Finding the stone, drawing out it's beauty is one of the joys of this hobby. This photo shows the original cobble of Reeds Spring chert, collected from a creekbed in SW Missouri. It was sent to JIm Miller in Seattle for slabbing and then the slabs along with one point made from slab #3 joins in the photo composition. I thought it'd be nice to show a before, intermediate and finish series. Knapper, Derek McLean.

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