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One of these?

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Slightly amusing, my hammer and anvil stones work on the same principle. I have a biggish stationary rock that has a point on it. I hold the plate in my left hand and a hand-sized hammer stone in my right, which also comes to a decent point. Guide the plate between these two points, and it is pulverized very precisely (usually) at the point/s of impact. Just work in from the edge until you're happy. Kind of like using a nibbling tool to shape metal.

Do this somewhere sensible, because you end up with a lot of splintery debris!

yeah thats totally the one, id use the debris to cut the cement bags open. man that was hard work...im glad im a landscaper now <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

ill try some slate knives i work with alot of contractors who always have slate laying around the jobsite. my brain is bubbling with ideas already

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