this was bifaced using a hammerstone. the remainder of work was done using two billets. one billet was held between the thigh with the biface held in hand or pressed into opposite thigh for fluting. not happy with the flutes. ther was about another 1.5 inches to this piece. the flute the is off centered was the first flute i removed. was happey with how it looked but i must of not hit hit straight and it ran side ways. the wider flute was a redo. had to remove almost an inch and a half off the end to reset the nipple . as well as remove the original flute. it ran a little sideways too and i tried to run a secondary flute that shattered and left fingernails everywhere. so after redressing the stone i ended up getting that wider flute.
definetly like doing the billet work. gives a lot of control in a small area to remove long flakes. without having to worry about reducing a lot of width to develop a striking platform. gonna use it on my next cumberland attempt. anyway on to the pics.
