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Title: My weekends work
Post by: FlintWalker on February 28, 2010, 07:34:25 pm
I spent the last few days down at Pappys.  Had a great time!  Didn't get to do much knapping though (stayed busy working on bows). Yesterday evening while I was waiting for some glue to dry I got a chance to sit down and work a piece of Ky blue I got from Jesse.  Made this big 'ol pine tree.  I like it better than any of the others so far.
 Me and Jesse learned how to do a few other things over the weekend, but I'll let him show you that ;D  :-X

 The first picture is along with the last pine tree I made.  It's Ky blue also.

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Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: brownhillboy on February 28, 2010, 07:41:23 pm
Great looking points...you're definitely talented!  Knapping is the hardest part of primitive archery that I've tried so far.  Every other thing that I've tried, I have been able to figure out from books and reading on here, but I could definitely use some personal instruction in this dicipline!
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: sailordad on February 28, 2010, 07:43:49 pm
Shannon, as always another beautiful point.
you just keep improving

im with brownhillboy on needing personal direction  ;D
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: DanaM on February 28, 2010, 07:56:07 pm
Thats just sick shannon :)
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: FlintWalker on February 28, 2010, 07:58:32 pm
Tim, I reckon you and Brownhillboy'll just have to come on down to the Classic and get ya'll some "personal direction" ;D
 I ain't sick Dana ::)
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: sailordad on February 28, 2010, 08:09:11 pm
shannon, if my vacation time wasnt already spoken for for this year we would be there.
but unfortunatly its all spoken for.
but we have already put the classic on the schedule for next year ;D ;)
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: nugget on February 28, 2010, 08:13:01 pm
Very nice work. I may try to make it to Tenn for some instruction myself. ;D
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: jamie on February 28, 2010, 09:54:56 pm
ok shannon its time to move on from the pine trees. with your talent i want to see you start knocking out clovis points, scratch that, i want to see you do a folsom.  ;D
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: venisonburger on February 28, 2010, 10:02:53 pm
Those points are great, I've got a long way to go to get to your level.
VB
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: FlintWalker on February 28, 2010, 10:03:29 pm
Ya know Jamie, I have very little interest in fluted points :-\  They just don't turn me on for some reason.   I've tried a few clovis points, and actually made a couple. But the failure rate is so high with me my rock supply can't handle me trying very many.
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: Timo on February 28, 2010, 10:06:55 pm
Really nice Shannon! I still like the other one better......NOT! Well at least I like the color better ;)

You WILL show me how you make them at the classic. After you get a shower of course. ;D
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: FlintWalker on February 28, 2010, 10:10:24 pm
Really nice Shannon! I still like the other one better......NOT! Well at least I like the color better ;)

You WILL show me how you make them at the classic. After you get a shower of course. ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: mullet on February 28, 2010, 10:28:30 pm
  Well I'm getting tired of looking at all your Danged Ol' Pinetrees. NOT! ;D
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: FlintWalker on February 28, 2010, 10:30:34 pm
If you'll come home within the next 10 days...I'll stop posting them ;D
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: cowboy on March 01, 2010, 12:41:29 am
You've got those pine trees down pat Shannon - beauty! I just took a peek at what Jesse did - awesome!!
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: VenomBOWslinger on March 01, 2010, 12:59:45 am
Good work!!! I cant wait I was forced to order rock of the internet...waiting for snow melt to get some of the good stuff I located!

Cheers!!!
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: leapingbare on March 01, 2010, 01:01:18 am
I got to hold and look at both those points and let me tell you, there amazing! dead on to the real deal only difference is Shanon payed a little more attention to detail!
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: sailordad on March 01, 2010, 01:02:59 am
I got to hold and look at both those points and let me tell you, there amazing! dead on to the real deal only difference is Shanon payed a little more attention to detail!


ya im beginning to think that that shannon is just the reincarnated version of the first knapper to make pine tree points
and hes only gotten better since way back then
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: GregB on March 01, 2010, 01:42:45 pm
I got to hold them both...Shannon was finally able to pry my fingers open and get them back! :)
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: Pappy on March 01, 2010, 01:52:58 pm
Nice work Shanon,enjoyed having you as always. :)
   Pappy
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: Hillbilly on March 01, 2010, 10:59:46 pm
Shannon, you're becoming the pine tree king, those are awesome. I'm gonna trade you out of a pine tree at the classic if I have to steal a bow from Pat to trade you. ;D It's been too damn cold and snowy here to do any knapping-snow two or three nights a week every week since before Christmas and lows in the teens almost every night. Hard to knap with frozen fingers.
Title: Re: My weekends work
Post by: jamie on March 03, 2010, 11:29:29 am
dude if anybody can knock out a fluted point its you. kinda like when you said you couldnt do the paper weight.  ;D