plateau in knapping

[paulc]

I seem to have peaked out in my ability to take a perfectly nice piece of knappable stone and reducing it to an ugly "preform" which I hit one too many times and turn it into a not ugly preform....   

[Trapper Rob]

Been there done that many times.

[Chippintuff]

The good thing about plateaus is that an improvement is about to happen. Keep it up.

If we had a view from the edge so that the ridge of that flute path is seen, we might be able to give you some pointers how to prevent that next time.

WA

[Hawkdancer]

Oops! !  Keep trying!  You'll at least inspire me to get my tools out and get back to work!
Hawkdancer

[Hummingbird Point]

I'm self taught in many things, and that is always the way it goes.  Worse than plateaus are regressions, where you actually feel like you are going backwards!

The name Hummingbird Point comes from my early habit of taking hand sized spalls and reducing them down to one ore more finished pieces that were too small to even be called "bird points".  Looks like you have the makings of 3 "hummingbird points" there, so well done on that, but I ain't giving up the name!

[bjrogg]

Now where have I seen that before? Or I remember on my knee.
Bjrogg

[Ed Brooks]

Glad I’m not the only one.  Ed

[Parnell]

Are you setting up your platforms with pressure and abrading then percussion?  Wondering if you could have run the ridge on the left of the base to prep a base strike more toward the center right where that dog leg moves into the mass.