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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 25, 2013 21:40:28 GMT -5
TeePee canyon yields some large enough to make scales from. But a Fairburn large enough to get 2 scales out of would be one hell of an expensive knife.
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 26, 2013 0:49:23 GMT -5
After r2d said that, I looked up Royal Sahara Jasper... and was all bummed out... As for red beryl, how would anyone know that was a red beryl visually, vs ruby or pink tourmaline:)? It would be easy to tell the difference, but yes I was joking. Red beryl is about $15,000/ct and I doubt you find any pieces large enough to do scales anyway.
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Post by turnedstone on Aug 26, 2013 2:44:31 GMT -5
Flint ridge flint would be my choice its been used by the Indians for centuries its was traded all up and down the east coast and has been found all the way to the Mississippi river>little known fact about the Indians when they came to ohio to make their tools they did not fight each other they would camp and make their tools and move back home without fighting each other as the flint was a must have to survive.Over 200 mines have been found that the Indians dug its only 6 miles long not sure how wide less than 6 miles I do know that, so you know they crossed paths when mining it.Its been in use longer than any rock in the U.S. and known all over the world for its beauty and hardness. George
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2013 10:29:22 GMT -5
Pat, serpentine would make a terrific knife handle for this set. Benitoite knife scales would be on a knife only Bill Gates could own. I do like the concept though. Maryland = no state stone, but the state gemstone is agate ![](http://www.atoztheusa.com/state_images/Nature/MD/S-MD-gem3.jpg) Perhaps a blending of the two lists and then cherry picking the best choice per state.
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Post by Pat on Aug 26, 2013 10:36:56 GMT -5
Pat, serpentine would make a terrific knife handle for this set. Benitoite knife scales would be on a knife only Bill Gates could own. I do like the concept though. Maryland = no state stone, but the state gemstone is agate ![](http://www.atoztheusa.com/state_images/Nature/MD/S-MD-gem3.jpg) Perhaps a blending of the two lists and then cherry picking the best choice per state. I like that idea.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 26, 2013 16:16:57 GMT -5
Man you know what would be cool, is to take a crown stag bowie like this one where the stag handle is flat on the end and affix a silver bezel to the pommel wherein one could mount whichever favorite stone he wanted. You could even use faceted stones in that case.....Mel ![](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b377/sabre52/DSCN7584_zps94d90058.jpg)
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Aug 26, 2013 21:42:50 GMT -5
Cool Ohs ! That what the leather strop is for It straightens those micro teeth on the razor edge to make it keen & mean Blues & Rock is definitely indigenous to America Even with a strop, there is still a jagged edge, even if it is microscopic, it is still there... it's inherent in the metal the blade is made from and withing the way it sharpens there will always be a jagged edge to any steel bladed instrument. the edge just doesn't go small enough for a smooth, cutting edge. the molecular structure of steel is bigger than it is in Obsidian, hence the difference. Steel is only used because it is easier to sterilize!
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Post by mohs on Aug 26, 2013 22:05:05 GMT -5
O I agree Ohs I was just making an observation others may not have known exactly what the strop does but glass will always be infinitely sharper thanks for the clarification mostly
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Post by bhiatt on Aug 27, 2013 3:12:30 GMT -5
I like Bruneau, Fairburns and Deschutes. Agatized jurassic period bone is noble. ![](http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy307/bhiatt/Fortified%20Jurassic/fortified9_zps7ea6ba5c.jpg)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2013 10:36:45 GMT -5
Noble he says. Noble.
Brad, seems you speak the truth. That bone is noble, regal even!
Now help me find a hunk I can make into a sphere!
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 28, 2013 10:49:12 GMT -5
Most indigenous to the U.S., as of right now would be concrete.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 28, 2013 13:33:16 GMT -5
That is so funny, Scott. I just downloaded that song last week from iTunes.
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 28, 2013 16:15:52 GMT -5
Most indigenous to the U.S., as of right now would be concrete. The early Romans, who invented concrete, left quite a bit of it in areas that are non-indigenous to the U.S.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 28, 2013 16:23:12 GMT -5
Most indigenous to the U.S., as of right now would be concrete. The early Romans, who invented concrete, left quite a bit of it in areas that are non-indigenous to the U.S. Yup, I've walked on a bit of that ancient concrete. Also walked with a metal detector along a portion of the cobbled stone Appian Way.
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Post by RocknCritter on Aug 29, 2013 7:51:47 GMT -5
Too bad we don't have any dino bone like this linkPut it on a knife with Damascus steel....
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 29, 2013 8:59:13 GMT -5
Wow! I've never seen pyritized dino bone before. Totally awesome. Wonder where that island is anyway?.....Mel
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Post by bhiatt on Aug 29, 2013 10:26:46 GMT -5
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 29, 2013 13:39:37 GMT -5
The Isle of Wight is in the English Channel and is part of Hampshire. A friend in London goes to that general area searching for all sorts of fossils. There seems to have been some condition is past times that caused widespread replacement of fossils both there and in Western Europe with pyrite. I'm not sure how widespread it was but I've seen pyritized fossils, especially ammonites, from France and Germany.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 29, 2013 14:19:14 GMT -5
Bone isn't the only pyritized fossil from that area. ![](http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac274/jakesrocks/Dons%20Fossils%20II/000E0997_zps4bef5542.jpg) We also have pyritized fossil materials in the U.S. This one is from the Pierre shale in S.D. ![](http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac274/jakesrocks/2013-06-11_zps405f5245.jpg)
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