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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: billy on May 11, 2010, 12:20:53 am

Title: Brazillian Agate blowgun dart point....
Post by: billy on May 11, 2010, 12:20:53 am: Here's a point I just finished. It is made from a discarded slab of Brazillian agate. It was a long, very thick, and very narrow slab that I found in a debitage pile at the North GA knap in. It was a challenge to make because the slab gave me very little room for error. I had to try to thin it down as quickly as possible because I had almost no room for error. If I made too many mistakes, it would have ended up being a drill. It's so long and skinny I thought it would look good on the end of a blowgun dart....hence the title.

Steve Allely regularly makes points like this, but he does the little Wintu style expanded notches which was pretty much impossible to do on this one because the base was too thick. So I guess this is kind of an Allely-inspired point. It's 2 inches long and 1/2 inch wide.

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Post by: n2everythg on May 11, 2010, 12:28:04 am: WOW billy that is an awesome point. Love the color.
wade
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Post by: nugget on May 11, 2010, 08:04:00 am: Very cool Billy. That one is definitely a keeper.
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Post by: Bone pile on May 11, 2010, 09:05:16 am: I like it,great colors
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Post by: Pappy on May 11, 2010, 10:37:50 am: Beautiful point.Nice job. :)
Pappy
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Post by: StevenT on May 11, 2010, 12:58:06 pm: That thang looks like it has already been stuck in something and has blood on it. Billy, you are the man when it come to those small points. Nice one!!!
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Post by: Wolf Watcher on May 11, 2010, 01:09:08 pm: Billy: You sure you are not from the Columbia River or Southern Oregon Lake cultures? That point sure looks like some of them and my kind of point! Joe
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Post by: brownhillboy on May 11, 2010, 02:09:33 pm: Beautiful point...nice work!
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Post by: rileyconcrete on May 11, 2010, 04:58:45 pm: Great point. Love the colors, and the flake pattern.

Tell
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Post by: Jboyd on May 11, 2010, 07:20:15 pm: That is an awesome point!!
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Post by: BIG BAD BRAD on May 12, 2010, 01:59:13 am: BILLY,
YOU NEED TO COME BACK TO OREGON & TAKE SOME MORE LESSONS FROM STEVE... OR ANY OTHER EXCUSE YOU NEED TO COME BACK...H O M E !!! BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU NEED MANY MORE LESSONS! GREAT WORK, NOW KILL SOMETHING WITH IT !
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Post by: Timo on May 12, 2010, 08:42:11 am: Cool looking lil point!
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Post by: ricktrojanowski on May 12, 2010, 09:27:14 pm: That is a real beauty. That is some carefull knapping.
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Post by: mullet on May 12, 2010, 10:08:28 pm: For a big, ol' ugly guy, you sure make some dainty, pretty, points.
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Post by: billy on May 13, 2010, 02:00:13 am: Hahaha...I know mullet. I was thinking the same thing!! ;D ;D