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Offline AncientArcher76

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Tough Esopus Stem
« on: June 21, 2011, 09:23:19 pm »
Hi guys working with the hard NY rock at least its flat thin and sharp... Thanks for looking!

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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2011, 09:45:57 pm »
thats a nice one good job.
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« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2011, 11:04:07 pm »
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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2011, 11:25:47 pm »
Nice point! I'm a sucker for black points. In Texas we'd call it a Bulverde point. Very well done!
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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2011, 11:33:08 pm »
That came out good, Russ. I'm still beating around that stuff. Haven't quite figured out how to be consistant hitting it yet.
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2011, 12:41:33 am »
Any man that can make anything other than dust outa that stuff...has my respect!
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Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 11:07:50 am »
Thanx for the great comments!!!  Its the closest type of chert I can find in my area and I usually get one to 2 buckets...good enough for me and sometimes u find the most amazing pieces better then the one in the picture.  I found some that natives took blade cores off of...maybe I should have kept one to show u all next time!! Thanx again!

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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2011, 06:55:57 pm »
Great lookin point on some tuff lookin material for sure. Bob
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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2011, 07:03:50 pm »
Well I guess that is some tough stuff but you make it look not so tough :). Great lookin stem!
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Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2011, 01:08:14 am »
LOL thanks guys hey BOB how are u did u make it to Cuba this year?  Give me a call! Cowboy I would love to get together some day I will bring u some Northern stone!  No one else wants it....

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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2011, 07:34:07 am »
great job buddy on a nice piece of northern candy.  ;D
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Offline bushman

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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2011, 04:25:51 am »
Nice point. What type of rock is that AncientArcher76?
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Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2011, 03:41:38 pm »
Its called Esopus!
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Offline bushman

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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2011, 05:41:14 pm »
Thanks AncientArcher76. I thought that was the name of the point because I searched for Esopus and didn’t come up with anything about rocks, just that it’s the name of a river and town in Ulster County, New York.
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Re: Tough Esopus Stem
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2011, 04:53:44 pm »
Nice work! The only piece of Esopus I ever hit wound up having a big fossilized sea shell right in the middle of it.
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