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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Ghost Knapper on July 29, 2015, 09:41:14 pm

Title: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: Ghost Knapper on July 29, 2015, 09:41:14 pm

The first game featured a PA Jasper Broadspear. This game also features a broadspear but its not out of jasper this time.
(http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b604/joelbookhammer/chalcedney_zpsiopmijlv.jpg) (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/joelbookhammer/media/chalcedney_zpsiopmijlv.jpg.html)

If you simply wish to know the material, check out this recent article (pasvf.blogspot.com (http://pasvf.blogspot.com)) on Susquehanna's by the maker of the point above. If you do check out the article allow others to still play the game. There is a prize this time for whomever guesses correctly first!

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: caveman2533 on July 29, 2015, 10:23:10 pm

OOOH  OOOH OOh pick me!!  ;)

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: Dalton Knapper on July 29, 2015, 11:38:33 pm

Looks like marginally heat treated novaculite....but pictures can lie.

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: bubby on July 30, 2015, 12:51:52 am

Agate

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: turbo on July 30, 2015, 01:48:04 am

Looks like chalcedony of some kind.

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: mullet on July 30, 2015, 07:11:02 am

Milk Glass or fibre optic.

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: bubby on July 30, 2015, 04:09:52 pm

I think turbo has it right

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: Ghost Knapper on July 30, 2015, 08:53:10 pm

Turbo is the winner! To be exact it is chalcedony from Pennsylvania. It is a killer point, expecially considering the material. Its a proper size for the style and amazing at that considering the material. So Turbo PM me your address and I will send out your prize! I will away from the computer starting tommorow so I will send it out either monday or tuesday.

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: Zuma on July 30, 2015, 10:12:30 pm

Nice going Turbo. :)

Here's another one to guess.
Zuma

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: stickbender on July 30, 2015, 11:46:32 pm

     Thunder chert! :P :P

                                    Wayne

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: turbo on July 31, 2015, 12:05:35 am

Quote from: Ghost Knapper on July 30, 2015, 08:53:10 pm

Turbo is the winner! To be exact it is chalcedony from Pennsylvania. It is a killer point, expecially considering the material. Its a proper size for the style and amazing at that considering the material. So Turbo PM me your address and I will send out your prize! I will away from the computer starting tommorow so I will send it out either monday or tuesday.

Wow, what an honor to have this wonderful point in my collection!! I'm originally from PA and love broadpoints so I will cherish this. Thanks for the contest and a PM is on the way.

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: turbo on July 31, 2015, 12:34:47 am

.. or if this point is not the prize I'll cherish whatever I get, just re-read the thread ;)

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: mullet on July 31, 2015, 10:27:21 am

Zuma, looks like heat treated, PA Jasper.

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: Zuma on July 31, 2015, 03:05:34 pm

A hint--- The material is from west of the Mississippi.
It's a real hard one.  here is the other side.
Zuma

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: Dalton Knapper on July 31, 2015, 04:33:13 pm

Looks like some of the more poor grades of Alibates Chalcedony, found in the Texas Panhandle.

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: Zuma on July 31, 2015, 07:29:32 pm

To narrow it down a bit.
It's from California.
Zuma

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: bubby on July 31, 2015, 08:15:43 pm

Raw jasper

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: Zuma on July 31, 2015, 10:16:08 pm

I will divulge the material and location as I
don't think many folks have run across this stuff.
It's a ryholite from the Mojave desert near Barstow
California. There are tons of great cherts, jaspers and
chalcedonys out there. Some good quartz too.
Zuma

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: gutpile on August 04, 2015, 11:36:18 am

kay county chert

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: JoJoDapyro on August 04, 2015, 12:02:10 pm

it looks a lot like the stuff I find in Utah!

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: turbo on September 04, 2015, 03:23:04 pm

I've been meaning to post a pic of the wonderful point I won from 'ghost'. Working graveyard shift has me in zombie land most of the time. In honor of him I printed out the background from his photo tutorial and tried my hand on my old iPhone. I still have to experiment w/ lighting.

He did a heck of a job knapping this and I'll proudly display it in my collection:

(http://www.paleotube.com/m/photos/get_image/original/255ad75ad257a7cc68272ac3f572c191.jpg)

Title: Re: Lets play a Game! (again)
Post by: Zuma on September 04, 2015, 11:09:37 pm

Sweet,
Thanks for posting that turbo.
Zuma