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Offline jamie

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assorted material
« on: April 09, 2009, 07:51:58 pm »
tenn chert, dover, normanskill, obsidian, and the chocalate looking stuff i have no idea what it is but it knaps like a dream. any ideas? i kept waiting for the gunther to break but it didnt.







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Re: assorted material
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2009, 08:01:39 pm »
Dont know what that stuff is, but thems is awesome! I cant get anything that thin even with copper....Brian
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Re: assorted material
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2009, 08:34:56 pm »
man,that is some great chipping jamie...love the gunther.john

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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2009, 08:42:43 pm »
  Nice points, Jamie. That Chocolate stuff looks like Tenn. Chert.
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Re: assorted material
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2009, 09:48:39 pm »
Realy nice tater chips there Jamie!

Rainy buttes maybe?

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Re: assorted material
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2009, 05:45:13 am »
thanks guys, ill check out both. this was by far my favorite knapping material ive ever worked. im gonna keep wackin at that yella tenn chert for now till i figure it out.
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: assorted material
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2009, 05:45:50 am »
Really nice points.  You been getting a lot of rain lately? ;)
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Re: assorted material
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2009, 05:47:29 am »
rain days , coffee breaks,, lunch breaks, cause im the boss breaks   ;D
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« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2009, 06:53:12 am »
Beautiful work jamie. :)
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« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2009, 10:29:51 am »
VERY VERY NICE!!! as usual brother.. keep em coming... Hawk a/ho
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« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2009, 11:50:32 am »
Nice chippin', Jamie.
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« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2009, 12:59:00 pm »
Man you are gettin em some kind of thin now Jamie - beautiful work!
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« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2009, 03:37:38 pm »
That chocolate stone looks like Rainey Buttes from North Dakota.  I think it's actually a petrified wood, but it tends to be quite heavy because the water where the trees were preserved were high in iron and the iron leached into the wood.  I've worked it before and it chips really, really nice. 
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Re: assorted material
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2009, 09:43:23 pm »
thanks guys. im gonna have to do some searchin to see if i can get more cause its fantastic.
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« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2009, 04:44:14 am »
great stuff jamie, great deer points for ya.
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