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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: piper on October 20, 2011, 10:26:41 pm

Title: Pinhead Clay
Post by: piper on October 20, 2011, 10:26:41 pm

playing around in the slab pile today....

this is how I make a point from a square edge slab...(The Earl Bird way)...first a nice slab and then I cut the perform with a glass cutter
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3866.jpg)


(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3865.jpg)

then I work it from the square edge one side at a time

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3869.jpg)

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3871.jpg)

then go to the grinder to remove all the deltas from this past

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3877.jpg)

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3879.jpg)

then past two

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3883.jpg)

remove more deltas

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3886.jpg)

now she is getting thin

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3889.jpg)

work the edge and notch

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3890.jpg)

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3891.jpg)

wax and wallah you have a clay for the keeper case

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3896.jpg)

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3899.jpg)

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/piper28139/100_3900.jpg)

I hope you like the deep south clay point...........thanks for looking............................Curt

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: Blacktail on October 20, 2011, 11:16:54 pm

wow,that is some nice rock...and you really did a great job...john

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: RickB on October 20, 2011, 11:58:18 pm

Curt, you did a fine job on that point. Rick B

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: mullet on October 21, 2011, 01:15:25 am

 Sweet, Curt, I just learned something new. Thanks! And I have some of that same Pinhead. ;)

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: jamie on October 21, 2011, 06:48:04 am

beautiful

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: Pappy on October 21, 2011, 08:42:56 am

Beautiful work,very nice. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: Tower on October 21, 2011, 09:02:09 am

Nice step by step! I never thought about grinding the deltas. 

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: Bone pile on October 21, 2011, 09:11:40 am

you da man Curt,nice un'
Roger

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: nugget on October 21, 2011, 08:04:20 pm

Is your 2nd pass over top of the first pass after the frind ?. On the same side?

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: piper on October 22, 2011, 11:15:31 am

 Good morning ALL ......thanks for all the nice words......I love good coral
Mullet if you have any extra coral like this I will take a flat rate box FULL..............
Nugget after each pass I will first grind off all deltas then make the next pass over the last pass sometime using the ridges from the last pass to get longer flaks IF  a longer flak is needed...hope this helps...................Thanks Curt

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: theothertower on October 22, 2011, 12:10:50 pm

Nice point!   :o

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: bubby on October 24, 2011, 07:10:23 pm

nice do- a- long, there's a guy around here that uses the wet sanderwhen the point is almost finished, then hit's the edges with the sander, then makes the final sharpining chipping, man the edges come out beautiful, Bub

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: bareshaft12 on October 24, 2011, 09:22:22 pm

 :o That is a sweet heart point man,killer thin awesome!!!

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: bowtarist on October 25, 2011, 01:40:38 pm

Dang that's a HUGH point.  Nice work.  I'd like to see the tool pics added.  I've never heard of this type of knapping before.  I just barrowed a tile saw and cut some geodes w/ it that I thought if I could cut it into a slab I could maybe knap it.  Anybody ever try that?  Sweet point Piper, dpgratz

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: jcinpc on October 26, 2011, 12:53:30 am

Awesome point Curt, if you or Eddie has any of that quality of Pinhead SIT ON IT, the source is gone gone gone. I have refused sales for months now. I am sitting on what I have left until I can find another source. Quality top shelf pinhead is rare as it is, now its endangered,lol
put that point in your roaster to bring some pink back and it wont blow up

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: mullet on October 26, 2011, 12:56:45 am

HA Ha, Curt, what I have is the little bit I got from Jeff. And like Jeff said it will take some high heat.

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: piper on October 26, 2011, 01:23:50 am

I think I cooked that Head a around 600deg. and you can't blame a man for asking for more nice coral........it was worth a try....
dpgratz  there is a saw on PP almost like mine for 950.00 .....jack is a good man and has a nice saw....
Jeff ....... if I ever get back down to Plant City I have some people to drop in on.........
and thanks for the complements
  Curt

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: jcinpc on October 26, 2011, 11:08:31 pm

you make it down here and come see me , you wont leave empty handed
I got an offer to be the first to buy a 16 inch saw for $400, dont need another right yet but might buy it to hold onto

Title: Re: Pinhead Clay
Post by: AncientArcher76 on October 27, 2011, 12:03:09 am

Nice Flaking!!!


Russ