I'm going to learn this one day.
I'm going to learn this one day.
Are you planning on hunting with any of them?
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
I'm going to find you some good chunks of quartz and rhyolite to play around with like the SC Indians used. I have a 40 pound piece of green rhyolite as a stepping stone in a flower bed that must have been canoed down from NC. Too pretty to break open though.
It impresses me that the locals could make a living with such rough rocks. That low country chert does make a pretty point though. The west coast indians had it made with that obsidian.
Yep depends on the ryholite. I've heard some guys prefer it if it's a good piece
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Pretty cool buddy!
Super proud of this one. One of my favorite artifact points are Dalton style points (Google for a picture) there is just something about them I always am drawn to. I did my best to recreate one out of some obsidian. I thought it was "plain tiger" obsidian but realized all of the black is actually 'clear' when held up to light.
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Made a pair out of Jasper this morning.
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Result of laziness and not putting on the glove I normally wear for that very reason.
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That'll buff right out.
Clean it well and then apply super glue. Not kidding...
Very nice points. As a result of your recent posts, I spent about an hour watching Youtube videos on the basics of knapping. Pretty cool stuff for sure.
Yea luckily it was just surface skin. Not even the worst I've gotten from knapping.
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Piece of Jasper that turned into a corner notch. Surprisingly it stayed together having a significant weak point with the crystal pocket.
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That one is beautiful.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home. -Tecumseh-
Knife blade. Black obsidian with some neat gray swirls in it. Scary sharp
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Got a few blades finished today. This one got put in a handle. (Antler)
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Finished these today
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Nice!
How long have you been at this knapping?
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