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Offline jamie

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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2010, 06:16:10 am »
im even more impressed after watching the video seeing as i could understand a thing he said.  ;D
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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2010, 08:22:53 am »
Very nice Timo, I need to try that :)
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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2010, 09:05:29 am »
A little something I learned about wrapping these is to get you a small pair of dikes, and some round nose plies.they sell them at walmart as a set, in the crafts sections for a small fee.If you use regular needle nose they will mare the wire and not looks as good on the twist.

Also, it's a a good idea to leave the base of the point straight across,as any notches/concavities will make it tougher to get a good clean spiral on the loop. You can see it on the Cahokia point. I'm gonna have to redo that one.

Also, be sure to grind all edges of your points,If the edge is left sharp it can cause some neck/chest problems in the heat of the moment. ;D

Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2010, 10:10:45 am »
Those look great, Timo. i do the same thing with a lot of my colorful flakes (but my knapping or wrapping doesn't look nearly as good as yours-thanks for the link! ) They make great Christmas presents for wives, girlfriends, mistresses, sisters, etc. :D Plus, you can sell 'em like hotcakes at knap-ins sometimes.

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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2010, 10:22:37 am »
Very nice work,them are sweet. :)
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Offline recurve shooter

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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2010, 10:44:21 am »
i bought one of those things from you last year. very nice. i lost it though.  :-X think its in manchac pass somewhere  :'(
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2010, 12:39:58 pm »
They look great!  I don't see anything wrong with them.  Nice work. :)
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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2010, 02:02:26 pm »
What kind of wire do you guys use for that? I'm guessing it can be found at walmart too? Somehow, when I used old rusty bailin wire it didn't look quite the same.

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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2010, 04:37:17 pm »
Stringman, sterling silver or gold jewelry wire is what most folks use. Never saw it at wallyworld here, I get mine at a store that sells jewelry making supplies.
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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #24 on: March 16, 2010, 05:13:39 pm »
here are the tiny ones i made i will re wrap the one with copper wire later after we go buy some baby chicks from the store mmmm yard bird i wasnt pleased with the wrapping lol

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Re: Use them flakes.
« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2010, 07:39:02 pm »
Stringman i used  copper wire cant afford the fancy stuff
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