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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Bear Claw on May 27, 2012, 12:56:10 pm

Title: Knife blade for a friend
Post by: Bear Claw on May 27, 2012, 12:56:10 pm

Finished this one up last night. It is knapped from basalt ( black butter ). I love working with this stuff. Blade is for a friend that wanted a new knife.

http://i.imgur.com/Kew7l.jpg

Thanks for lookin.

Title: Re: Knife blade for a friend
Post by: cowboy on May 27, 2012, 01:07:08 pm

Looks good Aaron! Should make a dandy knife..

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Post by: Tower on May 27, 2012, 08:39:18 pm

Sweet indeed! That's a beauty. Tower

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Post by: TRACY on May 27, 2012, 11:33:51 pm

Good looking blade. I didn't know basalt could be so glassy like that, very cool.

Tracy

Title: Re: Knife blade for a friend
Post by: Bear Claw on May 28, 2012, 12:35:44 am

Thank you cowboy, tower and Tracy. This basalt they call black butter and it is very smooth, works somewhere between obsidian and stone. I really like the way it works. It tends to like a pretty beefy platform, kinda reminds me of novaculite in that respect. I really like the way flake scars show up on it, it just seems to look old the instant it's made, if that makes sense. Lol

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Post by: jamie on May 28, 2012, 05:55:20 am

very nice

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Post by: Sparrow on May 28, 2012, 01:15:24 pm

Nice !   Where does the "Black butter" come from ?  '  Frank

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Post by: bowtarist on May 28, 2012, 01:53:46 pm

Good looking blade BC!  Well done! dp

Title: Re: Knife blade for a friend
Post by: Bear Claw on May 28, 2012, 02:58:20 pm

Frank, from what I understand it comes from Oregon. Not sure exactly where, got this from a friend. Thanks to all for the kind words.