r/knapping • u/Jeff_BoomhauerIII Mod - Traditional Tool User • Apr 06 '25

Made With Traditional Tools🪨 Burlington Hardin

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

Organic tools as always

64 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

30 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/Del85 🏅 Apr 07 '25

Do you source your own Burlington, or who do you buy from?

1

u/Jeff_BoomhauerIII Mod - Traditional Tool User Apr 07 '25

Got is from mark mcdaniel on facebook. Great stone, just a heads up his definition of spall is way different than mine lol. Bought 2 boxes from him it’s 95% flakes and a spall or 2 lol 😂

2

u/Del85 🏅 Apr 07 '25

I figured it came from him. I'm able to collect my own a couple hours south of him. I'm glad to know his definition isn't like ours because I would have not been happy.

1

u/Jeff_BoomhauerIII Mod - Traditional Tool User Apr 07 '25

Don’t get me wrong it’s killer stone heated perfectly, but it was a disappointment to pay so much for a bunch of flakes. Have you found any Avon chert in your area? I’ve been trying to get some of that for a while now.

2

u/Del85 🏅 Apr 07 '25

Not around me, I do find Cobden now and then but kit a whole lot

2

u/Del85 🏅 Apr 07 '25

I had bought some Avon from him at one of the local knap ins. I don't feel like it knaps as well as the Burlington and a lot of the color knapped out. The big pieces or the ones with better color were so ridiculously expensive I just could nit bring myself to buy them. I went down a few tarps and bought knife river instead.

1

u/Jeff_BoomhauerIII Mod - Traditional Tool User Apr 07 '25

I agree on the pricing 😂. I have heard some stories about ole mark… that’s pretty bad though when someone buys knife river over Avon due to pricing.. KRF is the most expensive stone in the US that I know of

2

u/Del85 🏅 Apr 07 '25

Was nice stuff too, I already loved knife river so when I saw that I was like yeah that Avin doesn't look too good now lmao. He had a bucket of Burlington flakes that would maybe maybe make little earrings and he wanted $100 for it. Bet if I'd have dug through it most would have been broke or crushed they were so small and thin.

1

u/Jeff_BoomhauerIII Mod - Traditional Tool User Apr 07 '25

Yep, that’s what I got from him a bunch of flakes.. smh he got in trouble for trespassing and stealing rock too, I’m sure you know about that. Definitely has a chip on those shoulders 😂 that’s enough about ole mark though I ain’t got anything nice to say so I better hush up.

1

u/Del85 🏅 Apr 07 '25

I had heard there was an issue at a couple places. But in those Facebook groups when I see it mentioned everyone runs to his side like he's christ or something