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    You would have to be in the neighborhood to...

    You would have to be in the neighborhood to answer that.....
    Remember, even Native Americans depended on trade to procure their flint/chert/obsidian/and even "float" copper....for tools and weapons....
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    Down load able file that I can't link to...........

    Down load able file that I can't link to........

    PDF]the distribution of piedra de lumbre "chert" - Society for California ...

    Did you Google...." Chert in San Diego, California...."...?
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    I would Google Chert in San Diego,...

    I would Google Chert in San Diego, California....will turn up some PFD's
    Good luck.
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    It's interesting that if you Google "chert for...

    It's interesting that if you Google "chert for knapping Oregon"...It will list a few places selling it....and will also bring you right back to this thread...Started in 2010.
    So have you read this...
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    scqqter Hunter63 saying Hey and Welcome. ...

    scqqter
    Hunter63 saying Hey and Welcome.

    There is an intro section at:
    http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?14-Introductions
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    The hides came from deer that were harvested and...

    The hides came from deer that were harvested and hides tanned.
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    Finding proper materials for stone tools has...

    Finding proper materials for stone tools has always been a problem, for as long as they have been made.

    Trading for proper cutting tools and materials, for them has always been a item of trade.
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    Ycc, Does sound like chicken or egg deal, doesn't...

    Ycc, Does sound like chicken or egg deal, doesn't it.

    You really don't need to use char cloth, just makes it easier, as you don't have the volume of sparks as the commercial fire steels.

    I...
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    Like Rick said, try it on some char cloth, the...

    Like Rick said, try it on some char cloth, the natural rock will not throw sparks like the commercial fire steels.

    I think it's sad that we now think we need need a manufactured fire steel, and...
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    So, Ycc, have you tried striking a spark on any...

    So, Ycc, have you tried striking a spark on any of the shards?

    I was at the collage Friday, working on artifacts, dug up at a local site, washing, sorting, logging for the local Archaeological ...
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    ycc, that's a lot of rock busting, ya think, look...

    ycc, that's a lot of rock busting, ya think, look like there is some stuff you can use.

    In Wisconsin the is a site in Hixton, near Black River Falls that has a mound, butte, rock or what ever you...
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    Well there you go, you probably could pick it up...

    Well there you go, you probably could pick it up if you knew what you were looking for.
    This here "survival stuff" isn't as easy as it looks, take some effort and knowledge.

    When you have to buy...
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    You know I hear this all the time, I can't find...

    You know I hear this all the time, I can't find "flint", this doesn't work etc.

    Why wouldn't you want to pay a couple of bucks, for the correct "rock" you you can see how it works.

    Once you...
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