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Offline bubby

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first point not from a slab
« on: October 24, 2011, 02:24:11 am »
this is my first non-slab point, made a antler billet and was trying to reduce to a preform, nocked some long flakes off and made this with a small hammer stone and finnished the edges with my horseshoe nail tool, Bub


it's a little thicker than I like but I think it'll hunt
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Re: first point not from a slab
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2011, 05:28:08 am »
That is awsome!!! Congratulations  ;D
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Offline nugget

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Re: first point not from a slab
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 11:37:22 am »
nice point
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Offline bowtarist

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Re: first point not from a slab
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2011, 01:11:20 pm »
Lookin' pretty good Bubby.  ;D That's what I call my 7yr. old son.  I say that first sentence all the time.  ;D
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Offline Gus

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Re: first point not from a slab
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2011, 01:58:55 pm »
Yes Sir,

Very Nice...

I'm still struggling going from Rock to Preform... and Notching... and thinning... and heat treating.

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Re: first point not from a slab
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2011, 02:03:07 pm »
Looks good bub! I wouldn't want to get stuck with it :).
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Offline Tower

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Re: first point not from a slab
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2011, 04:59:54 pm »
That's a good first point from scratch! Better than my first one .
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Offline bubby

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Re: first point not from a slab
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2011, 05:41:06 pm »
like ya said tower, gotta push to grow, that's the only way to get better, Bub
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: first point not from a slab
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2011, 01:23:49 pm »
Ok Bub - when you  comin to visit? We can work on those things together! I almost never use slab - usually work raw material brought in from lots of different folks.

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Re: first point not from a slab
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2011, 05:58:29 pm »
Ben, sent you a PM
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