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Offline n2everythg

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Anyone ever break a clovis this way?
« on: May 12, 2010, 11:06:36 pm »
Man no idea why or how this one broke the way it did.
Got the first flute down really nice. then when I went to flute the second look what happened.
Cracked down the middle. Wierd huh?
Anyone ever had one break this way on them? Any ideas why? Only thing I can figure is some wierd internal flaw with the rock. I didnt hit the ears at all.

Well I guess it will make a good hunting point later :)





Oh and here is another one I made up and sent down to billy just for kicks:. It came from a small blocky chip of coral I picked out of eddie's bucket. Thanks Eddie.


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Offline jthompson1995

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Re: Anyone ever break a clovis this way?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2010, 11:13:57 pm »
That bigger piece looks like a knife waiting for a handle.
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Offline mullet

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Re: Anyone ever break a clovis this way?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2010, 11:30:06 pm »
 That little one is nice, Wade. You should have got more of that Coral. I really didn't have room to take all of that bucket home.
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Offline aaron

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Re: Anyone ever break a clovis this way?
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2010, 11:48:05 pm »
i thought i had broken a clovis in every possible way but i have never done that!
was good to meet ya at the knap in
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Anyone ever break a clovis this way?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2010, 04:18:12 pm »
Never done that to one. I've dived the flute through a lot of them for a rollout fracture, and snapped several from bad support like that rhyolite one you posted, but never had that happen. ???
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Re: Anyone ever break a clovis this way?
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2010, 11:51:39 pm »
 I have broken a couple like that. I flute in a Sawberger jig and i believe its from to stout of a fluting platform. I have only had it happen with Obsidian.
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Offline james parker

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Re: Anyone ever break a clovis this way?
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2010, 12:53:30 am »
that is what is called a truncated break,,linear and lateral
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