SW USA skull cracker genuine??

Tim Simmons · 27th May 2012, 06:54 PM

As I rather like to fiddle with pieces of stone I felt compelled to research the club stone. What I have found was a surprise. The seller may well have been telling the truth about the item coming from an old SW collection. The stone is known as Dense brown limestone in Arkansas and Louisiana or as shale in Texas and Arizona, which I thought was quite interssting. It dose not have the same shell inclusions as the white limestone I am familiar with but has the same hardness when tested.

Blacksmith · 30th May 2012, 06:24 PM

Hi, really nice bowl! Demands a lot of work, I know! I `ll send some pictures what I have made, a couple of skull crackers and some carved pipe heads.
Regards, Timo

30th May 2012, 06:24 PM	#2
Blacksmith Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 98	skull cracker Hi, really nice bowl! Demands a lot of work, I know! I `ll send some pictures what I have made, a couple of skull crackers and some carved pipe heads. Regards, Timo

27th May 2012, 06:54 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,893	As I rather like to fiddle with pieces of stone I felt compelled to research the club stone. What I have found was a surprise. The seller may well have been telling the truth about the item coming from an old SW collection. The stone is known as Dense brown limestone in Arkansas and Louisiana or as shale in Texas and Arizona, which I thought was quite interssting. It dose not have the same shell inclusions as the white limestone I am familiar with but has the same hardness when tested.