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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: madcrow on July 02, 2009, 01:25:38 am

Title: New Dacite Points
Post by: madcrow on July 02, 2009, 01:25:38 am

I seem to be on a bird point kick here lately.  I just like making them.  I got a box of dacite in the mail today and since I had just cleaned up the mess in the building from the other points, I decided to make another.  In between sessions of explaining to Montana why he should not beat the crap out of the obsidian he was working with, I flaked these out.  Since the dacite came from Oregon, I tried some points found there.

Elko Split Stem

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/maillemaker1/Raw%20materials/DSCN0026.jpg)

Elko Corner Notch

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/maillemaker1/Raw%20materials/DSCN0023.jpg)

And this one just for giggles

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/maillemaker1/Raw%20materials/DSCN0027.jpg)

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/maillemaker1/Raw%20materials/DSCN0022.jpg)

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: Pappy on July 02, 2009, 06:57:31 am

Nice points. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: GregB on July 02, 2009, 07:41:04 am

Those turned out nice! ;)

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: madcrow on July 02, 2009, 08:57:22 am

Thanks.  I can see now that I will be ordering more of this.  It flakes like butter.

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: nugget on July 02, 2009, 09:31:07 am

Very nice . I like all of them

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: redwasp on July 02, 2009, 07:18:27 pm

cool, all mine end up being bird points. so i guess I like them. why not beat up the obsidian? I've only worked slabs of that.

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: madcrow on July 02, 2009, 07:24:57 pm

There is a difference between setting up platforms, running thinning flakes,etc. and just setting there wailing on it.

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: redwasp on July 02, 2009, 09:17:24 pm

madcow couldn't that cause fractures in the glass? just a thought, not much of a scientist but it seems logical. However what seems logical to me is most always a coin toss.. :-\

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: nugget on July 02, 2009, 10:39:01 pm

I like that dacite. Where did you get it? I might have to try and get some of that.

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: cowboy on July 03, 2009, 12:02:13 am

Those look good man! Keep on knappin - I'm hoping to load up some dacite in about a month.

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: Hardawaypoints on July 03, 2009, 12:42:32 am

Lookin' good Eddie. I hope you can make it to the knap-in in Burlington again this year. Looking forward to it.

Jim

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: madcrow on July 03, 2009, 04:23:12 am

Thanks for the comments.  Jim, I have my vacation days already set for that wekend.  I will be there with bells on.

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: DanaM on July 03, 2009, 07:24:08 am

They look good eddie :) I've been suffering from the old Breakin Point Blues last few days, 12 in a row now >:(

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: Timo on July 03, 2009, 08:28:24 am

Eddie, I have never had any dacite that looked that slick.Nice job.

BTW i have a bunch more osage blocks laying around.

Title: Re: New Dacite Points
Post by: TRACY on July 03, 2009, 08:54:39 am

Those look really cool! Kinda hard to stop when you get the bug :D

Tracy