Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Tower on October 18, 2011, 12:37:45 am
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Started working on a Cahokia point today,but it broke in half on me. Didn't seem proportionately after it was reshaped sooo. Here's another corner notched point. Pics aren't very good & the symmetry is a little off. Its a side pic , an edge pic & looking down the tip pic. I tried to give it a little twist w/ the tangs. I didn't like the out come so I won't do that again . Hope everyone enjoys.
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Wow, that is thin!!!! Smooth too! Love it.
George
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I think that looks pretty cool. Love the corners on it.
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Very cool 8)
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Wow those are some long notches!! :o I like the way the ears are long like that. I bet that would look cool hafted.
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Looks great as always Tower. Man that perd is some tough stuff raw too. I just cooked a batch yesterday was done when that front blew in. hope i got enough tin over it before the rain..
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that is a nice point looks alot better than anything i have made. Mine are a lot fatter than that i just have not figure out how to thin em out. just need more practice time i guess.
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Practice,practice,practice. If something isn't working out like you want, try another way ! Everyone does it a little differant, but its the results that count.
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mine usually end up alot smaller than i wanted also from trying to thin but like you said practice is all it takes. I had some treated flint ridge material but i did not have much at all most of the bifaces i made that were about thin enough i broke. I need to see how some people support them i am doing something wrong in that area.
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When I thin w/ percussion I find support & platforms are the key to success. Make sure your platfrom is below center & it is not too strong . Sometimes small pressure flakes from the backside can help w/ that.
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I forgot this pic.
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I have not even been trying to make a point i have just been working on getting forms thined out. and notching some of the thin flakes just to practice. I am not gonna put another point on here until i have one that is thin enough for me.
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Well now it helps to post-em so others can help you in problem areas. A little advice helps out.
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Tower nice lil point there...looks sharp! I love all rock raw!
AA
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Man, you have some amazing notches, and from tough material.
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This stuff was exceptional! Knapped like butter! The translucient Pedernales seems to be like that. At lest in this area. Maybe I'm just lucky.
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You have a good point. I need to go on a rock run one day. Should have went to bend while the river was dry. There is one county road off of 45 to your brothers house that has flint all over the place.
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Man my family originated in Texas why and the heck they came north is beyond me! I wish we had the abundance of flint that u all have down there...we do but most of its in the ground.... :'(
Russ
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So what is it we're looking at outside your window there Tower? A flint Quarry? ;D.
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Cowboy, in a manner of speaking yes! Its a limestone quarry w/ lots of flint. Pretty good stuff. Sometimes it needs a little heat.