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Offline cowboy

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Paleo toothpic.
« on: November 10, 2008, 05:25:30 pm »
Was working on a blade from a big chunk of Edwards Plateau chert. The thing kept steppin and stackin on me so I wound up with this big toothpic ;D. Looking through my Overstreet arrow head book, it most closely resembles a Haskett which is late Paleo and found mostly in the NW. Oh, it's almost nine inches long - longest anything I've ever knapped and kept in one peice :).

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Offline david w.

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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2008, 06:30:52 pm »
Thats realy cool
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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2008, 06:41:36 pm »
thats cool man. someone told me once "if you can knapp a 8'' blade you can knapp a 14'' blade." so go bigger and suport it the same. Hard part is getting a larg enuff pice of rock.
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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2008, 06:45:06 pm »
wow :o

Now all you need is a few more and you can make a wind chime.  ;D >:D

(kidding, of course...awesome job)
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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2008, 06:46:30 pm »
 Very nice Paul. I was elk hunting several years back just outsdide of Bend and was waiting for a friend and his father to catch up to me. I took a few practice shots and poked around in the same spot for about ten minutes. When they got to me I turned and started down the skid trail and my friends father said  " well I'll be" as he reached down and picked up a thirteen inch hasket from where I had just been standing.  unbroken excellent shape Type 2 grade 10 hasket  My jaw dropped open. Tears welled up in his eyes as the 70+ yr old man said  "I've looked all my life and never found an arrowhead".   I informed him that it wasn't an arrowhead and that it was in the neighborhood of 12-15,000 years old and extreamly rare to find one of that quallity and size.
 Same shape as the one in the upper left conner.
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Offline Wolf Watcher

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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2008, 06:58:09 pm »
 :o  Great Job on the toothpick!  Have always said its amazing what you can find hidding in a rock!!  Have always marveled at the way some of the old time people could make identical points.  Except for Ishi hunting points from good materials, I have always just taken what the stone gave me!!  Wonder what they used a toothpick for? 
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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2008, 09:05:36 pm »
Only thing I can think of to use that for is stabing something!
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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2008, 09:06:21 pm »
Thanks all! I don't know what it would have been used for Joe, a blade of course but looks like it'd only be good for stabbing - maybe ritual/ceremonial?
 That's interesting Keenan! Wish I could find one like that. My book tells me a type II, G10, nine inche's long goes for $6,000+ :o.
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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2008, 09:07:27 pm »
We figured the same D, were typing same time. Also says the stem was ground for wrapping or hafting a grip/handle.
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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2008, 09:08:44 pm »
 Overstreets' book's are out of date on price's. It would probally be worth twice that at a show.
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Offline Blacktail

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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2008, 10:14:30 pm »
sorry to hear about the stacking...but,thats the way the chipping goes some time...but paul its good to see it didnt fold on you and you still got some thing from it..great job..john
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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2008, 11:43:01 pm »
Nice! I wonder what it would do hafted to a atle dart.. :o
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Offline TRACY

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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2008, 10:04:09 am »
That is really cool! Got me, I didn't realize that it was not part of the book illustrations until the 2nd photo.

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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2008, 10:06:09 am »
Beautiful point,Man I don't know how yall do it.Great job. :)
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Re: Paleo toothpic.
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2008, 09:47:35 pm »
Good job on that Texas toothpick,slim and trim
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