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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: FlintWalker on January 22, 2010, 12:15:06 am

Title: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: FlintWalker on January 22, 2010, 12:15:06 am
Whewww!  Whewww!  :-\   ;D
 Here's a little sample of some of that Jeff Utley Tallahatta quartzite.
I'm not sure whether I like it, or hate it.  It'll sure tell on you when you screw up.

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Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: stickbender on January 22, 2010, 12:17:53 am

     Sheeeeeshhh!!!!!!, You're Killing me Shannon! :o

                                                                                       Wayne
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: mullet on January 22, 2010, 12:21:26 am
 I told ya, huh? ;D
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: mullet on January 22, 2010, 12:22:19 am
 I want some. ;D
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: HoBow on January 22, 2010, 12:23:54 am
Nice!
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: FlintWalker on January 22, 2010, 12:29:52 am
You were right Eddie. It'll work just fine with copper. It might do better with hammerstones or antler, but I couldn't do any better with those.  I did notice it seemed to work better with a heavy bopper as compared to a lighter one.   You'll come across spots in the rock that I don't think it would matter what ya hit it with...it ain't moving!
  I done most of the finish work on the Pickwick with antler. The beaver lake started out going to be a dalton until I checked my book and found no dalton points in that region.
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: Jaeger on January 22, 2010, 12:33:08 am
man you are akin to Geronimo or something you are making awesome points.
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: sailordad on January 22, 2010, 12:39:22 am
 very nice chippin shannon
but what no pine tree?  ;D

im working on a trade for some of that
looks like something i could like beating on,im liking the hard materials as of late
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: jamie on January 22, 2010, 07:06:29 am
great work shannon. i love that tallahatta. play with that stuff awhile and ill send ya some of our ct quartz .  >:D
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: DanaM on January 22, 2010, 07:24:01 am
I knew you were gonna like that stuff :) jamie you want some Yooperite >:D
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: Pappy on January 22, 2010, 07:54:29 am
Very nice work Shanon,those are really nice. :)
   Pappy
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: GregB on January 22, 2010, 09:06:09 am
Beautiful work Shannon!
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Post by: Bone pile on January 22, 2010, 09:29:02 am
Great looking points ,I gotta get some of that stuff
Bone pile
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: cowboy on January 22, 2010, 09:53:59 am
Doesn't appear as if you had any problem with it Shannon. What steps? Those are nice! Those notches don't wanna run very deep though huh ::)?
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: FlintWalker on January 22, 2010, 10:36:17 am
They sure don't Paul.  Believe it or not though, that's as deep as I wanted them.  I made that one for Jeff to haft to an arrow.

 I doubt I could have went much farther anyway.
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: leapingbare on January 22, 2010, 11:13:08 am
Those are cool.
 Very nice comberland.
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: Hillbilly on January 22, 2010, 11:13:22 am
Nice work, Shannon. That Beaver Lake/Simpson looking one is awesome. I likes me some Tallahatta. It'll sure cut you up, too.
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: mullet on January 22, 2010, 06:28:04 pm
 I wish you would get some of that yellow stuff out of your creek.
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: Hillbilly on January 22, 2010, 08:28:57 pm
Eddie, I ain't wadin' in that river at least til the ice melts off the edges. :) I'll get us some before the classic.
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: Bill Skinner on January 22, 2010, 11:08:15 pm
That's good work on that Tallahatta.  Where did yo get the information about the Daltons?  Bill
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: FlintWalker on January 23, 2010, 12:28:18 am
Bill, I didn't see one in my Overstreet book.  After thinking about i'm sure they can be found in that region too.
Title: Re: Tallahatta Nights!!!
Post by: Bill Skinner on January 23, 2010, 08:59:56 pm
Overstreet only shows the pretty ones.  Just about every type of southeastern point was made from Tallahatta.  For a large part of Alabama and Mississippi, it is pretty much the only knappable stone.  Bill