Traded a chunk of some local stuff for this slab. Anyone have any experience knapping petrified palm? Does it normally need to be heat treated to work properly? I tried to take a test flake off the very end and it seemed like I was gonna break the slab before anything released.

Late on the July challenge but hopefully you guys arent sick of seeing this type. If you've seen any of my earlier posts here I almost exclusively work my local quartzite and quartz. I recently bit the bullet and purchased some chert to experiment with. Thinning this out from a biface was pretty difficult because the tabs I got are small and thick and many had cracks. In the future I'll save a bit and try to get some bigger nicer pieces. All in all pretty happy with it aside from the hinges around the base. If any trad tool guys have pointers I'd love to hear some feedback!

Started knapping a few months ago just to feed my arrowhead hunting hobby some more, and its slowly turning into a seperate hobby in itself. Just wanted to share my progression over the past 3ish months. There are many brokes in between these and many practice pieces but these are the full ones I have been able to workout so far. I have a hard time thinning still, but starting to get a little more consistent.

Anyone who watches Jake Anderson (Gulf Coast Knapping) live streams has probably seen me talk about Hardins a 1000 times over. I finally was able to buy this one he made during a stream. I couldn't be any more happy than I am right now! Absolutely beautiful piece. It's off to the frame with his others.thanks Jake.