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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jamie on July 24, 2009, 06:21:28 am

Title: stuff
Post by: jamie on July 24, 2009, 06:21:28 am

so in between starving myself to death , working, building a longhouse and a dugout i found some time to knap

raw coral from eddie
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/001-3.jpg)

hornstone from jessie
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/003-3.jpg)

georgetown from paul
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/005-2.jpg)

obsidian from rick the pollock  ;D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/007-2.jpg)

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: ricktrojanowski on July 24, 2009, 06:35:23 am

Fine looking points.  With only eating weeds and crickets I figured all you would be able to break is that obsidian.  ;D

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: Pappy on July 24, 2009, 06:43:21 am

Nice points,you ar staying busy. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: DanaM on July 24, 2009, 07:43:06 am

Nice work jamie and is it politically correct to say Polack ;) ::) :P ;D

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: jamie on July 24, 2009, 07:52:38 am

as long as its about rick. =)

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: GregB on July 24, 2009, 07:55:21 am

Good lookin' points! Nice to have friends... ;)

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: Timo on July 24, 2009, 10:25:58 pm

Good stuff Jamie! You know most people think that stone points/blades were used primarily to killing and butchering,when actually they were used alot for cutting.harvesting plants.

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: mullet on July 24, 2009, 10:38:47 pm

  I like ém, Jamie. I bet that raw coral was torture.

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: Jaeger on July 25, 2009, 09:09:57 am

nice points ,I really need to buy some georgetown ,I have heard good things about it .

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: cowboy on July 25, 2009, 09:44:47 am

That's some fancy stuff Jamie! Bet it was torture - even after working on this raw TX, I'm afraid to tackle raw coral :-X.

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: jamie on July 25, 2009, 10:48:50 am

thanks guys. i cant get the big blades from coral cause i get stacks in the center. but i dont find it that rough to get points. just gotta hit it like your trying to take a piece of your knee off.  :) toughest thing is transitioning to the glass stuff like obsidian and not blowing out the opposite side or driving a piece into my palm.

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: xin on July 25, 2009, 11:06:43 am

I've never knapped anything as good as Georgetown and it is also pleasing to the eye.  Just remember to use isolated platforms and long flakes are no problem.

Title: Re: stuff
Post by: recurve shooter on July 30, 2009, 02:26:59 am

man that obsidian is stunning.

great work.