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Offline Newbow

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Started to knap again
« on: March 13, 2010, 05:19:54 am »
I haven't posted in some time now because I haven't been knapping.  I had a laser proceedure done to one eye and it ruined my close up vision.  The eye has settled down now and I've started trying to break rocks again.  I posted some points in the March challenge thread but I thought I'd better post this here because it's a little bigger (3 3/16" x 1 7/16") than I'd want to use on an arrow.  Aaron, this is the piece I got from you way back in November.  I finally worked on it last week.


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Offline DanaM

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Re: Started to knap again
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2010, 07:42:33 am »
Nice point, glad to see ya knappin again :)
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Offline nugget

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Re: Started to knap again
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2010, 08:15:07 am »
That's a nice one. Keep at it.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intentions of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body. But rather to slide in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming....WOW WHAT A RIDE!!

Offline jamie

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Re: Started to knap again
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2010, 12:11:22 pm »
nice work. started hitting acouple pieces of obsidian yesterday too
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: Started to knap again
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2010, 12:37:45 pm »
It's a beauty!
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Offline cowboy

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Re: Started to knap again
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2010, 09:02:29 pm »
Nice point - good job man!!
When you come upon a track or trail you do not know, follow it to the point of knowing.

Offline warhawk

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Re: Started to knap again
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2010, 09:39:51 pm »
I like the front side. what happened on the back side.
In working in stone i find my past, in giving of the blood i pay for the future.

Offline FlintWalker

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Re: Started to knap again
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2010, 10:06:21 pm »
I like the front side. what happened on the back side.
Don't knap much huh?  :)

  Looks good to me. Glad to see you getting back in the swing of things ;)
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Started to knap again
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2010, 10:19:38 pm »
I like the front side. what happened on the back side.

looks like 99.99% of miy points,one real nice side and one side thats just nice,not as nice as the other but nice
i always wanted a harley,untill it became the "thing to ride"
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Offline Newbow

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Re: Started to knap again
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2010, 10:59:01 pm »
"I like the front side. what happened on the back side."

My aim isn't the best and inventively I will mis-strike and bugger something up, usually several somethings.  My points would all be twice as big if I could hit where I'm looking every time.  As it is, fixing one thing and screwing up something else results in one side almost always looking better than the other.  I hope to get over that some day, but it won't be tomorrow.