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Offline billy

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Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« on: May 11, 2010, 12:20:53 am »
Here's a point I just finished.  It is made from a discarded slab of Brazillian agate.  It was a long, very thick, and very narrow slab that I found in a debitage pile at the North GA knap in.  It was a challenge to make because the slab gave me very little room for error.  I had to try to thin it down as quickly as possible because I had almost no room for error.  If I made too many mistakes, it would have ended up being a drill.  It's so long and skinny I thought it would look good on the end of a blowgun dart....hence the title.   

Steve Allely regularly makes points like this, but he does the little Wintu style expanded notches which was pretty much impossible to do on this one because the base was too thick.  So I guess this is kind of an Allely-inspired point.  It's 2 inches long and 1/2 inch wide.                   

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Offline n2everythg

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2010, 12:28:04 am »
WOW billy that is an awesome point. Love the color.
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Offline nugget

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2010, 08:04:00 am »
Very cool Billy. That one is definitely a keeper.
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Offline Bone pile

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2010, 09:05:16 am »
I like it,great colors
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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2010, 10:37:50 am »
Beautiful point.Nice job. :)
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Offline StevenT

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2010, 12:58:06 pm »
That thang looks like it has already been stuck in something and has blood on it. Billy, you are the man when it come to those small points. Nice one!!!

Offline Wolf Watcher

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2010, 01:09:08 pm »
Billy:  You sure you are not from the Columbia River or Southern Oregon Lake cultures?  That point sure looks like some of them and my kind of point!  Joe
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2010, 02:09:33 pm »
Beautiful point...nice work!
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Offline rileyconcrete

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2010, 04:58:45 pm »
Great point.  Love the colors, and the flake pattern.

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Offline Jboyd

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2010, 07:20:15 pm »
That is an awesome point!!

Offline BIG BAD BRAD

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2010, 01:59:13 am »
 BILLY,
  YOU NEED TO COME BACK TO OREGON & TAKE SOME MORE LESSONS FROM STEVE... OR ANY OTHER EXCUSE YOU NEED TO COME BACK...H  O  M  E  !!!  BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU NEED MANY MORE LESSONS! GREAT WORK, NOW KILL SOMETHING WITH IT !

Offline Timo

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2010, 08:42:11 am »
Cool looking lil point!

Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2010, 09:27:14 pm »
That is a real beauty.  That is some carefull knapping.
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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2010, 10:08:28 pm »
 For a big, ol' ugly guy, you sure make some dainty, pretty,  points.
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Re: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2010, 02:00:13 am »
Hahaha...I know mullet.  I was thinking the same thing!!   ;D ;D
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