Anyone ever knap the bottom of a Pace salsa jar? They are incredibly flat. I haven't finished the food off yet so I'm not sure how thick they are but man are they flat!

Material too left to bottom right:

1. Unknown Missouri chert (nice and glassy)

2+3. Raw Keokuk 4. Hillsdale 5. Silicified sandstone (Wyoming) 6. Unknown knap-in pickup.

OK, so I have roughly 150 pounds of dacite, black obsidian and mainly mahogany obsidian 100 ish pounds. How when I’m spalling off pieces should I differentiate really good material or high-grade material from not so great, with so much of it I can pick and choose a little better, but besides like, big irregularities I’m not sure what to look for. Grain? Flake direction? Clarity? Color? I just have much to learn so i appreciate the advice! Also bonus question: How do you deal with really circular raw rock besides trying to find a place to build a platform?

I've seen people knap glass bottles before but I was wondering if anyone ever snapped Pyrex or any other tempered glass before and how did it turn out?

###Greetings Everyone! 😄

In my time here so far, y'all have been super helpful, kind, and just a joy to be around. Recently I have taken the place of former moderator u/mr-ironsight and am super excited to bring some new things to the subreddit to spice it up a bit and make it home! As mentioned in the title, I have a couple things I've already worked on implementing (as some of you frequent posters might've noticed), but I want to go through them here so that you all know what they are and how they work!

Material User Flair Badges🪨

A big thing I wanted to focus on was getting some flair on your profiles! Starting off with giving you the opportunity to start your favorite material along with your tool type! While you can simply designate yourself as a Abo Tool User or a Modern Tool User, you can also comment here on this post or DM me to get a favorite material custom color/label to go with your tool designation! Gives the ability for someone to know what you like while also allowing you to make your profile pop with some color! 🎨

The current list of materials are displayed in main picture attached to this post. Just let me know what you'd like and what tools you use (there is a flair for both modern and Abo!) and I'll get you all squared away! 😁

User Tool Flair 🛠️

This one is quite easy! You can get yourself a user flair that designates if you're a natural (Abo) tool user for a modern tool user! I hoped this would help with those who might be wondering what tools folks are using when they provide advice and comment on other posts! Allowing you all to jump right into questions across posts (and to flex your skills haha)! No help will be needed from me to assign this flair, as you can do it yourself! A guide on how to do this can be found here

Required Posting Flair📋

This is something I'm adding because it makes organizing the posts that you see a lot easier. It also makes it so that you can find posts of a certain type all grouped together so no more hunting for specific things! You'll have a list of them to select before posting, and can pick whichever one best suits what it is that you're posting about.

In conclusion...

That pretty much wraps everything up for the new additions and announcement, but I would LOVE to hear from y'all if you have ideas or suggestions! This is our community to enjoy and I'm more than happy to put some things into motion if I get enough feedback and support. I already have a couple more things I wish to do, so keep your eyes peeled for pinned posts and announcements for anything exciting!😁

I'm excited to see what the future holds! Keep on knappin'!

• u/SmolzillaTheLizza🦎

##November Point Challenge Winner🏆

Picking up some slack here to announce the winner of the November point challenge as... myself.😅If you look back at the November Point Challenge post my point received the most upvotes. Feels a bit strange making that announcement as a mod, but regardless we have a December point challenge to get to!

##December Point Challenge⚠️

This month we're doing a Huffaker style point! An easy point that hopefully gets some of you all to throw your hat in the ring!😄

Rules:

• Point must be a Huffaker
• No material restrictions as long as it is knapped
• No size limit
• Must be made in the month of December 2024
• No more than 2 photos you can only enter one point
• The winner will be announced the first week of January and will receive a $25 gift certificate to https://www.neolithics.com/ AND gets to choose the next point style
• Submit your photos in the comments of this post

I'm super stoked to see what you all make! Remember if you aren't participating...

VOTE ON YOUR FAVORITE HUFFAKER!

• u/SmolzillaTheLizza🦎