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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: hunterbob on October 17, 2012, 10:34:20 pm

Title: one of my best so far
Post by: hunterbob on October 17, 2012, 10:34:20 pm

  I finally got one thinned out pretty well.what do you think?

Title: Re: one of my best so far
Post by: Sambone on October 17, 2012, 10:45:34 pm

Looks good. I have problems getting mine thin.

Title: Re: one of my best so far
Post by: Josh B on October 17, 2012, 11:36:18 pm

Not bad.  Thinning em still gives me fits at times.  Josh

Title: Re: one of my best so far
Post by: ionicmuffin on October 18, 2012, 02:46:43 am

Looks better than mine thinning wise, i just follow the thickness of the current flake most of the time, eventually i will run out of nice flakes like that and will have to thin them out. keep it up!

Title: Re: one of my best so far
Post by: Stringman on October 19, 2012, 11:15:28 am

With thinning the 2 biggest tips I can give is start early and raise your platforms. If you begin thinning while using percussion you can save yourself a lot of work when you transition to ishi and then handheld pressure flakers.

With pressure flaking, if you will setup your running platforms to look like a single beveled edge you will be able to push flakes off much easier than if the edge is in the middle.

Other than that, it's all about pressure and direction. Make sure your platforms are robust enough to take the pressure and make sure your angle will allow the flake to travel thru the stone and out without hinging.

Towers post at the top is an excellent tutorial for thinning.

Scott