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Offline jamie

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ct. gravel clovis
« on: March 11, 2010, 12:45:08 pm »
one flute stopped dead and the other i lost some of cleaning up the edges.  rough as hell. not sure what this stuff is but it comes out of the center of the state and i keep finding a piece here or there i can work. mostly antler but i broke out the copper to try and pop off a few steps. didnt work out well. forgot to take a side pic. its about 3/8" thick.



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Offline DanaM

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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2010, 01:12:40 pm »
Doesn't look bad to me jamie especially for some tough rock
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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2010, 02:33:04 pm »
Looks good to me too, jamie.
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2010, 07:50:30 pm »
Looks tough.  That's a fine job for what you had to work with.
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Offline TRACY

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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2010, 07:50:43 pm »
Good looking point for some unfriendly looking rock.

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Offline stickbender

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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2010, 07:56:38 pm »

     Cool looking point, especially from what it is made of.  Did you try heat treating any of it?


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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2010, 09:04:20 pm »
Looks real good on that leverite material ;D Bob
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Offline billy

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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2010, 09:51:07 pm »
Damn jamie...that's awesome!  Clovis ponts are VERY difficult to make, and you were able to make it out of some very tough stone.  You are a top-notch knapper in my opinion!
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Offline mullet

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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2010, 09:57:28 pm »
 Look's like a real Clovis to me. Nice, Jamie.
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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2010, 10:17:10 pm »
That does look like some nice tough local stuff for ya Jamie - and you made it work out just fine!!
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Offline jamie

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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2010, 07:04:21 am »
thanks guys. talked to an archeologist last night about the material. kind of a mix between fine grained quartz and granite. seems like good stuff as far as ct is concerned. heat would kill this stuff wayne. gonna try to locate more. one thing i learned with this piece is dont drop your flakes. your gonna need em to hammer off the steps that are left behind.
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: ct. gravel clovis
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2010, 09:41:57 pm »
Looks like a really nice point from some really nasty rock.  I hope you didn't miss when you were hitting that stuff. ;D
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