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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: maddog314 on July 31, 2012, 04:02:48 pm

Title: my favorite point yet!
Post by: maddog314 on July 31, 2012, 04:02:48 pm
I have not had much time or material to knapp this summer, yet I found a rock that I thought had a lot of fractures in it and was able to make this large point. I am going to haft it and give it to one of my friends who lost two sisters these last few months. He has asked for a spear ever since we met. I think this is mozarkite???( ID needed) it had alot of white chalky cortex, slowly changing into this purple blue center. It was rather hard to knap raw and it shelved and stacked a lot, but I was able to knock this out! not perfect but everything came together at the end.
Micah   
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Post by: Tower on July 31, 2012, 04:07:23 pm
I don't know what the material is but it has a lot of color! Sweet point. I think he's going to love it.
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Post by: soy on July 31, 2012, 04:17:15 pm
Sweet color, and a nice point to boot ;)
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Post by: Will H on July 31, 2012, 05:51:19 pm
Looks like a snyders to me! Well done ;)
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Post by: bowtarist on July 31, 2012, 08:08:26 pm
That's a real Beaut Maddog.  Post the spear too please.  ;) dp
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Post by: bryan irwin on July 31, 2012, 08:43:23 pm
nice one .
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Post by: Jimbob on July 31, 2012, 08:47:21 pm
Looks good to me!
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Post by: gstoneberg on July 31, 2012, 08:56:13 pm
Very nice!!
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Post by: maddog314 on July 31, 2012, 11:27:41 pm
more from the same rock!! This stuff is tuff stuf! :o
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Post by: skyarrow on August 01, 2012, 10:27:48 am
I like the colors :)
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Post by: Stringman on August 01, 2012, 04:26:15 pm
more from the same rock!! This stuff is tuff stuf! :o

You handled it well!! I had a guy drop off a bunch of that stuff for me to play with, but it was all fractured throughout. Had to throw away about 4 buckets of the stuff. Wish mine woulda been as nice as what you got there. Nice points!

Scott
Title: Re: my favorite point yet!
Post by: maddog314 on August 01, 2012, 05:08:43 pm
Yeah I actually picked up some today but it was really bad I did get a peice of stuff that is very chalky and was able to get a nice size point out of it..
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Post by: mullet on August 02, 2012, 09:16:43 am
Nice looking points, ought to make some good looking spears. Would heat treating help the rock any?
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Post by: chertle on August 02, 2012, 10:33:26 am
Wow....your points are really beautiful ;) I am sure your friend will love them  :)
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Post by: maddog314 on August 02, 2012, 11:12:19 am
Thnk you. Mullet I am wondering the same thing. my last go with heat treating was not cool. I lost all the rock :'( :'(
Title: Re: my favorite point yet!
Post by: maddog314 on August 02, 2012, 03:00:00 pm
one more I did from the same rock!