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Offline bubby

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one flake to much
« on: January 21, 2011, 05:44:47 pm »
this happened practicing deeper notches, broke the one ear off with the last little flake, Bub
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Offline leapingbare

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2011, 06:21:11 pm »
I did the same thing today ;)
 It happens, You point looks good though ;)
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Offline bubby

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2011, 06:25:22 pm »
thinkin' of calling it a single barb fish point ::)
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Offline jonathan creason

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2011, 06:42:51 pm »
I've got quite a few stemmed points because of that very thing. 
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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2011, 07:28:07 pm »
That's what I was going to say. Would make a nice stemmed type now :).
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Offline bubby

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2011, 07:40:33 pm »
might keep it this way for awhile to remind me to go slow
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Offline mullet

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2011, 10:32:40 pm »
I've done that a few times myself ::) ;). What is harder is turning it into a Stemmed point. I seem to break them while trying to get rid of the other wing.
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2011, 10:54:16 pm »
I say leave it. Looks cool that way. 8)
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Offline jamie

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2011, 04:52:06 am »
im with them. ive done it ,looks good,and leave it  ;D
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2011, 06:18:21 pm »
"One flake too many!"  How many times have I heard that just when I show up at a knapping event?

Sorry to see the perfection marred.  At least it wasn't some rare or hard to find variety of stone! 
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Offline Bill Skinner

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2011, 09:14:19 pm »
I have found a couple of real old ones that looked like that.  It made me feel somewhat better about my knapping.  Bill
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Offline stickbender

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2011, 08:46:59 pm »

    I've got a pile of them.  Trying to make a Rogue River point, and just about perfect, snap..... >:(
Sooo....It seems the rock wanted to be a fish arrow point.  :P Ok, that is what it is, an arrow with a harpoon style point. ;)  So I make a few of them now and then.  I can make the Rogue River point, but it either doesn't have but one barb, or the notching is short.  It's just my style...... ;D

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Offline aznboi3644

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Re: one flake to much
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2011, 11:31:28 pm »
I'd actually love to be able to trade for a set of points like that...different but still effective.
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