Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jamie on January 04, 2010, 08:35:17 am
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all different materials but mostly concrete from texas. the jasper piece i like cause it pretty much came from a 1" cube that somebody gave me. the white quartz piece is from a 5 inch blade that had a stack grow in it as i was finishing up. im sure you know the rest of that story. the clear quartz pice is crystal quartz and is the primo material of this area. its kinda rare to find big enough for a point.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/P1040043.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/P1040044.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/P1040045.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/P1040046.jpg)
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Damn fine work jamie :)
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Looks like some fine leg beating, Jamie.
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thank you , got the bruises to prove it ed ;D
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VERY nice stuff Jamie, very nice ;)
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Very nice, I like those quartz pieces. The Tx probably seems pretty soft compared to that stuff. ;)
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Nice work jamie,I like um all. :)
Pappy
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rick im actually getting pretty used to the quartz. some of the texas stuf is brutal. biggest problem is getting a quartz blade to stay in one piece beacuse of all the fractures. im still trying though.
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awesome points :o\
really like the last 8
never tried quartz,but have seen some in the smithsonian
those would fit right in there
you must be half neanderthal to wanna hit that stuff
i aint got the kahonas to try it yet
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Nice, but that isn't work, its playing. ;D
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tim thats the easier stuff. i have some that requires hospitalisation after working it. ;D
next post ill say playing not working ;D
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I like em I like the one next to the quarter in the last pic the best ,I love that type material too, I seem to get more mileage out of that rock than alot of other stuff ,the flakes off of a big chunk of that are my favorites to work into arrow points, after trying to get something big out of the large piece.
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That's some mighty fine looking concrete you've got there Jamie 8)!
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thanks gents. paul can spear sized material be treated? my biggest problem i find with this stuff is i can percuss a blade but when i pressure flake i tend to start buliding "stacks" up. thats when a knife turns into a point. with percussion i can get 6" blades that are 2" wide and a 1/4" thick. i just screw everything up when the antler touches it. i even started using some copper and im doing the same thing.
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Yessir! I generally spall out all the perd cobbles that I work and cook any spalls and the big core bi-face that I want to continue with. You'll want to place the bigger/thicker pieces farther out in your fire ring so as not to heat em too fast and bust em. The slicker stuff to the outside too. I've cooked some of the big thick grainy stuff in the center of the ring and it came out just fine. Takes a little experimenting..
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Wow, excellent work Jamie, specially with that quartz! I shot a quartz point at a deer this fall, but shot right over her back and smashed the quartz point into powder. I was hoping to be the first person to kill a deer with a quartz point in 500 years. Well, I didn't do it. Maybe I can do it after 501 years.....hahaha...
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thanks paul. im gonna try the roaster oven technique and see what happens.
thanks billy. too bad on the deer. if i get one first i'll keep it a secret. ;D
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Toaster oven aughta work for the thin spalls but not for the core's. Cookin em in the ground isn't that hard but has to be dry ground. Looking forward to seeing your next set of points :).