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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: PeteDavis on December 16, 2008, 05:58:38 pm

Title: Narrow Novac
Post by: PeteDavis on December 16, 2008, 05:58:38 pm

12-16-08

the spidery stuff is a tad harder to thin, requires a bigger platform.....novaculite appears to be a form of fine-grained quartzite unless I am mistaken....

(http://www.fototime.com/61FE4B66FDE3970/standard.jpg)

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: cowboy on December 16, 2008, 06:02:55 pm

Another nice one Pete! Your knapping skills are coming right along. I've got some novac like that, it all seems to work about the same to me.

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: Pappy on December 17, 2008, 10:04:00 am

Very nice piece Pete. :)

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on December 17, 2008, 04:20:45 pm

yup, thats a real nice looking point.  whats the name of that style of point, anyone know?

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: PeteDavis on December 17, 2008, 07:31:37 pm

Quote from: twistedlimbs on December 17, 2008, 04:20:45 pm

yup, thats a real nice looking point.  whats the name of that style of point, anyone know?

Well, if it had that dandy parallel flaking, it would be an Eden...part of the Scottsbluff family. I just sorta hacked that one out, I got part of the flakes right, here's the Perino book.....

(http://www.fototime.com/F82F5EFC1789E39/standard.jpg)

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: stickbender on December 17, 2008, 09:14:15 pm

     Gettin your knappin skills down, nothing!  You're there!  Sheesh, you guys killing me! ;D

                                                          Wayne

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: FlintWalker on December 17, 2008, 11:50:25 pm

Sorta favors a Hardin to me.  Whatever you call it, it's nice!

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: TRACY on December 18, 2008, 12:31:18 pm

Another nice one Pete! My learning curve is a long ways from yours :D

Tracy

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: cowboy on December 18, 2008, 12:51:24 pm

I was thinking Scottsbluff for some reason but don't have my book to look it up - just can't seem to memorize every one of em ::).

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: leapingbare on December 18, 2008, 01:30:16 pm

Pete what you dont see in that book is the cross section..  to get those flacks you need a very even convex cross section..
 Well not all the time, it just makes it alot easer
I think most of those points were thick.

  Regardless your doin some awsome work!!!

Title: Re: Narrow Novac
Post by: stickbender on December 18, 2008, 03:16:39 pm

     Awesome indeed!  I think they would have needed to be thick, if they we 8)re used as a knife, or spear, or atlatl point.

                                                                       Wayne 8)