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Percussion Flaking

There are two forms of percussion flaking:

Direct percussion

Direct Percussion: Striking a core directly with a hammer or billet in order to drive off a flake.

 

 

 

Indirect percussion

Indirect Percussion: The use of an intermediary punch to focus the power of a blow on a specific point of a core.

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