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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: nugget on March 05, 2010, 05:33:32 pm

Title: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 05, 2010, 05:33:32 pm

Here is my sad attempt. Been awhile since I had a chance to knap. Still rusty, not that I was any good to begin with.
Some rhyolite and dacite that are gonna be blades and a sad rhyolite poit and my best effort today was a obsidian point.
TJ

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Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: brownhillboy on March 05, 2010, 05:35:22 pm

Looking good to me! :)

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 05, 2010, 05:35:36 pm

Here is a few more pics of the same stuff.

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Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 05, 2010, 05:36:53 pm

Thanks. Felt good to be knappin again. Weather finally cooperated a little  ;D

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: jamie on March 05, 2010, 06:10:32 pm

wow talk about working both ends of the spectrum. nice work dude.

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 05, 2010, 06:35:44 pm

You got that right. I did the dacite first and the obsidian last. The rhyolite I got out my fustration on in the middle.

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: mullet on March 05, 2010, 06:51:26 pm

 TJ, they look darn good to me. My hat's off, to ya for beating those out of that Ryolite.

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: FlintWalker on March 05, 2010, 07:26:14 pm

That took some adjusting :o  Really like that Adena

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 05, 2010, 07:26:55 pm

Thanks. I kinda like beatin on some good old NC ryolite.

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 05, 2010, 07:31:51 pm

Thank you for naming it. I looked it up and dang it does look like an Adena. I didnt do it on purpose. That was going to be a knife blade. The tang was gonna be set in an antler. Cool I made an Adena ;D

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: bryan irwin on March 05, 2010, 08:01:58 pm

looks good

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 05, 2010, 08:11:36 pm

Thanks Bryan. Lookin forward to the get together so I  can get some more knapping done.

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: bryan irwin on March 05, 2010, 08:16:39 pm

yea better get warmed up we got a lot of rhyolite to break up

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 05, 2010, 08:22:32 pm

Hammerstone at the ready.

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock ( Updated pics)
Post by: nugget on March 07, 2010, 11:50:56 am

Here are the 2 blades set in the handles

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Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: DanaM on March 07, 2010, 11:54:44 am

Looks good TJ :)

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 07, 2010, 09:56:24 pm

Thanks Dana.

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: cowboy on March 07, 2010, 10:19:53 pm

Good looking stuff there! I didn't read everything but is that some of that speckled rhyolite? All I got out of it was gravel...

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 07, 2010, 10:39:59 pm

Thanks. It is the speckled, and I have made a bunch of gravel out of it myself. I usually beat on it awhile and then leave it alone till I am in the mood to get aggrevated.

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: jamie on March 08, 2010, 10:19:05 am

nice work. really like the rhyolite blade.

Title: Re: Finally got a chance to break some rock
Post by: nugget on March 08, 2010, 07:42:43 pm

Thanks Jamie. I am happy with it also. I should have done some more fine work on it before I set it in the handle.