THAT ARE POWDERY AND OTHERWISE UNKNAPPABLE.
ITEM:#A31
PRICE:$4.00 + $2.50 S&H
3 X 1 3/4 X 5/16 INCH BLOOD STONE PREFORM. REALLY NICE MATERIAL, USUALLY THIS TYPE HAS RED IN IT, BUT THIS PREFORM CAME OUT WITH VERY LITTLE. IF YOU LOOK ON THE EDGES AND NEAR THE BASE THERE IS SOME RED MIXED INTO THE STONE.
ITEM:#A32
PRICE:$5.00 + $2.50 S&H
3 3/4 X 1 X 1/4 INCH OBLOGUE JASPER PREFORM. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS FOR THE EXPERIENCED KNAPPERS. BUT LOOK AT THE AWSOME COLORS IN THIS GEM!! THESE MAKE GREAT KNIFE BLADES FOR THOSE CUSTOM HANDLES, RATHER THEY ARE MADE OF STONE, WOOD, OR ANTLER! THIS IS A MUST FOR THE ECCENTRIC STONE CRAFTSMAN!
ITEM:#A33
PRICE: !!!!!!!!!SOLD!!!!!!!!!!
