Saturday Blade

[gstoneberg]

Very pretty day today in Texas, got the itch to make a point.  I'd worked this preform earlier in the week but ran out of time and energy.  Today I finished it up.  It has one good side:


But I couldn't get all the cortex off the other side.



I decided to quit before I broke it in half.  Had another point almost done when I knocked the corner off it.  Guess I'll quit for the day and go hog hunting...

George

[Stringman]

Hey George! Nice to see you hittin it again!! That's a nice looking blade right there!

[Outbackbob48]

Nice blade and I like the cortex look. Bob

[Gus]

Hey Sir!

That looks like a Sweet Blade!

Hope things are going Well.

Best Regards,

-gus

[Trapper Rob]

Looks nice George cortex looks good on it.

[mullet]

That is sweet, George. What kind of material is that?

[gstoneberg]

Thanks guys!  It's pedernales I think Eddie.  Not sure where I got that spall, I think Cipriano brought it over.  I overcooked it so the center was trashed and crumbly, but I got a thin spall off the outside edge with some crumbly stuff in the center.  Was lucky to knock that off without it breaking.  That thick cortex is a bugger though.

George

[mullet]

It still looks good after over cooking, it sure is waxy looking.

[gstoneberg]

Yes, if only I hadn't ruined so much of it.  I knocked out 2 points for a friend today.  Not sure what kind of rock the lighter stuff is, the darker is rootbeer.  It didn't take the heating as well and was a little grainy.  Got a nice notch on one side, but the other one stalled right at the edge.  By the time I punched enough of a notch to haft I'd broken it out pretty bad and had to make the other side match it.    Even so, I'm not sure that one is thin enough to haft.  I punched a notch on base trying to get some weight off it and thin it a little but it was still 177gr.  Just didn't get it very thin.  Probably should have keep punching on the base as it was going really well for a change.



George