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Offline gstoneberg

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Busted a nice one
« on: September 19, 2012, 12:36:37 am »
I had a decent point ready to be notched and sharpened.  One side had a tiny bump that stalled the notch early.  Tried to punch through it...



Crud.  Once I'm done grieving I'll rework it into something else... :'( ;)

George
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Offline jamie

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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2012, 02:20:20 am »
Looks good. Finish it off as a newnan
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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2012, 07:46:15 am »
That is a nice one George. Lately my B plan of smaller than intended size point has been the only plan working for me ;) Looks like you can make a nice save and get a keeper.


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Offline StevenT

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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2012, 11:48:11 am »
It's not busted, it's still "in progress". I'm sure the finished point will be killer.
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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2012, 01:10:54 pm »
George I feel your pain! Just did the same thing on a nice side notch the other day. In my case, it was the last stroke and the notches were already deep enough. So I just super glued it up and gonna put it on one of my arrows. I'm pretty sure the deer won't be focused on it.  :o

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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2012, 01:23:40 pm »
Yea, my notches just aren't deep enough to glue, but that's a good approach.  I brought the point in to work today. Looking at it closer I can see the platform was way too high. I should have punched a flake the other direction before trying to power through that bump. Doh..

Thanks guys.

George
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Offline Tower

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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2012, 01:34:01 pm »
You can fix it. It'll probably be hafted & ready to go by the end of the week.
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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2012, 03:03:47 pm »
Not "busted"... "re-worked".   ;D
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2012, 01:42:41 am »
OK, reworked it is.  Sort-of newnan-ish... ::)



Interestingly, a friend brought over a 5gal bucket of flint he'd picked up at his hog lease.  There was one nice chunk of georgetown in it and I knocked out a big triangle for him.  It was tough stone and I struggled thinning it.  Finally got a big triangle point about the same size as I started with here, though thicker.  Got one good notch but the other stalled right away.  I didn't mess up quite the same way, but before I got a good notch on the other side I knocked off a corner on it too. >:(  So, I did a newnan on that one too.  It was a better looking point, but this one is light enough to hunt with.

Thanks for all the encouragement guys.

George

PS. I didn't get it hafted yet Don...but I will. ;D
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Offline Tower

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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2012, 03:14:58 am »
A Newnan, or Gary point. Sweet point, nice save!  Tower
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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2012, 07:43:49 am »
Plan B looks pretty good to me!

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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2012, 11:36:36 pm »
looks good!  was it nearly done the first time you were notching it, or do you notch it before you're totally done sharpening it?  wondering, dp
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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2012, 12:26:55 am »
nice save..... :D
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Busted a nice one
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2012, 03:09:23 am »
Quote from: bowtarist on September 20, 2012, 11:36:36 pm
looks good!  was it nearly done the first time you were notching it, or do you notch it before you're totally done sharpening it?  wondering, dp

It was nearly done.  I had cleaned up the edge with the pressure flaker instead of the steel notcher and I think I like it better.  It's a more serrated edge.  I think I'll leave it that way.

George
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