« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2

Author Topic: Finally...  (Read 3900 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline gstoneberg

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,889
Finally...
« on: October 10, 2011, 11:56:14 pm »
Finally I notched a point without breaking off the corners.  Thank goodness.





It helps a lot to have the point thinner.  I wish I'd taken a picture of this spall, it was over an inch thick.  So pleased I got a point.

George
Logged
St Paul, TX

Offline Tower

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,298
Re: Finally...
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2011, 12:01:12 am »
Well done! Very nice point.  Looks ready to haft & hunt!
Logged
He who sacrifices freedom for a security deserves neither one.  Benjamin Franklin!

Offline bubby

  • Member
  • Posts: 11,054
Re: Finally...
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2011, 02:44:16 am »
look's good George, my problem is with basel notches, half the time I break off the second  side, Bub
Logged
failure is an option, everyone fails, it's how you handle it that matters.
The few the proud the 27🏹

Offline jamie

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,387
  • born again pagan ,dirt worshipping heathen
Re: Finally...
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2011, 06:59:27 am »
excellent
Logged
"Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all."

waterbury, ct

Offline cowboy

  • Member
  • Posts: 7,035
  • Paul Wolfe. Springtown, TX
Re: Finally...
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2011, 10:35:53 am »
That looks good George! Congrats. Nice collection you got going there!
Logged
When you come upon a track or trail you do not know, follow it to the point of knowing.

Offline gstoneberg

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,889
Re: Finally...
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2011, 11:12:10 am »
Thanks guys.  This is the first point I've made in a long time without the glove on and also the first where I tried to support flakes with my finger during percussion.  I was shocked at how much better that worked, though I did bleed more than usual.  Think I'll try putting a piece of tape around the middle finger where the flakes like to stab it until I get a little better at it.  I'm still not worth a hoot at pressure flaking.

Paul, are you going to spend any time in Texas soon so I can come over and get a lesson??? 8) :)

George
Logged
St Paul, TX

blackhawk

  • Guest
Re: Finally...
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2011, 11:46:05 am »
It doesn't look like you need any lessons to me George. Id be happy as a clam if I could pull that off.  ;)
Logged

Offline criveraville

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,210
  • Psalm 127:4
Re: Finally...
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2011, 12:46:38 pm »
Congrats George... too bad you forgot all that rock :-[ :-[

Cipriano

PS...  get that CM going :laugh:
Logged
I was HECHO EN MEXICO, but assembled in Texas and I'm Texican as the day is long...  Psalm 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

Offline cowboy

  • Member
  • Posts: 7,035
  • Paul Wolfe. Springtown, TX
Re: Finally...
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2011, 01:32:31 pm »
The way things are looking George I may be spending a lot of time in TX where i actually call home. Would be more than happy to sit with ya when time allows. I'm thinking oil patch for awhile..
Logged
When you come upon a track or trail you do not know, follow it to the point of knowing.

Offline Gus

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,829
  • It's Time To Make Some Shavings!
Re: Finally...
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2011, 02:05:07 pm »
Yes Sir!!!

That's a Beauty!

:)

-gus
Logged
"I taught him archery everyday, and when he got good at it he throw an arrow at me."

Conroe, TX

Offline iowabow

  • member
  • Member
  • Posts: 4,722
Re: Finally...
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2011, 03:54:23 pm »
That is a nice point!!!!
Logged
(:::.) The ABO path is a new frontier to the past!

Offline gstoneberg

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,889
Re: Finally...
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2011, 06:52:17 pm »
Quote from: cowboy on October 11, 2011, 01:32:31 pm
The way things are looking George I may be spending a lot of time in TX where i actually call home. Would be more than happy to sit with ya when time allows. I'm thinking oil patch for awhile..

Cool (at least I hope it's cool), maybe we can get over to the lease, knap a little, then shoot various projectiles at pigs. ;D

Thanks guys, I have so much to learn.

George
Logged
St Paul, TX

Offline gstoneberg

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,889
Re: Finally...
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2011, 01:11:41 am »
Not starting another thread for 1 more point.  Seems like I have about an hour to knapp these days.  Notching didn't go as well, but I think it'll hunt.  I broke a rose shaft  and footed it with 6" of osage.  The shaft alone weighs 730 grains.  I'm gonna put one of the lighter points on the front of that bad boy to go with the heavy foreshaft.  Then I'm gonna run it through a pig.

George

Logged
St Paul, TX

Offline criveraville

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,210
  • Psalm 127:4
Re: Finally...
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2011, 02:21:31 am »
That one looks good Georgy.

Cipriano
Logged
I was HECHO EN MEXICO, but assembled in Texas and I'm Texican as the day is long...  Psalm 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

Offline bowtarist

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,503
  • Primitive Archer Subscription Number PM103651
Re: Finally...
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2011, 02:32:42 am »
How bout them broads on the left?  I'm a fan of single bevel.  You make them too?  Remind me of mine,  oops, them ain't knapped, wrong forum.  ;D ;D
Logged
(:::.)    Osage music played daily. :)
Pages: [1] 2
« previous next »