Retired an icon - signed a new star ath-el-ete

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

After 9 long years I have finally wore my favorite antler billet down past the point of true effectiveness. So it is with sadness and regret that I announce that it has swung it's last swang.    I'll probably send it down to suncity center  to enjoy it's retirement..  With that being said, I am proud to announce that I have signed a new star athlete for another 10years. He is a 7inch / 7oz Axis stag antler billet.  He has already proven his worth with these agatized coral, FL chert and 2 obsidian points this weekend. If he keeps this up, he will have a long future ahead of him in the knapping trade.

[Outbackbob48]

Sounds like you lost a old friend but your new one seems to be full of talent, great looking points for your new starter. Bob

[TRACY]

Really nice billet! Looks like it'll get the job do e in your hands.


Tracy

[JackCrafty]

Dang, if those things last you 10 years, there must be little critters chewin' on mine.  Mine last about 1 year with steady use.

Awesome points and material.

[Trapper Rob]

Nice work

[iowabow]

Man those are nice points! Congrats on the rookie.

[mullet]

Melt the old nag down. That is some nice looking , heat treated coral.

[Tower]

Via Con Dios old friend!!

[David_Daugherty]

Very nice points for sure.  Looks like the new antler works well.

[hedgeapple]

OK, I might be down right silly, which I am most of the time; and I'm just putting my toe into the knapping pool, but why not add a handle onto the old billet and keep swing it?

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

thanks guys I appreciate it.  Hedgeapple- I'n not sure that a handle would hold up to the battering it would take and part of what makes an abo billet so good is weight distribution.   I've actually decided to make a stumpy knife handle from the old brute, that way it can live on and have a story

[iowabow]

thanks guys I appreciate it.  Hedgeapple- I'n not sure that a handle would hold up to the battering it would take and part of what makes an abo billet so good is weight distribution.   I've actually decided to make a stumpy knife handle from the old brute, that way it can live on and have a story

I really like that idea....maybe the last blade it made could be set into it.