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Offline leapingbare

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Point of the Month "pine tree"
« on: March 15, 2011, 08:05:02 pm »
 Well i guess the point challenge for March will be a pine tree.
 
Some tips for making them.
 #1 Thin from the base! you have to thin from the base to keep it wide and to get it thin enough to have good notches.
 
 #2 Pay close attention to your cross section and make sure you have good convexity. this will aid in a good final flake scare pattern.

 #3 Make sue you have good semitry before you add your serrations.
 
 #4 Doing the serrations is a lot like the 1st two flakes when notching. you want the flakes to travel to the center of the point. Set up a continues plateform and start at the tip and flake down the side till you get to the base. you want to flake about every 8th of a inch or less. dress up between your deltas and flake the other face.

 #5 have fun!
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Offline jamie

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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2011, 08:24:15 pm »
knew you'd pick this one. i suck at serrations. now i get the opportunity to get good. time to call shannon.  ;D
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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2011, 09:15:42 pm »
I'll throw caution into the wind and see what happens.
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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2011, 10:11:31 pm »
 ;D
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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2011, 11:48:40 pm »
Yep Shanon taught me how to make them.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2011, 12:02:29 am »
ok i'll TRY
but aint promising squat on this one
ive tried to make them before,hate them serrations they have  >:(
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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2011, 12:09:40 am »
 Whew! Glad i'm in Houston and turkey season starts this Saturday when I get home.
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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2011, 07:36:37 am »
I dont understand a thing he said, I'll just hafta look at some pics, Bub
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Offline jamie

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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2011, 07:45:30 am »
heres a pic of one of shannons pine trees for reference
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Offline jonathan creason

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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2011, 11:18:47 am »
Me and my big mouth.  Oh well, here goes nothing.........
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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2011, 12:59:11 pm »
broke two so far. keep snapping the ears off. gonna punch em off this time
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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2011, 01:03:26 pm »
Well, almost two weeks left. Maybe I can get into something here, hmm..
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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2011, 05:21:25 pm »
Jamie, don't feel bad. :( :( I didn't follow the tips an get my base thin so this one died an early death thru neglect of base thinning. Bob   #1 down.
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Offline maddog314

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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2011, 06:47:50 pm »
here is my sorry excuse for a pine tree. It is all abo. and I started with to thin of a peace.
Micah
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: Point of the Month "pine tree"
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2011, 07:05:05 pm »
I don't know maddog, I kind of like the 'Buck Rodgers' shape. 8)

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