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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Zuma on April 23, 2014, 12:36:40 pm

Title: Hornstone on the Ohio
Post by: Zuma on April 23, 2014, 12:36:40 pm

I had a great time with a friend searching for these neat Hornstone relics.
I could have put this in Primitive skills as it is totally that as well as some awesome
abo knapping. Hornstone artifacts are new to me and so are the radical serrations.
I hope you all enjoy seeing this type knapping.
Zuma

Title: Re: Hornstone on the Ohio
Post by: Zuma on April 23, 2014, 12:42:05 pm

This is the most interesting to me.
These folks were serration masters.
Sure the material is a great one for making thin sharp points, but---

First one is a broken tip. Wow, what skill.

Title: Re: Hornstone on the Ohio
Post by: bowtarist on April 23, 2014, 01:43:57 pm

AWESOME artifacts zuma!! you're a luck fella! dp

Title: Re: Hornstone on the Ohio
Post by: Zuma on April 23, 2014, 03:00:39 pm

Blessed, Bo
Eric did good too.
This one is a cool knapping lesson. It was almost finished down one side.
But the other side was abandoned because of a crystal pocket.
The other side actually has the start of a notch as well as the serrations.
I find that very interesting.
Zuma
PS need to get a better pic.

Title: Re: Hornstone on the Ohio
Post by: nclonghunter on April 23, 2014, 07:20:32 pm

Awesome stuff along the Ohio River. Tons of Native American and earlier artifacts. I walked those fields for years and loved very minute of it.

Zuma, you found some nice stuff for sure. I wonder if that last pic was used as a skinning tool or small knife rather than an arrowhead.

Title: Re: Hornstone on the Ohio
Post by: TRACY on April 23, 2014, 10:37:23 pm

Cool stuff Zuma! Eric really knows the river and rock in that stretch.


Tracy

Title: Re: Hornstone on the Ohio
Post by: cowboy on April 24, 2014, 10:08:49 am

That is too cool! I need some time out.

Title: Re: Hornstone on the Ohio
Post by: OneOneNiner on April 25, 2014, 12:18:10 am

Hey bro, very nice finds!
Here's a few pics of my find from Sumday morning.
It's Desert Storm Cammo.

(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk129/CRD119/883bc180-5fd4-457f-9317-5f583aacf214_zps9d90c24c.jpg)
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk129/CRD119/04ace530-3c68-4a85-ac91-ede62ce28944_zpscafb1782.jpg)
(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk129/CRD119/878a5a46-27a7-4a77-886e-e38bea3712fe_zpse1c29965.jpg)

Title: Re: Hornstone on the Ohio
Post by: Zuma on April 25, 2014, 12:19:23 pm

nc you must have quite a few from there? Any wild serrated ones?
Perhaps a skinner or tool but definatly abandoned as a Pinetree.
Tracy, Eric sure does know his stuff. I was lucky to be invited.
Niner, that's a boss rock. need to make some Tee shirts for the troops.
5 inch knife by Eric drill by me. lol
Zuma