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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: sailordad on March 14, 2010, 01:14:09 am

Title: im so cheap
Post by: sailordad on March 14, 2010, 01:14:09 am

im so cheap,or so i have been told,that i dont like wasting my material.
this is partly why i liked slabbed material,less waste
although i do really like working with spalls.
well i like to warm my knapping muscles up wheni start a session
so i usually grab a piece of whatever jsut to beat on and make some flakes untill i get my groove
well i week or two back when i got box of mixed material from jesse i found a spall in there that was mostly all cortex
so grabbed that to use as my warm up,i snapped it in half (on purpose) and went to town on one half
i was really surprised at how ell it turned out considering it was more cortex than rock
it actually knapped quite well too,and took a decent edge

heres a pic of my waste not want not point  ;D

(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5305/1001577tx.jpg)

(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5015/1001576po.jpg)

thanks for peeking

                                                                       peace,
                                                                             tim

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: DanaM on March 14, 2010, 07:43:59 am

Thats cool 8)

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: jamie on March 14, 2010, 09:51:16 am

nice. i really dig cortex points. some of the cortex knapps better than the chert itself.

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: mullet on March 14, 2010, 10:10:42 am

  It's Georgetown, that's why. I've made some nice points out of the cortex. By the way, that is a nice point you made, Tim.

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: TRACY on March 14, 2010, 11:28:22 am

Quote from: jamie on March 14, 2010, 09:51:16 am

nice. i really dig cortex points. some of the cortex knapps better than the chert itself.

I agree and really like this point, good work!

Tracy

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: cowboy on March 14, 2010, 09:01:08 pm

Is it Georgetown or some of that Ky stuff? Turned out nice either way!

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: mullet on March 14, 2010, 09:06:36 pm

 That's some of your Georgetown, Paul. Spot that stuff a mile away. I made a turkey tail out of it that is almost identical to Tim's.

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: FlintWalker on March 14, 2010, 10:02:43 pm

Betcha a beer it's Ky Blue :P

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: sailordad on March 14, 2010, 10:04:46 pm

personaly i dont know what the material was
i just know the cortex is amazing

if ya had it in your hand would you be able to tell the material from so little chert thats there?

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: FlintWalker on March 14, 2010, 10:09:45 pm

Yep!   I say that because a lot of that Ky blue I picked up last weekend has a thick cortex that will work pretty good.  One of the last pine trees I made had a cortex tip on it.  I think the rock is too dark for G-town. :-\

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: Timo on March 14, 2010, 11:24:47 pm

That is what you call useing the rock to it's full potential!

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: Pappy on March 15, 2010, 10:21:44 am

Very nice work. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: cowboy on March 15, 2010, 11:17:51 pm

I'm leaning toward that Ky stuff. It could go either way but is a little dark for Gtown that close to the cortex and the bark looks a little different besides. Mail it to me and I'll inspect it a little closer ;D.

Title: Re: im so cheap
Post by: bowkee on March 20, 2010, 02:54:37 am

Looks great to me.Phillip