Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 25, 2009 16:35:32 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Today I went hunting flint over in some neighboring burn pits where the folks burnt off their cedar on top of a flint quarry. I was hoping to find a lot of heat treated flint for knapping but all the flint except that on the firepit edges had exploded into shards. I did find one outcrop of partially heated tortilla flint ( Real thin oval nodules only a half inch thick or so) Broke most in my knapping efforts because it was very brittle, but I did get this 7 3/4" lance point finished.
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Sept 25, 2009 16:50:28 GMT -5
Great looking piece Mel,I would have liked to sit and watch that one take shape, you done good there !
Harley
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Post by sitnwrap on Sept 25, 2009 23:27:56 GMT -5
Mel, That is really neat and it peaked my curiosity so I googled a tut on knapping. in the tut, he was knapping Obsidian. It was cool watching him hit the stone on the front side and the flakes that came off came from the back side. Does flint do the same thing when struck? Flake on the backside?
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 25, 2009 23:44:23 GMT -5
sitnwrap: Yep, flakes always come off on the side opposite that to which pressure is being applied. Though actually, pressure is applied to the edge of the stone at an angle so flakes are thrown off kind of parallel to the bottom of the nodule. Flint though, is much tougher to throw flakes off of than obsidian which is relatively easy to work. Also, while lots of folks work from a slab, this piece was started from a complete nodule which means working the nodule down to a preform by percussion flaking and then finishing the process with the pressure flaker......Mel
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Post by sitnwrap on Sept 26, 2009 9:54:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. I'ld love to see some before, middle and after pis of the next one if you feel like taking extra pics. The whole process is really amazing.
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Sept 28, 2009 0:55:21 GMT -5
Thats a fantastic point Mel. Beautiful work.
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Post by Toad on Sept 28, 2009 8:45:39 GMT -5
Is it for hunting albino buffalo? Interesting piece.
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Sept 28, 2009 10:21:25 GMT -5
Making a blade that long takes a TREMENDOUS amount of concentration. One small brain fart and you have 2 short pieces of stone knife. I wish I could figure out how to put a pin in those so they would fold , because I have a LOT of them.
Harley
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