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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jamie on January 12, 2010, 08:08:31 pm

Title: mahogany and jasper
Post by: jamie on January 12, 2010, 08:08:31 pm

kept waiting for the obsidian to break. first time i ever worked this type of jasper so i truned a beautiful blade into a point.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/012-2.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/013-2.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/014-1.jpg)

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: cowboy on January 12, 2010, 08:14:25 pm

Dang your turnin em out Jamie - purty points! Gettin em thin too, seems like I told you  you would one day ;). I've never tried jasper, may have to give it a whirl sometime..

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: DanaM on January 12, 2010, 08:37:10 pm

Sweet points jamie :)

Cowboy ain't it about time ya broke some rock again ;) Time to get busy eh :)

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: sailordad on January 12, 2010, 08:42:37 pm

Jamie, very nice looking points there
that obsidion has got some serious size to it.
i always try getting big ones from obsidion,but the yusually break 2-3 times in the process and i get nice little ones
that jasper looks like some nice material too,gonna have to get some of that and whack the heck out of it.
is it a tougher material,or pretty decent to work?

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: cowboy on January 12, 2010, 08:46:54 pm

I've been thinking that very thing Dana - time to get motivated ;D. Been talking to Shannon here and there and he's about to shame me into making something ::).

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: mullet on January 12, 2010, 09:12:01 pm

 You ought to be ashamed ;D The wife said your new Indian name is Cougar Cub. ;D ;D

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: ricktrojanowski on January 12, 2010, 09:46:45 pm

Nice work Jamie, looks good and thin.

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: leapingbare on January 12, 2010, 10:52:41 pm

Very nice.

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: jamie on January 13, 2010, 12:07:03 am

thanks guys. the jasper is nice stuff. no heat needed. needs a strong platform or itll step very easy. lot of inclusions with this stuff too but you can run through em with a little force. this obsidian had stress fractures and there is one running through the center of this piece that i was sure was gonna break. i kept very little pressure on it in my hand so it wouldnt.

ed im still trying to figure out what the hell that means  :)

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: billy on January 13, 2010, 12:11:38 am

HEy Jamie,
that's some first-class work.  Keep it up dude!

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: Pappy on January 14, 2010, 08:39:43 am

Very nice work jamie,beautiful points. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: mahogany and jasper
Post by: Hillbilly on January 14, 2010, 10:35:54 am

Good looking points, Jamie. that jasper looks like some tough stuff.