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Offline Tower

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thought I'd take a shortcut.
« on: April 03, 2012, 03:38:24 pm »
Well , its my fault. I found some time to do a little knappin & I was careless. I found this nodule of chert the other day so I thought I'd play with it. Its not the best or even close. I was thinning it out when it snapped on me. I knew I wasn't holding it right. Instead of making a shorter point I figured I'd glue it back & put it on the shelf with others like it. Don't take shortcuts, you might regret.
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Offline cowboy

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Re: thought I'd take a shortcut.
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2012, 05:52:41 pm »
Hey! I did that yesterday, ha. Nice tab of Gtown and had her thin (for me anyway). Not quite that big of course but i need to slow down sometimes :-\.
« Last Edit: April 04, 2012, 11:32:51 am by cowboy »
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: thought I'd take a shortcut.
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2012, 05:56:47 pm »
I did that to a point last year.  I know I can still haft it and make use of it for hunting, might be a 1 shot deal though.
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Offline Bone pile

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Re: thought I'd take a shortcut.
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2012, 10:52:17 pm »
Finish it ,the glue will hold it together hopefully
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Offline Jimbob

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Re: thought I'd take a shortcut.
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2012, 02:35:01 am »
Nice piece to put on a shelf!!  Shoot, Id be happy if I had gotten that far with it.
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Offline jamie

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Re: thought I'd take a shortcut.
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2012, 08:38:45 am »
still plenty long enough even with the break.
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Offline bowtarist

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Re: thought I'd take a shortcut.
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2012, 11:06:13 am »
Dang Don...didjya clean out your truck?  :o ::) ::) ;D dpgratz
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: thought I'd take a shortcut.
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2012, 11:12:19 am »
Hey Don, for us newbies, could you demonstrate how you were holding it when it broke and explain what happened?  I've broken a few in the last little bit and I'm clueless what I did wrong.  I've never had a blade as long as you're holding in my hand though.

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Offline seider

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Re: thought I'd take a shortcut.
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2012, 12:24:01 am »
That looks like a break the other tower might have done.  Sorry about the break i almost dont even think about it anymore when i break one.  just another rock...
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