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Offline AncientArcher76

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percussion only..getting em thin!
« on: February 26, 2013, 10:45:20 am »
Just pushing it a little and sure I could take it down a little more but will leave it at that for now...its a piece of texas stone and its so thin its translucent.  I kinda used a method curtis smith showed me up at letchworth..I think it works.

Russ
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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2013, 10:48:30 am »
 :P
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Offline Jimbob

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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2013, 10:55:12 am »
Wow, great job!!
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Offline Will H

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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2013, 01:02:23 pm »
Nice, clean, thin :) good job! That tx stuff sure is good material for makin em thin :)
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Offline Dalton Knapper

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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2013, 01:38:55 pm »
Nice work. I'd like to know more about "Mr. Thin's" methodology, which you have obviously learned. That Texas stuff does lend its self particularly well to thinning IMHO.

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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2013, 02:08:48 pm »
Love me some TX rock! That's a nice looking biface! Don't forget to show us where it ends up.

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Offline Hunts with stone

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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2013, 02:50:27 pm »
Now thats the easy part russ LOL! Ok I see a dove tail in there. Whats your next step? Buy the way the paddle bow is in two! So it's basketwever time.

Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2013, 02:58:51 pm »
Unfortunatly I dropped the dang thing and it broke...but Mr.Thins method is similar to Jim Spears...its more inward than downward. I will show u later.

Russ
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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2013, 03:00:59 pm »
Huntswithstone will call u later
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Offline seider

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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2013, 09:07:09 pm »
I must not be working this texas stuff the right way mine are alway short and fat...  I always say i can get it thinner and it gets narrow not thin..  Maybe after about another ton or so I will get one thin
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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2013, 04:55:25 am »
looks like it works to me ;)
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Offline AncientArcher76

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Re: percussion only..getting em thin!
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2013, 12:19:36 pm »
Here's a preform using moose bopper..its super thin...all percussion so if I pressure flaked it it would be thinner.  I'm happy as I'm kinda new with the ABO work.

Russ
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Time, dedication, cuts, tons of broken rock, a wife, and perhaps a few girlfriends are some of what it takes in becoming a skilled flint knapper!!!
 
"Ancient Art"  by R. Hill