Knapped points.

[youngun15]

Polka dot agate point. Think it's time for new display(s)

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[Gunning Bird]

That's some fine work, sir!

[youngun15]

This is the same materials as the last point posted, polkadot agate, crazy how differently they can look. This one almost looked like a marble cake or something.



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[ReelHard]

Some of those look ike they would cut you to the bone and then some

[youngun15]

Australian Mookaite



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[Whaler_Dave]

Nice!

[SaltMuck]

I say if youngun kills a buck with one of these points this fall, make him a moderator.

[youngun15]

Couple more points today.

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[WNM]

I have a chunk of argillite (edit: maybe rhyolite) from a Pee Dee farm field if you want to try to knock a point or two out of the stuff the local red men used. It can be pretty poor to excellent for knapping. I have a few points made from it. The disc chipped section makes me think it’s pretty high quality, but I’m no knapper to tell for sure.

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[FULLCHOKE]

That’d be really cool to knock one out of a local Pee Dee rock and then kill a deer with one in that area.

Just out of curiousity, has anyone here ever reused a found arrowhead and killed anything with it traditionally?

[youngun15]

I have a chunk of argillite (edit: maybe rhyolite) from a Pee Dee farm field if you want to try to knock a point or two out of the stuff the local red men used. It can be pretty poor to excellent for knapping. I have a few points made from it. The disc chipped section makes me think it’s pretty high quality, but I’m no knapper to tell for sure.

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I just tried my habd with some rhyolite and it's tougher than hell but I don't think the few tools I have are big enough to handle such tough material. I'll eventually get the heavier duty stuff and give it a try.

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[youngun15]

Australian Mookaite

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[youngun15]

This was the rhyolite I was giving a go. My "boppers" and hammer stones just don't have the mass to thin it out the way I wanted.

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[youngun15]

Brazilian agate

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[youngun15]

Jasper with a vein of crystal across the middle of #2 pic. Made for some rough patches but turned out pretty well. Thanks for looking!!

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[youngun15]

Dalton Point

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[WNM]

This was the rhyolite I was giving a go. My "boppers" and hammer stones just don't have the mass to thin it out the way I wanted.

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Tough stuff. Now try quartz haha. I've heard the idea that the Indians used just about all of the easily accessible, high quality, "native" rocks up over 12,000+ years. A lot of the points I find are from rock that traveled 100-200 miles, so I don't doubt the theory. It also could have been the old timer making as excuse as to why he couldn't knap rhyolite like he could the purchased chert though. I've toyed with the idea of knapping but I need another hobby like I need a hole in the head.

[youngun15]

Quartz depending on the quality is not terrible. Look up bipolar quartz knapping. It's a very interesting concept.

Got home late from work to find a package on the porch, opened it and couldn't wait to work a piece. Cripple Creek Jasper "Fish-tail" point/blade.



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[Johnny Reb]

Excellent work and talent. You’ve definitely got it figured out!


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[youngun15]

Some better daylight pics



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