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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: aaron on October 20, 2009, 03:01:40 pm

Title: deer?no. elk?no. got salmon!
Post by: aaron on October 20, 2009, 03:01:40 pm

First of all I am so psyched to read of all the hunting success- congrats to everyone. no luck for me on the critters yet this year, but there's always wet season (a.k.a. late season in SW WA).
I have been after this salmon for months now, daring to take a few flakes per day, usually. It's riley dacite from out near glass buttes- glassy, elastic, not tough- a waxy dull grey obsidian.
my tools are around it- an ishi stick made from a broken mullberry bow, with deer leg bone tip (from an obsidian-killed deer). medium moose billet, large elk billet, carborundum abrader, copper punch, and ironwood/moose small billet.

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Post by: aaron on October 20, 2009, 03:30:20 pm

and heres a photo of the good side

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Post by: stickbender on October 20, 2009, 04:10:09 pm

     Well, Aaron, it must be nice to be advanced enough to get bored with points, blades, axes, and such, to start making fish!  Ok, now lets see you make a fish with the fly in it's mouth! ;D  Good job. ;)

                                                                                Wayne

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Post by: mullet on October 20, 2009, 10:36:41 pm

 WOW!, that's cool.

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Post by: Pappy on October 21, 2009, 05:17:48 am

Beautiful work. :)
   Pappy

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Post by: DanaM on October 21, 2009, 07:04:33 am

Thats fantastic effigy work aaron :)

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Post by: GregB on October 21, 2009, 08:01:28 am

Break out the cedar plank and lets grill that salmon on the fire!  ;D

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Post by: Bone pile on October 21, 2009, 08:39:41 am

I like that one alot.like the tools also
Bone pile

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Post by: cowboy on October 21, 2009, 09:42:05 am

Cool! That's quality boredom there :).

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Post by: Timo on October 21, 2009, 08:10:34 pm

Perty neat stuff,but I'd call it a shark! ;)

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Post by: venisonburger on October 21, 2009, 11:37:32 pm

Thats neat stuff!
VB

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Post by: StevenT on October 22, 2009, 05:50:34 pm

Just three words.... awsome, awsome, awsome!

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Post by: warhawk on October 22, 2009, 08:09:51 pm

looks nice