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Offline nugget

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First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« on: January 26, 2008, 08:18:42 pm »
Here are my first points. They are small but I figure I can use them for a necklace or a small display arrow.
Enjoy!
The best one I think is the white one in the top right. The obsidian is a little concave and the gray one is too thin.
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2008, 08:20:34 pm »
I wont laugh Nugget..they are way better than mine....Brian
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2008, 08:23:37 pm »
Practice makes perfect TJ, keep at er.
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2008, 08:43:11 pm »
 ;D I have the fever for a point. I will run out of rock before I give up.
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2008, 09:00:15 pm »
 I'd bind any one of them points onto a good shaft and perforate me a rabbit,squirrel,even a turkey (Shoot him right thru the wing butts) No problem. Keep bustin' up them rocks,they get prettier fast.  Frank
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2008, 09:04:54 pm »
plan on tryin again tomorrow.
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2008, 10:01:24 pm »
They look good to me. Justin
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2008, 10:05:31 pm »
Thanks Justin
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2008, 11:05:27 pm »
  I wish my first ones looked like that . You're doing good bud. Break some more rocks.
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2008, 11:09:55 pm »
Your just like me and every other knapper I've ever seen nugget. The disease is incurable, you'll loose contact with friends and wive's,, and other things :). Seriously though - them ain't nothing to frown on. I spent half the night in a hotel room in Lerado one time pressure flaking points - had a dozen by midnight ;D.
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2008, 12:34:07 am »
I about froze to death the other day . I was knapping outside ,it was windy and about 30degrees.
 No I do not have a disease.
As for loosing contact: My wife (who is very understanding) just rings the dinner bell and I come back to present time , put down my primitive toys  and resume the roll of MODERN MAN .
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2008, 01:02:15 am »
Nice points Nugget. If the edge is sharp and they are straight and mounted correctly on a shaft, they will kill whatever you shoot them at. Native Americans in the South East, and probably most other places, used small points to hunt deer, etc. Better penetration. ;D     Pat
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2008, 02:08:34 am »
Nice.  If you're like me, I started with a big rock and finally made a little point.  I had to do other things, otherwise I'd have heat treated me some rock and tried some more.  Oh well, there's next weekend.  And the next, and the.....


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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2008, 09:51:52 pm »
Nice points i want to try knapping and if mine look anyhting likt that i will be happy
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Re: First successfull attempt ( don't laugh)
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2008, 12:04:02 pm »
Good work nugget.   :)  Keep on keepin on!  Like Pat said, they are quite serviceable.