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Offline Outbackbob48

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Flint River Blade
« on: September 22, 2013, 08:14:27 pm »
Got a nice 4" blade today out of a pc of flint river, It has a little square hole in the one side about dead center. Hope ya like it an thanks for lookin. Bob
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2013, 08:21:41 pm »
Love that one, nice color and shape.
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Offline papoints

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2013, 09:44:33 pm »
Quote from: Badly Bent on September 22, 2013, 08:21:41 pm
Love that one, nice color and shape.

+ 1  The hole is interesting.  How did you make it do that?
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Offline cowboy

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2013, 10:52:21 pm »
I love holding that stuff up to a light. Beautiful! Wish I had a truck load. Nice point Bob!
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Offline knapperhead

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2013, 11:05:47 pm »
Good looking point, pretty stone
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Offline Bone pile

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2013, 09:39:09 am »
Good job Bob,have to put a handle on that one.I'm up in Vermont enjoying some cooler weather-nice change
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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2013, 11:25:17 am »
Roger, You staying till the leaves change ? :o Have you had a frost yet?  :(
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2013, 02:38:33 pm »
Nice point! The color is more orange than I'm familiar with but I really like it.
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Offline mullet

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2013, 07:55:58 pm »
bowmo, that's Flint River, Ga. Most people call it Butter Scotch or Coastal Plains Chert.
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2013, 07:59:28 pm »
Ooooooh, My brain read it as Knife River as I'm sure you already guessed.
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Offline leapingbare

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2013, 09:22:07 pm »
Looks sharp.
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2013, 09:45:59 pm »
Excellent work as usual...I really like it...Work any of that Carrarra yet?
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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2013, 10:30:22 pm »
Bill, I made one small point out of the grey carrar glass, It knapped pretty good, hard for me to throttle down after beating on raw Texas an raw flint river. :(
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2013, 11:11:13 pm »
Yeah i kow what a mean..Have fun..
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Offline Knapper

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Re: Flint River Blade
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2013, 09:53:30 pm »
That's a beautiful rock and you did it justice
Knapper
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