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Offline Hardawaypoints

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November point challenge?
« on: November 04, 2009, 07:48:20 am »
I don't see one for this month.  I would like to suggest a Savannah River spear point for this month's type.  They are made 100% percussion and out of a wide range of materials.  Savannah River points were the largest point made around here. Some are quite crude & thick, while some are finely made. The Savannah River point appeared around 3,000 B.C. and lasted until just before the first arrowheads, so it lasted a couple thousand years.  It is a common spear point to find (in central N.C. anyway).

The largest ancient point I saw was 7 & 1/2 inches long, obviously smaller points are more common and practical.

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2009, 07:52:12 am »
Sounds good to me. SR's are one of my faorite point styles. Plus, they were usually made out of quartzite or rhyolite.   >:D
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Offline Bone pile

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2009, 08:45:08 am »
Sounds good ,anyone have a photo for us without a clue what they look like ???
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Re: November point challenge?
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2009, 08:57:59 am »
Sounds like a good one to me. I don't have any quartzite or rhyolite so will have to try one out of this junk I have ::).
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2009, 09:14:58 am »
I may have to try one from some "johnstone" :)
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2009, 04:41:48 pm »
Johnstone is just rhyolite whose ancestors moved to the city. ;D the second one from the left in the bottom row of the pic is pretty much the "classic shape" for the type. Most of them are pretty big, too-about palm-sized or so.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2009, 05:46:12 pm »
does this qualify as one?



it was all percussion,except a little pressre to clean up the edge a little
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2009, 06:16:49 pm »
  The ones I've found down here look a little different than those. They are long,6"or more, wide and a pretty non descript base. All percussion flaked with just some edge touch up with pressure. I'll see if I can find sme pictures when I get home. And they were usually made with our crappy chert. The stuff Hillbilly liked. ;D
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Offline warhawk

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2009, 07:29:25 pm »
here are some of the examples i have in my collection. i try a SR point Thursday and put a picture up.

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Offline nugget

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2009, 07:32:40 pm »
I got some rhyolite and I will attempt to make one of those. Hopefully it will be close. It is some good ol Uwahrie rhyolite that I aquired recently.
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2009, 08:31:03 pm »
Good pick Jim, I've always loved finding these. Here is by far the best original I have. It's Quartzite and has a pretty classic shape, at least for my area of NC.


And here is my best attempt at one so far, it stayed in one piece at least! It is a piece of rhyolite I got from Joe at the Burlington knapin. All percussion with dogwood billets and hammerstone.


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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2009, 08:34:11 pm »
Nice work Alan.
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2009, 08:37:57 pm »
Thanks TJ, I was glad to finally get one to stay in one piece.  :)

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2009, 09:43:45 pm »


Jim-

I contracted the stem on this one that I made with you last weekend.  More correct now. It's talahatta (thanks Benji).



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