Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: sailordad on June 15, 2009, 12:05:02 am
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well the end of last January i started my knapping journey ;D
one of the best decisions i've made in my 43 years on this planet too i might add.
i think i actually enjoy this more than making bows.
i have had no formal training, i.e. no one has ever shown me how to do this.
everything know i have learned on my own,with some help from you tube.although you cant ask the vids q's when you have them.
i have played with a little dacite and a little burlington chert.very little novaculite and alot of obsidion by comparision to the others.
i use what i can get my hands on from rock shops mostly.
i have made some pretty decent points here and there,but i tend to break more than i make.
however i seem to be able to make some fairly decent knife blades.
in the few months that i have been doing this i have learned that rock,like wood, will dictate what it wants me to make it into.
for some reason or other it seems to tell me more often than not,that it wants to be a knife blade.
well i have made 4 realy nice obidion knife blades now.
today i made my first batch of pine pitch,this bow making hobby keeps leading to other hobbies ;D,and hafted two of the nicest to some
deer antler and then wrapped with whitetail back strap sinew that i chewed untill soft and applied with just saliva.
i am proud as a peacock of these two knives so here are some pics.
i know my knapping abilities leave alittle to be desired by most of your guys's standards but like i said its only been 5 months
any comments,questions,rocks or bottles are always appreciated
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/4241/1000419l.jpg)
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5567/1000420.jpg)
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2498/1000421.jpg)
thanks for looking ;D peace,
tim
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Ain't it nice to have something you love doing...and a cool place like this to share it :)
Nice knives.
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Nice knives Tim and I know exactly how you feel about living in an area with no knappable rock >:(
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Those are some cool knives Tim! Your proud of em and I don't blame ya ;D. A person just gets a certain amount of personal satisfaction out of making something from nothing and now you have to go use it on a critter ;).
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Nuthin wrong with those! Love that purple stuff.
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Looks good and I'll bet they work just fine too.Is that rainbow obs?sure is a nice looking rock
Bone pile
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Ain't it nice to have something you love doing...and a cool place like this to share it
Nice knives.
My sentiments exactly! I feel the same way Tim! I only started knapping about 2 years ago and I'm still trying to figure out what life was like before knappin! ;D Joe H
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By the way, Nice knives Tim!! 8) 8) Joe H
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;D thanks everyone ;D
yes i was told that it is rainbow obsidion,both of them knivesa re from the same slab.
the little one if you turn it just right in the sunlight yo can see red,green and a touch of blue.
the larger one only shows red on the upper half and gray on the bottom half.
i dont think the guy knew what he was doing when he slabbed this,he is not a knapper just a rock hound.
i have a chance to get some more of this and some peacock? whats the differance between them?
i dont know how to spall,so i may just pass on the nodules.its way to spendy to have he rock shop slab them for me
and yes it is nice to have a place like this to share stuff like this, just cant get enough.
well gotta go,i hear a pile of obsidion slabs calling to me ;) ;D
peace,
tim
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Man, Tim, you have come a long way. Those are nice. I'd be proud to have one of those. I have never been able to tell the difference between , Rainbow, Oil Sheen, or Peacock Obsidean. I think it's a Marketing ploy. ;)
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right on Tim, keep rocking