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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: DirtyDan on July 20, 2008, 03:31:30 pm

Title: getting better at lenticular
Post by: DirtyDan on July 20, 2008, 03:31:30 pm

This is a green jasper point that I just made.  I tried very hard to thin the base with at least four passes before I even tried to thin the middle and point.  I have always had difficulty with getting the lenticular shape and I think that thinning the base is what I was neglecting.  I know that notching is much easier when the base is thin also.

Dan Spier
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/spiermo/DSC_0369.jpg)
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Title: Re: getting better at lenticular
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on July 20, 2008, 06:08:29 pm

Thats a real good job, i had a probelm getting them good and thin for a while, but i was just using a hammerstone, when i switched to antler i started getting them thin and even.  keep up the good chippin- Ryan

Title: Re: getting better at lenticular
Post by: Otoe Bow on July 20, 2008, 11:39:29 pm

Great looking point.  That jasper is pretty stuff.  Thinning is still a problem for me.  One side always has a "hump"  to it and the whole point has an end profile like a football.  At least now they look like good old American footballs and not the European type.   ???

Mike

Title: Re: getting better at lenticular
Post by: Pappy on July 21, 2008, 09:53:58 am

Nice blade Dan,that's a beauty. :)
   Pappy