Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: sleek on October 07, 2016, 12:19:32 am
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Is it too late?
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You can remove a large portion (if not all) of that with an indirect method.
In my opinion, it would be tough to pressure flake it out.
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What is this method and where should i use it?
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im far from an expert by any means. my first reaction is indirect that sucker like a flute. but im kind of still at the knapping level of "she aint pretty, but shes effective"
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Sleek, Just my opion but Yep your to late :-X to do much more thinning and still have much to work with Bob
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I agree with Bob, in order to get the top off you will need to raise a platform and loose additional size. Then a precise strike to get a really flat flake to run across. If the flake rolls across the surface and doesnt run flat, it stays conical or rounded then you have gained little and lost much. If I was to try it I would make a platform on a corner and drive that flake across.
Now, having said that the way to learn and get better is to take chances and go for it. It is just a rock and should be used to learn with. I think many beginners try not to make mistakes but I make as many as I can to learn from. Hit that sucker!!! Good luck.
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I agree with Bob and NCL. It can be taken off if the platform is shifted enough toward the flake side, but when you do that, there won't be much left to work with.
WA
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I agree with the gents above. :) But either go for it now
or save it till you learn how. If you get the hump off it will
still make a small game point.
But --there looks like a chink that may work.
In the center of the base is what looks like a small hinge/
step. Place the point on a pad on your leg,
then take a punch shapped like a little screw driver and
insert it against the hinge and whack it with a billet in the
direction of the hump. ??? ??? :o
Or chuck that sucker and get started on a new one :laugh: :laugh:
Zuma
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I say keep it and u will have something to look back on. I have a progression of my skill. The lovely Susan enjoys showing people my turtles, they have great flake scars!!! LOL
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I tried to get the hump with indirect. Got one little flake. I think I will go dinosaur fossile hunting, then put this inside the fossil, cover it up, and wait.
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When attacking a lump like that, which is close to the edge, consider NOT going at it from the closest edge, rather look for another way to get a flake up there. Either go in from the tip or diagonally up it from one of the edges. By going at it from the base, you faced two problems.. the edge angle is too obtuse, and the platform is in a hollow. If your
Platform was like a nipple sticking out you have a much better chance.
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Yep, too late.
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Yeah, i appreciate the knowledge guys. Im taking a break from rock and switching to glass for a bit. At least until I get the techniques to handle these problems, like reducing a turtle back, and getting flakes to actually shoot across.