guess what I learned to do today for the first time

[iowabow]

Not sure why by my computer flaten the frame it i turn the image but that is not what i learned. can you tell from looking at this not so good arrow head?

If you cant get it I will show you the other side

[jamie]

end thinning???

[iowabow]

now look at this one

[iowabow]

i think this is the begining of learning to flute

[jamie]

yes it is 

[iowabow]

i held the notches with my left thumb and index finger and set the point on the leather on my knee almost straight up and used  a copper bopper and struck it with a downward 45 degree angle. But the first hit was too soft so the next time i did it much harder. I was real happy that the platform was good and high and was able to kinda do it on both sides. I alway wondered if I would ever get close to figuring that out. OK so i should also be able to knock long thinning flake from one end to the other also as i work the biface right? but this mean that the platform has to go all the way up and then back down removing more material from the ends. I think I bigger pieces

[Sparrow]

 With the basal thinning, I think you got a point that will bind on with a good transition from wood to stone. Killer point !  Yeah Baby ! ! Good work   '  Frank