Showing my step by step progress (pic heavy)

[DLH]

Just showing my step by step on a piece of rock my friend found its a nice piece of black ft payne from ky nice to me might not be a good piece to some of you guys

[DLH]

[Sparrow]

Looking good,why'd ya' stop ?...More pictures !...... I WANT TO SEE THE FINISHED PIECE ! !   '  Frank

[DLH]

Sorry had a phone call. Its not stunning trust me.

[DLH]

[DLH]

Well thats it one piece didn't turn out how I wanted it came in really thick. I still have the other piece though hoping I can get something nice out of it. Seems like if you don't "follow through" with your swing that it causes steps anyone confirm this? Think if I had a lot of this I could learn a lot quicker then what I am now. Any advice with percussion? How big of a piece should this rock have yielded? That one picture is an accidental flute thought I would share looked neat to me. Any advice is welcomed. Thanks for looking!!!

Oh and what do you guys resize you pictures to? I did 400x400 but these seem huge I thought thats what the forum suggested somewhere but I may have just dreamed that up?

[TRACY]

Good pics of reduction process. I'm not choosy when it comes to knappable rock!  Seems to me to be more of an angle of percussion/platform prep issue with the steps but just my opinion. Pic sizes are easier to compress for webpage option in Microsoft Good looking and functional point!


Tracy

[iowabow]

hey can you show us all of the tools you used. I think there is a difference in flake removal as you progress. I think you are doing amazing toward the end. For example that flake ran nice across the top. That must have made you happy. I think you are working the stone ok but i guess that the tool you are useing in the beginning is a bit light and not large enough. I hope this helps. You really are understanding how the rock works and have made a lot of progress.

[DLH]

Thanks John I am using a 1in bopper haven't had anything this big yet so no reason for bigger tools haha. Think I need a bigger boppper?

[iowabow]

I posted my reduction of an ABO blade that has kinda flat flakes. This was done with heavier tools. I will post a pic of my copper tools  in an hour. Hey Scott if you are reading this could you post a pic for him of you large bopper.

[iowabow]

Ok why use heavier bopper.
1, more wt more energy
2, swinging slower makes you more accurate
3, you dont get tired
4, wider flakes