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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: iowabow on July 09, 2011, 02:15:28 am

Title: from tough cracked rock burlington
Post by: iowabow on July 09, 2011, 02:15:28 am

Beadman came over today and did a little trading and I showed him how to make a point from a really hard stone.  This was a battle till the very end.  2.5 hours of eliminating thickness and 3 cracks.
(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb423/Iowabow1/2011-07-08223227.jpg)

Title: Re: from tough cracked rock burlington
Post by: cowboy on July 09, 2011, 11:09:02 am

That turned out nice John! Some of them rocks just want to fight back don't they :).

Title: Re: from tough cracked rock burlington
Post by: iowabow on July 09, 2011, 12:57:04 pm

This one would have been a good one to have photographed as it was being made. Before the final two passes on both sides I had two island stacks with only one shot from the tip. I fluted both and took the remains with well planed thinning pressure flaking.  It was a long fight and I can still feel the effect in my hand this morning.

Title: Re: from tough cracked rock burlington
Post by: Lombard on July 09, 2011, 02:36:46 pm

Nice work on some tough looking stone.