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Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive
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Tallahatta Quartzite Pickwick
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October 29, 2013, 11:42:22 pm »
I got a single piece of tallahatta from a friend with the challenge to make a point. I decided to go the reproduction route and looked through my artifact book and found a style I dont have in my collection yet that was made from this particular stone. It's replicated from a Pickwick atlatl point from the Gulf Coast. Worked with all antler tools of course
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JackCrafty
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Sorry Officer, I was just gathering "materials".
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October 30, 2013, 12:05:34 am »
Dang good point from some dang hard material!
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October 30, 2013, 12:43:26 am »
Nice Job!!
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Paul Wolfe. Springtown, TX
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October 30, 2013, 06:52:35 am »
That's a beauty Ryan! Wish Id'a got more of that stuff when I had the chance.
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Bone pile
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October 30, 2013, 08:38:57 am »
you did a great job on that one
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Parnell
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October 30, 2013, 11:49:59 am »
That's impressive. Very nice looking.
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Dalton Knapper
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Re: Tallahatta Quartzite Pickwick
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October 30, 2013, 11:57:02 am »
Great work with orthoquartzite! Any idea where that rock was found? It looks like mean material and you whipped it good!
Wait... I just answered my own question:
http://www.geoarchaeology.southalabama.edu/tal-sand_home.html
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Majuba Tom
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October 30, 2013, 02:18:44 pm »
Looks like tough stuff to work. Nice job!
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October 30, 2013, 03:36:54 pm »
That's one big atlatl point
Nice work!! dp
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Eddie Parker
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October 30, 2013, 05:09:26 pm »
Nice, Ryan. That stuff gets sharp.
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YosemiteBen
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October 31, 2013, 01:25:08 am »
very pretty!
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Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive
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October 31, 2013, 10:01:52 am »
thanks guys. yeah it seems to get a decent edge Eddie. It seems like a different type of sharp than chert/coral sharp... kinda like someone pulverized glass and glued it all together. I wouldn't want to catch it
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Eddie Parker
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October 31, 2013, 05:01:56 pm »
Ryan, yea, it's kinda strange. I was impressed with the sharpness, and like you said, like pulverised glass, glued to an edge.
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David Atnip
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October 31, 2013, 06:28:07 pm »
Nice point
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