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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jamie on March 11, 2010, 12:45:08 pm

Title: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: jamie on March 11, 2010, 12:45:08 pm

one flute stopped dead and the other i lost some of cleaning up the edges.  rough as hell. not sure what this stuff is but it comes out of the center of the state and i keep finding a piece here or there i can work. mostly antler but i broke out the copper to try and pop off a few steps. didnt work out well. forgot to take a side pic. its about 3/8" thick.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/002-13.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/003-11.jpg)

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: DanaM on March 11, 2010, 01:12:40 pm

Doesn't look bad to me jamie especially for some tough rock

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: brownhillboy on March 11, 2010, 02:33:04 pm

Looks good to me too, jamie.

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: FlintWalker on March 11, 2010, 07:50:30 pm

Looks tough.  That's a fine job for what you had to work with.

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: TRACY on March 11, 2010, 07:50:43 pm

Good looking point for some unfriendly looking rock.

Tracy

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: stickbender on March 11, 2010, 07:56:38 pm

     Cool looking point, especially from what it is made of.  Did you try heat treating any of it?


                                                                      Wayne

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: Outbackbob48 on March 11, 2010, 09:04:20 pm

Looks real good on that leverite material ;D Bob

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: billy on March 11, 2010, 09:51:07 pm

Damn jamie...that's awesome!  Clovis ponts are VERY difficult to make, and you were able to make it out of some very tough stone.  You are a top-notch knapper in my opinion!

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: mullet on March 11, 2010, 09:57:28 pm

 Look's like a real Clovis to me. Nice, Jamie.

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: cowboy on March 11, 2010, 10:17:10 pm

That does look like some nice tough local stuff for ya Jamie - and you made it work out just fine!!

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: jamie on March 12, 2010, 07:04:21 am

thanks guys. talked to an archeologist last night about the material. kind of a mix between fine grained quartz and granite. seems like good stuff as far as ct is concerned. heat would kill this stuff wayne. gonna try to locate more. one thing i learned with this piece is dont drop your flakes. your gonna need em to hammer off the steps that are left behind.

Title: Re: ct. gravel clovis
Post by: ricktrojanowski on March 15, 2010, 09:41:57 pm

Looks like a really nice point from some really nasty rock.  I hope you didn't miss when you were hitting that stuff. ;D