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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: AncientArcher76 on February 26, 2013, 10:45:20 am

Title: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: AncientArcher76 on February 26, 2013, 10:45:20 am

Just pushing it a little and sure I could take it down a little more but will leave it at that for now...its a piece of texas stone and its so thin its translucent.  I kinda used a method curtis smith showed me up at letchworth..I think it works.

Russ

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: AncientArcher76 on February 26, 2013, 10:48:30 am

 :P

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: Jimbob on February 26, 2013, 10:55:12 am

Wow, great job!!

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: Will H on February 26, 2013, 01:02:23 pm

Nice, clean, thin :) good job! That tx stuff sure is good material for makin em thin :)

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: Dalton Knapper on February 26, 2013, 01:38:55 pm

Nice work. I'd like to know more about "Mr. Thin's" methodology, which you have obviously learned. That Texas stuff does lend its self particularly well to thinning IMHO.

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: Stringman on February 26, 2013, 02:08:48 pm

Love me some TX rock! That's a nice looking biface! Don't forget to show us where it ends up.

Scott

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: Hunts with stone on February 26, 2013, 02:50:27 pm

Now thats the easy part russ LOL! Ok I see a dove tail in there. Whats your next step? Buy the way the paddle bow is in two! So it's basketwever time.

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: AncientArcher76 on February 26, 2013, 02:58:51 pm

Unfortunatly I dropped the dang thing and it broke...but Mr.Thins method is similar to Jim Spears...its more inward than downward. I will show u later.

Russ

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: AncientArcher76 on February 26, 2013, 03:00:59 pm

Huntswithstone will call u later

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: seider on February 27, 2013, 09:07:09 pm

I must not be working this texas stuff the right way mine are alway short and fat...  I always say i can get it thinner and it gets narrow not thin..  Maybe after about another ton or so I will get one thin

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: soy on February 28, 2013, 04:55:25 am

looks like it works to me ;)

Title: Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
Post by: AncientArcher76 on March 01, 2013, 12:19:36 pm

Here's a preform using moose bopper..its super thin...all percussion so if I pressure flaked it it would be thinner.  I'm happy as I'm kinda new with the ABO work.

Russ