Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: n2everythg on May 12, 2010, 11:06:36 pm
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Man no idea why or how this one broke the way it did.
Got the first flute down really nice. then when I went to flute the second look what happened.
Cracked down the middle. Wierd huh?
Anyone ever had one break this way on them? Any ideas why? Only thing I can figure is some wierd internal flaw with the rock. I didnt hit the ears at all.
Well I guess it will make a good hunting point later :)
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/n2everythg/Rocks/clovis007.jpg)
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/n2everythg/Rocks/clovis003.jpg)
Oh and here is another one I made up and sent down to billy just for kicks:. It came from a small blocky chip of coral I picked out of eddie's bucket. Thanks Eddie.
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/n2everythg/Rocks/point009.jpg)
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That bigger piece looks like a knife waiting for a handle.
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That little one is nice, Wade. You should have got more of that Coral. I really didn't have room to take all of that bucket home.
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i thought i had broken a clovis in every possible way but i have never done that!
was good to meet ya at the knap in
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Never done that to one. I've dived the flute through a lot of them for a rollout fracture, and snapped several from bad support like that rhyolite one you posted, but never had that happen. ???
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I have broken a couple like that. I flute in a Sawberger jig and i believe its from to stout of a fluting platform. I have only had it happen with Obsidian.
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that is what is called a truncated break,,linear and lateral