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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #375 on: November 14, 2012, 04:29:25 pm »
now you have a one barb fishing point!  ;D
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #376 on: November 14, 2012, 05:34:57 pm »
Second attempt.  The material is opalized phosphate.  I'm still not satisfied with it, but given the delicate nature of the material, this is as brave as I want to get with the barbs.  Josh

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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #377 on: November 15, 2012, 01:16:28 pm »
Nice point, Josh. That looks like the heat treated coral I brought to the Classic last year. The opalized phosphate looks like ribbon candy, gray,brown, tan, green and black.
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #378 on: November 15, 2012, 03:23:18 pm »
Looks nice, no matter what it is.  Maybe I'll get time to take a crack at one of these tonight.

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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #379 on: November 15, 2012, 06:48:02 pm »
here's my first try, this is some coarse obs, i'll try with some nicer stuff and get one serrated, Bub
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #380 on: November 15, 2012, 06:51:44 pm »
sweet! i like it! nice for your first try  ;D
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #381 on: November 15, 2012, 09:26:14 pm »
Nice 1 bubby
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #382 on: November 15, 2012, 09:47:04 pm »
man these are nice, i'd like to try my hand at it but i'm clueless
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #383 on: November 15, 2012, 10:06:45 pm »
I made an attempt with a real big spall...probably a mistake.  I had trouble thinning the base end and snapped off the first barb when it got thick and I struggled to keep the notch going.  Should have just made a big triangle. 



I'll see if I can thin it more now, shorten it a little and try again.

George
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #384 on: November 15, 2012, 11:02:18 pm »
Theres a notching vid i posted on this part of the forum titled notching video. Its very helpful and probably can help even more advanced knappers
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #385 on: November 16, 2012, 09:48:38 am »
You all are demonstrating to me that this is not going to be an easy month/point. Gonna have to give it a shot this weekend and see what I come up with. Good lookin stuff so far.

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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #386 on: November 16, 2012, 04:53:33 pm »
second try, this one came out a little nicer, Bub
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #387 on: November 16, 2012, 05:32:44 pm »
Ooh, that's nice.
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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #388 on: November 16, 2012, 06:42:19 pm »
You all are demonstrating to me that this is not going to be an easy month/point. Gonna have to give it a shot this weekend and see what I come up with. Good lookin stuff so far.

Nah, I broke my point again notching it the second time. ::) Gotta be knapper ineptitude...

 Bub, that's a beauty!!! Very nice work!

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Re: Point of the month
« Reply #389 on: November 16, 2012, 08:22:00 pm »
Ohh man that is sweet looking  8), dont feel to bad george iv broken two today notching them ugh one was a perty blue fiberoptic glass  :( the other was just a blue beer bottle bottom maybe i should work on some stone for awhile i made a new notcher i think it just hates glass i ran some practice notches on some small stone spalls and it worked great lol i guess i need to make a custome one just for glass and obsidian
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