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Offline jamie

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some blades
« on: August 10, 2010, 08:54:01 pm »
mahogny, texas and ghost, the biface is from a chunk of normanskill i got from rick. has a wicked fracture running through it so i stopped where i was and its gonna be a knife just the way it is. all hammerstone and antler tine on the biface





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Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: some blades
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2010, 11:18:10 pm »
Nice blades Jaie and Im sorry to see the Normanskill suffer like that!!!  Nice work brother!!!


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Offline nugget

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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2010, 12:08:15 am »
Beautiful work. That normanskill almost looks like NC rhyolite in color. Hopes it knapped a lot better.
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Offline Hillbilly

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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2010, 08:52:07 am »
Nice chippin', Jamie.
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Offline FlintWalker

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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2010, 10:16:25 am »
Nice group of knives ya got there Jamie.  I like the beaver jaw the most.
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Offline n2everythg

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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2010, 10:58:06 am »
nice bit of knapping. Looks great.
Love that beaver jaw as well. would like to get hold of one some day and do the same.

knapping looks great tho. especially on that tough stuff.

bet that blister hurt as well. that from knapping.. if so you been at it boss.
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Offline cowboy

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Re: some blades
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2010, 11:56:52 am »
That's some cool knives there Jamie! You've been hard at it!
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: some blades
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2010, 09:42:42 pm »
Nice work Jamie, glad to see some Normanskill turn into something other than the rubble I create. ;)
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Re: some blades
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2010, 07:43:38 am »
Very nice,I like them all.  :)
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Offline jamie

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Re: some blades
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2010, 01:34:28 pm »
thanks guys, and the blisters from work  ;D
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Offline TRACY

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Re: some blades
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2010, 10:50:52 am »
Very nice work Jamie! Cool blades and handles!

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Offline sailordad

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« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2010, 08:09:59 pm »
damn them are wicked looking knives  :o
awesom work,again  ;D
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