Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: bubby on January 21, 2011, 05:44:47 pm

Title: one flake to much
Post by: bubby on January 21, 2011, 05:44:47 pm

this happened practicing deeper notches, broke the one ear off with the last little flake, Bub(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/bubncheryl/blade011.jpg)

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: leapingbare on January 21, 2011, 06:21:11 pm

I did the same thing today ;)
 It happens, You point looks good though ;)

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: bubby on January 21, 2011, 06:25:22 pm

thinkin' of calling it a single barb fish point ::)

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: jonathan creason on January 21, 2011, 06:42:51 pm

I've got quite a few stemmed points because of that very thing. 

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: cowboy on January 21, 2011, 07:28:07 pm

That's what I was going to say. Would make a nice stemmed type now :).

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: bubby on January 21, 2011, 07:40:33 pm

might keep it this way for awhile to remind me to go slow

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: mullet on January 21, 2011, 10:32:40 pm

I've done that a few times myself ::) ;). What is harder is turning it into a Stemmed point. I seem to break them while trying to get rid of the other wing.

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: Bevan R. on January 21, 2011, 10:54:16 pm

I say leave it. Looks cool that way. 8)

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: jamie on January 22, 2011, 04:52:06 am

im with them. ive done it ,looks good,and leave it  ;D

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: JW_Halverson on January 22, 2011, 06:18:21 pm

"One flake too many!"  How many times have I heard that just when I show up at a knapping event?

Sorry to see the perfection marred.  At least it wasn't some rare or hard to find variety of stone! 

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: Bill Skinner on January 24, 2011, 09:14:19 pm

I have found a couple of real old ones that looked like that.  It made me feel somewhat better about my knapping.  Bill

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: stickbender on January 27, 2011, 08:46:59 pm

    I've got a pile of them.  Trying to make a Rogue River point, and just about perfect, snap..... >:(
Sooo....It seems the rock wanted to be a fish arrow point.  :P Ok, that is what it is, an arrow with a harpoon style point. ;)  So I make a few of them now and then.  I can make the Rogue River point, but it either doesn't have but one barb, or the notching is short.  It's just my style...... ;D

                                                                               Wayne

Title: Re: one flake to much
Post by: aznboi3644 on January 27, 2011, 11:31:28 pm

I'd actually love to be able to trade for a set of points like that...different but still effective.