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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: sailordad on January 06, 2010, 01:31:35 am

Title: first attempt
Post by: sailordad on January 06, 2010, 01:31:35 am

well this was my first attempt at paralell flaking
i watched somes vids on you tube the other day
and thought to myself,damn that must be how shannon and jesse and the other guys get them looking so nice,and thin too
so i went down to my little hole of a work area last night and grabbed a piece of rock.some more of what i got from jesse,know idea what it is just that i like it ;)
i percussed the preform and then went to down with my first attempt at paralell flaking and this is what i ended up with
the one side has a hinge in the middle of the point,that was from persussion.couldnt work it out and still get a point so i left it.
what ya think?
thanks for peeking

(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9224/1001423l.jpg)

(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6891/1001426.jpg)

                                                                                           peace,
                                                                                                 tim

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: FlintWalker on January 06, 2010, 01:52:06 am

Dang fine job!  The more times you go over one, the slicker it'll get. 
 That looks like Ky blue to me.

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: Bone pile on January 06, 2010, 10:13:55 am

Looks like the real deal to me
Bone pile

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: mullet on January 07, 2010, 12:08:59 am

 Look's good, Tim. I have some of that rock.

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: aero86 on January 07, 2010, 01:46:15 pm

your doing better than ive been able to do.  i dont know if im not setting up the ridges right or not the right angle, i dont know!  maybe i need to watch more videos

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: Lobo69ss on January 07, 2010, 04:15:57 pm

   Nice looking work for the first try.  Can I ask for a link to those videos that you mentioned?
  Paralel oblique is something that I haven`t tried yet, but if I can see it done maybe I can
give it a try.  Is that on Paleomanjim`s youtube ? Edbo`s?  Lots of places to check, but I`m
new to knapping & need all the information I can get to shorten the learning curve.

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: jamie on January 07, 2010, 10:17:42 pm

nice work tim. im in the same boat as you. cant get over how some can get such perfect scars. seems like i can get a point from asphalt but cant get it cleaned up and pretty.

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: Justin Snyder on January 07, 2010, 10:56:04 pm

Dang nice work Tim.  Pretty rock too.

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: sailordad on January 07, 2010, 11:05:53 pm

thanks for the kind words everyone
i really really like this rock,dont know why i just do
i have a few more cobbles of it,hope to be able to make a few more points
i need to get more of this stuff
i tried to make a few more points last night one from this material and two from differant material
all was going well too,well untill i tried notching each of them.blew the base off of one,both the ears off of one and not sure what happened wit the third.
but lets just say my temper got the beter of it >:D ;D

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: GregB on January 08, 2010, 10:17:44 am

Very nice, good work on that one!

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: leapingbare on January 10, 2010, 09:24:03 pm

Looks good Tim.. i don't know what rock it is, I'd have to hold it. i put so much different stuff in that box there is no telling.

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: sailordad on January 10, 2010, 10:14:40 pm

thanks Jesse, coming from you thats a compliment  ;D

i wish i knew what the material was, i really like it.would like to get more of it.

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: leapingbare on January 11, 2010, 12:38:59 am

post me a close up pic of that point and of the other pieces of that rock that you have and I'll tell you.

Title: Re: first attempt
Post by: Jaeger on January 11, 2010, 08:34:54 am

I will take a guess ,Georgetown?