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Offline jamie

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this weekends work
« on: January 04, 2010, 08:35:17 am »
all different materials but mostly concrete from texas. the jasper piece i like cause it pretty much came from a 1" cube that somebody gave me. the white quartz piece is from a 5 inch blade that had a stack grow in it as i was finishing up. im sure you know the rest of that story. the clear quartz pice is crystal quartz and is the primo material of this area. its kinda rare to find big enough for a point.







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Offline DanaM

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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2010, 09:32:09 am »
Damn fine work jamie :)
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 09:59:35 am »
  Looks like some fine leg beating, Jamie.
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Re: this weekends work
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2010, 08:59:13 pm »
thank you , got the bruises to prove it ed  ;D
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Offline FlintWalker

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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2010, 09:34:04 pm »
VERY nice stuff Jamie, very nice ;)
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Re: this weekends work
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2010, 10:14:48 pm »
Very nice, I like those quartz pieces.  The Tx probably seems pretty soft compared to that stuff. ;)
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Re: this weekends work
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2010, 06:41:07 am »
Nice work jamie,I like um all. :)
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Offline jamie

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Re: this weekends work
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2010, 10:22:32 am »
rick im actually getting pretty used to the quartz. some of the texas stuf is brutal. biggest problem is getting a quartz blade to stay in one piece beacuse of all the fractures. im still trying though.
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Offline sailordad

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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2010, 11:10:11 pm »
awesome points  :o\
really like the last 8
never tried quartz,but have seen some in the smithsonian
those would fit right in there
you must be half neanderthal to wanna hit that stuff
i aint got the kahonas to try it yet
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Re: this weekends work
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2010, 12:00:17 am »
Nice, but that isn't work, its playing.  ;D
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Re: this weekends work
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2010, 07:02:37 am »
tim thats the easier stuff. i have some that requires hospitalisation after working it.  ;D

next post ill say playing not working ;D
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Offline Jaeger

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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2010, 09:14:58 am »
I like em I like the one next to the quarter in the last pic the best ,I love that type material too, I seem to get more mileage out of that rock than alot of other stuff ,the flakes off of a big chunk of that are my favorites to work into arrow points, after trying to get something big out of the large piece.
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Re: this weekends work
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2010, 11:44:21 am »
That's some mighty fine looking concrete you've got there Jamie  8)!
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Re: this weekends work
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2010, 11:59:05 am »
thanks gents. paul can spear sized material be treated? my biggest problem i find with this stuff is i can percuss a blade but when i pressure flake i tend to start buliding "stacks" up. thats when a knife turns into a point. with percussion i can get 6" blades that are 2" wide and a 1/4" thick. i just screw everything up when the antler touches  it. i even started using some copper and im doing the same thing.
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Re: this weekends work
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2010, 12:45:51 pm »
Yessir! I generally spall out all the perd cobbles that I work and cook any spalls and the big core bi-face that I want to continue with. You'll want to place the bigger/thicker pieces farther out in your fire ring so as not to heat em too fast and bust em. The slicker stuff to the outside too. I've cooked some of the big thick grainy stuff in the center of the ring and it came out just fine. Takes a little experimenting..
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