Platform, platform, PLATFORM!!!!

[D. Tiller]

Well, got done doing a real nice point tonight.  I have come to the conclusion that obsidian must have platforms to get it thin. You don't platform you just wont get obsidian thin! In fact I made my first real thin one and it is a beautifully little point! Even when you are pressure flaking you must platform! I made platform as I went while pressure flaking and it got it even thinner!!! Obsidian is now my favorite stone! Easy to work and just plane PURTY!!!!

[DanaM]

Pictures David, you should know by now that pictures are a must Buy a camera eh

[Hillbilly]

That doesn't just apply to obsidian, it's pretty much true of everything. If I make a nice point, it's usually because I made myself take the time to really prepare good platforms for both pressure and percussion.

[cowboy]

Amen! We wouldn't be where we are today without platforms . Yeah David, where's the pictures? .

[leapingbare]

Whats a platform? I make all my points by dripping hot water on cold rock 

[D. Tiller]

Whats a picture? Me cave man!!! Me break rock!!! UGG UGG!!!

[leapingbare]

Tiller your the sweetest smelling cave man i ever met.   

[Otoe Bow]

I thought primitive was a synonym for pungent.   

I work hard on making platforms, but sometimes I still wind up with mass that I just can't seem to get rid of without losing too much width.  But I'm getting better.  I'll have some pic's to post once I get back to the homestead.  DBernier's armguard sheath and knife that PatB gave him inspired me to make a knife blade last night.  I had to quit when it got too dark to see, but on closer examination this morning, I've got a pretty good start.  Now if I just don't break off the point.   

Mike

[Hillbilly]

Whats a platform? I make all my points by dripping hot water on cold rock   

Jesse, I make mine by dripping cold water on a hot rock. Every time I try hot water on cold rocks, I get nasty stepfractures and the flakes won't go past the centerline.  .

[leapingbare]

go figger.

[D. Tiller]

Yo, Jesse! But the ladies do like to be arround me. 

Saw on another post your heading for Afghanistan? Sorry to hear that. Keep safe over there! Let me know if ya need any smelly soap.  Dont know what type of rock they have over there but there must be something.