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Offline aaron

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square section adventures
« on: June 08, 2010, 12:40:57 pm »
some recent attempts: a square-section axe blank, stitching practice on a piece of g'dacite, and remember that little dagger that leaping bare said i could stitch?- i overshot my second ever stitchflake!and a photo of one by waldorf...

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2010, 12:46:27 pm »
for those unfarmiliar with this sort of knapping, it originates in sweden, denmark and germany. rather than bifaces, they would knap quadrifaces or trifaces. the axe blanks were ground smooth and used to chop down trees. later, this square cross section technique was applied to the handles of daggers.
the pieces above are my first attempts...
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Offline Stoker

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2010, 12:48:41 pm »
Cool axes
Thanks Leroy
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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2010, 01:12:21 pm »
That's cool! Something i've never attempted. Bet you'll be showing some daggers soon.
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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2010, 02:54:38 pm »
Your doing it!
 I have a few daggers that ended up like that :)
your square sections look good. Keep it up!
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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2010, 04:54:44 pm »
after turning some riley dacite into square gravel, i decided to try the real thing- swedish flint. small, but tolerably square, so i ground the bit. by the way originals of these were anywhere from 4-16 inches with most around 6-8.

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Offline leapingbare

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2010, 07:07:04 pm »
heck ya! thats killer!!
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Offline n2everythg

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2010, 07:08:20 pm »
cool. really interesting. Keep it up and post some more pics.
thanks
wade
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Offline aaron

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2010, 01:49:30 pm »
here are my latest attempts...
1.a triface  object ( 3-sided) made from an obsidian needle. not an attempt at replicating anything old, just practice.
2. a type II dagger, rainbow obsidian. these are supposed to be thickest at the end of the handle, but i keep overshooting the ridge on these handles.
3. then i had to make a clovis to make myself feel better. Made from what Riggs called "ca-ca" obsidian (grey-green silver sheen)

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Offline leapingbare

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2010, 02:51:14 pm »
Wish i still had all the weird stuff i ended up with after practicing. Keep it up!
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Offline jamie

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2010, 07:02:27 am »
thats pretty damn impressive
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Offline ozy clint

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2010, 10:41:16 am »
good work mate. you should be getting something in the post from me shortly. i sent it about 2 weeks ago.
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Offline aaron

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2010, 01:02:35 pm »
ok clint- let's see some pics of what you have made!
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Offline aaron

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2010, 01:45:24 am »
my latest project is a type 3A dagger. these daggers come in six types . each type is divided into subtypes a,b,c,d,...
the 3a has a thick handle (as thick as it is wide) , but no stitching.
it's counter intuitive to try to keep the handle thick . easy to accidentally thin it.
also it's hard to transition between the thick handle (1:1) and the thin blade (1:4 or better) without creating a concavity that stops flakes.
leapingbare: when i try to narrow the handle near the pommel, my flakes want to run up the edge, taking of part of the flat pommel- how do i keep them on the handle face and not wrapping over the pommel edge? do i need to really yaw them away from the pommel, or what?

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Offline ozy clint

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Re: square section adventures
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2010, 04:23:19 am »
it's just a water buffalo horn. you show us what you make from it. LOL
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