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Offline Tower

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I-10 chert.
« on: July 18, 2011, 11:19:01 am »
A good friend of mine has been trying his hand at knapping. He works for a private lab testing materials on road construction sites. Sometimes his job gives him a perfect opprotunity to gather knapping materials. The last time he gave me some chert that he pulled from a high wall on I-10 in west TX. It was pretty fractured from the shot but  still able to get some arrow points from them. One piece was sound enough to make a larger point. It was a little tough raw so I put a little heat & this was what become of it.
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Offline jamie

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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2011, 11:39:00 am »
all that needs is an antler handle and its perfect  ;)
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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2011, 12:56:25 pm »
WOW, nice point!! 
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Offline Will H

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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2011, 09:40:16 pm »
Very nice!  8)
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2011, 01:55:33 am »
Ain't nothin' wrong with that stuff...or what you knocked out of it!
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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2011, 02:15:58 am »
Beautiful work Tower  '  Frank
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Offline Timo

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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2011, 09:10:11 am »
Nice looking blade there! Looks like Burlington?
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Offline Tower

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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2011, 09:52:23 am »
Timo, its almost the same chert Kinley sells. His rock is better than this stuff. It comes from I-10 & Hwy 20 around ElPaso.
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2011, 11:34:34 am »
every time I see those great points that come from Texas rock, I just want to cry.. :'(

Great looking point!
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Offline cowboy

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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2011, 04:25:13 pm »
Symetry is perfect as usual Tower. I spent a lot of time walking the deserts around El Paso and didn't find anything knappable. Did find a lot of pottery shards and a  few small points though.
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Offline jonathan creason

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Re: I-10 chert.
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2011, 04:40:39 pm »
Man I wish I-10 ran through NC.  Of course, even if it did I wouldn't be able to do anything like that.  Great job once again, Tower.
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