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Offline Tower

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Ebony & Ivory point
« on: October 24, 2013, 11:03:59 am »
I don't get the chance to Knap much noviculite. I've found this piece in the bottom of a bucket I hadn't touched in a long time. The white knapped like butter, the black was a lil tougher. I wish it's base was a little thinner, but I like the colors.   My brother has informed me that I've been making too much of this style lately & I need to switch it up a lil.    Tower

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Offline mullet

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2013, 11:12:40 am »
 Cool colors, Big brother or younger? Makes a difference. :)
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Offline Tower

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2013, 11:24:22 am »
He's younger.   
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Offline Dalton Knapper

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2013, 11:36:10 am »
I like that particular type of novaculite. Some of the black won't knap at all because it is full of fractures but when it is mixed with the white, it's all OK. The black from Rick Parker's quarry in Magnet Cove works just fine.

Anyway, you can't make too many of a particular point style. You have to remember that American Indians and the early cultures might have made just a couple of styles of points their whole life and nothing else but some utilitarian tools. Only modern knappers make lots of styles. If you stick to one, you become very efficient and very skilled at that particular point style. That's not to say that knappers shouldn't play around with other styles, but maybe we should have a specialty point we knap very, very well like you do the Cahokia. Good work and very nice point.

Offline Bone pile

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2013, 11:58:29 am »
We all have our favorite style.Me I love coral newnans but every time I start knapping flint ridge it turns out to be a dovetail ,another favorite.I think we subconsciously start shaping the rock to a known point type unless the rock dictates differently. Unless I start out to purposely knapp a set point type I'll be making newnans and dovetails and liking them,just my two cents. I'll look at every Cahokia point you make because you do an outstanding job on them.
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2013, 12:48:19 pm »
I like that one! Shore is purty!

Offline knapperhead

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2013, 01:43:45 pm »
What Bonepile said.......
 

Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2013, 02:19:19 pm »
Nice looking point.

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2013, 02:40:29 pm »
I agree, love the color fade!

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2013, 04:33:48 pm »
That captures my vote for point of the year. The colors knock me out.
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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2013, 04:41:58 pm »
Beautiful color transition on that one. Nice point
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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2013, 07:10:05 am »
That is a nice contrasty rock there Mr Don. It don't matter what you make they all turn out great. Knap on  :).
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Offline Majuba Tom

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2013, 08:36:26 am »
A real nice point.

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Offline JEB

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2013, 08:38:40 am »
Another OUTSTANDING point Tower. a deer killer for sure.

Offline neuse

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Re: Ebony & Ivory point
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2013, 08:51:32 am »
Don, those are nice colors. Now add some red to it from a hill country deer and it will be perfect.