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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: wvfknapper on March 26, 2008, 10:27:27 pm

Title: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: wvfknapper on March 26, 2008, 10:27:27 pm

Well I have been enjoying this warm 70+ weather the last couple days and decided to make some chips fly (no heat in my little shop so not much chipping through the winter) Here are some pics of a few ,, The brown corner notch is Knife River flint, the one with the bullseye is Dolphite agate, the Obsidian blade is silver sheen , the black corner notch is basalt, the dovetail is Texas flint, the KILLER  ;D brown blade is going to Sawfiller for the stave he traded me, it is knapped from some type of flint that Mark Bracken sales, Thanks saw and sorry for the wait............The last point is a hafted point made from Burlington, sinew wrap and a heavy pine pitch coating,,,,,,,I will take some of the pitch off later.

wvflintknapper

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Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: El Destructo on March 26, 2008, 10:34:21 pm

They all look great....I have a Garage full of Flint and no Idea how to knap     :-[ :-[

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: huntertrapper on March 26, 2008, 10:44:22 pm

those are awesome, some nice huntin heads

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: Bishop on March 26, 2008, 10:48:52 pm

very nice work, wv, beautiful!
Bishop

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: Wolf Watcher on March 26, 2008, 11:09:04 pm

 :) Will never get tired of looking at quality knapping.  Thanks for sharing!  Watcher

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: hawkbow on March 26, 2008, 11:10:33 pm

very nice knappin brother.. you are an artist....Hawk a/ho

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on March 26, 2008, 11:16:28 pm

absolutely beautiful knapping, you are very talented. i start thinking that i am beggining to get pretty good and then i see work lke yours ;D  excellent- Ryan

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: FlintWalker on March 27, 2008, 12:38:45 am

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: mullet on March 27, 2008, 01:13:00 am

  Very nice indeed. Mark sells a lot of Flint River Ga., Coastal Plains Chert.

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: Justin Snyder on March 27, 2008, 01:31:07 am

Great work. I need to get back to knapping a little.  You guys are inspiring.  Justin

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: DanaM on March 27, 2008, 08:59:22 am

Awesome points Robert, that agate is really striking.

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: Hillbilly on March 27, 2008, 11:20:42 am

Robert, wow! nice chippin'-you're gonna give me an inferiority complex  ;D. I'm with Eddie, the brown blade looks like Coastal Plains chert. You need to come down to the TN Classic and give us some lessons.

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: flecha on March 27, 2008, 01:33:48 pm

Man!  You do AWESOME work!!! I love it! 

I also love your pictures.  Would you please tell me about how you took your pictures.  What set up did you use?

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: Otoe Bow on March 27, 2008, 04:04:04 pm

Man oh man.  Those are sweet.  Knappin in one of my new favorite hobbies.  This just pushes me further and harder.

Otoe

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: wvfknapper on March 27, 2008, 08:15:00 pm

Quote from: flecha on March 27, 2008, 01:33:48 pm

Man!  You do AWESOME work!!! I love it! 

I also love your pictures.  Would you please tell me about how you took your pictures.  What set up did you use?

Thanks everyone for the comments,, it's a hobby that I really enjoy and push myself to make a nice piece of art...... I have a 5 gallon bucket of rejects I have thrown back over the years .

Yank, That flint will spoil, you better send it to me  ;)

Hillbilly, I Wish I could make it to the Classic, but work keeps me from going............It could be coastal plains, he had a few different color of it , some of it wasn't heated enough and this piece could have used a little more heat but will make a more durable blade.

Fletcha, To get the good close up images I use a dowel rod sharpened on one end , push it in the ground and place the point on top of the dowel ,, select macro on your camera, have a good natural lighting source  and shoot away................Macro really means a lot when taking close up images as does natural lighting.

wvflintknapper

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: mullet on March 28, 2008, 10:19:07 pm

  Robert, the translucent coastal Plains doesn't need heat treating. The grainy stuff with the dark swirls does need a little.

Title: Re: Some New work and One for Shannon aka Sawfiller
Post by: Woodland Roamer on March 28, 2008, 10:29:38 pm

Those are beautiful points WV, very nice chipping.

Alan