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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Dalton Knapper on September 21, 2013, 09:13:06 pm

Title: English Flint Point
Post by: Dalton Knapper on September 21, 2013, 09:13:06 pm
Here's a little point I made from leftovers from making gun flints. I never tried traditional knapping with it before, but I like it.

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss187/benhenry007/913EnglishFlingCornerNotch_zpsc3758625.jpg) (http://s574.photobucket.com/user/benhenry007/media/913EnglishFlingCornerNotch_zpsc3758625.jpg.html)
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: Outbackbob48 on September 21, 2013, 09:21:33 pm
Very nicely done.
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: leapingbare on September 21, 2013, 09:44:06 pm
cool
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: cowboy on September 22, 2013, 05:01:27 am
That is some solid looking flint and nice point!
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: Badly Bent on September 22, 2013, 10:13:49 am
That point is a beauty, real nice.
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: TRACY on September 22, 2013, 09:45:35 pm
Really nice point DK! Like that style.

Tracy
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: knapperhead on September 23, 2013, 03:39:09 pm
that's awesome !
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: mullet on September 23, 2013, 07:54:15 pm
Nice point, I'd like to see the Flints, too.
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: caveman2533 on September 23, 2013, 08:17:34 pm
Ben,
That is a beauty, did you put any heat on that at all?
Steve
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: Dalton Knapper on September 23, 2013, 09:04:03 pm
No heat. That rock came from Craig Ratzat. Some of it had water that came to the surface when I broke up the nodules, but of course I knapped that one out much later and made gun flints with the rest...or more accurately, tried to produce blades to make gun flints. I think I waxed the point with floor wax. There were two grades; this one and one with gray spots in it. A few nodules had horrible inclusions. It's a nice material. Flint is of course dark colored chert in reality, but not a chalcedony like agate, jasper and other materials. It is not terribly shiny by nature, the wax did that.
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: Dalton Knapper on September 23, 2013, 09:05:57 pm
Oh, thank you all for the nice comments. I appreciate all the wonderful things people say.
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: IdahoMatt on September 24, 2013, 03:25:28 pm
Great point with a nice scar pattern. :)
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: Knapper on September 24, 2013, 09:50:13 pm
That really is seriously sweet!
Knapper
Title: Re: English Flint Point
Post by: JackCrafty on September 24, 2013, 10:59:23 pm
Oooooh.   :o