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Offline jamie

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Re: journey to cumberland (new pics)
« Reply #75 on: January 09, 2011, 03:12:56 pm »
i can see that in the second pic jesse.  should of looked better. =)

you can flute from both ends i have a couple pieces that i fluted from both ends. usually its just for thinning though.

heres probably my best looking barnes style yet. still not reaching the tip and the symetry aint great. the side with the thicker flute surprised me cause i really didnt think it would travel that far cause the ridge was really flat. all hammerstone and then built the ridge up with various antler pressure flakers.





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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #76 on: January 09, 2011, 03:26:12 pm »
There U go!   Cool!!!

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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #77 on: January 09, 2011, 08:22:18 pm »
You could flut from the tip to the base, but Its wold be a risk because if you did not run the flute off the base you would ruin the point.

Jamie thats amazing for all abo!
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #78 on: January 10, 2011, 07:09:21 am »
thanks guys. im gonna nail this.
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #79 on: January 10, 2011, 11:10:42 am »
That's a great looking point, Jamie. Way better than I could ever do,
but I know for you it means You're Almost There!
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #80 on: January 13, 2011, 07:54:35 am »
thanks joe. just plowed for 24 hrs during the blizzard. all rested up and have most of the day free so i'll be chipping away all day
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #81 on: January 24, 2011, 11:09:28 am »
snow finally let up and ive been bifacing again. still trying to get the ridge right. have a couple of 4" pieces that are ready to flute so im gonna give it a whirl again this week.
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #82 on: January 24, 2011, 12:24:08 pm »
I have the base of a real cumberland. Josh Wolf gave it to me to show and tell for a while then i have to give it back to him.
 Whats cool is there only setting up and fluting one face at a time and i don't think there setting up a nipple. The base of the one i have broke when fluting but looks like all they did was raise the edge on the base to set up a plate form and used some sorta pressure jig to pop the flute.
 I'll try to post some photos of it this week sometime.
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #83 on: January 24, 2011, 07:54:51 pm »
looking forward to seeing that.
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #84 on: January 28, 2011, 03:40:02 pm »
Here is the unfinished cumberland base.
 I think it broke when fluting and then broke again. The rock is KY Blue, the same KY blue i knap. this is how it looks with 10,000 year patina :)
notice how the un-fluted side dose not have a ridge yet.
 Remember what i was telling you about that Jamie :)
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #85 on: January 28, 2011, 08:33:19 pm »
very cool. odd break for a fluting break.
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #86 on: January 28, 2011, 08:48:07 pm »
Thats not a fluting brake.
 I think it broke while fluting because at the stage its at it knapped up to the removal of the 1st flut and then the knapper stopped.
 How ever the brake we are seeing here is not from fluting. i think it broke again sometime over the last 10,000 years or maybe the knapper had anger issues  :D
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #87 on: January 28, 2011, 08:56:23 pm »
was thinking anger break too =>
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #88 on: February 01, 2011, 09:34:01 am »
I read "nipple preparation" in a clean way, can someone explain how you prepare a nipple to strike or can you show a picture of what this looks like before you hit the prepared site. Any help would be great thanks.
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Re: journey to cumberland
« Reply #89 on: February 01, 2011, 07:42:31 pm »
i'll try and post some pics pics later bud. gotta get some sleep. sooooooooooooo muuuuuuch snooooooooooowwwwwww
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