Boppers are used to strike flakes of, an Ishi stick and pressure flakers are used to push flakes off. The Ishi sticks are usually 18" or longer so you can really build up some force. Mine use a short piece of copper grounding wire as the tips. Ishi stick:
Short pressure flaker:
Horse shoe nails are also commonly used for really small detailed stuff and notching. The points of both these tools need to be kept fairly sharp and pointed. Mine needs reshaped in these pics., haven't done maintenance on them in a while.
Short pressure flaker:
Horse shoe nails are also commonly used for really small detailed stuff and notching. The points of both these tools need to be kept fairly sharp and pointed. Mine needs reshaped in these pics., haven't done maintenance on them in a while.
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