Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jamie on January 22, 2011, 08:47:01 am
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this was bifaced using a hammerstone. the remainder of work was done using two billets. one billet was held between the thigh with the biface held in hand or pressed into opposite thigh for fluting. not happy with the flutes. ther was about another 1.5 inches to this piece. the flute the is off centered was the first flute i removed. was happey with how it looked but i must of not hit hit straight and it ran side ways. the wider flute was a redo. had to remove almost an inch and a half off the end to reset the nipple . as well as remove the original flute. it ran a little sideways too and i tried to run a secondary flute that shattered and left fingernails everywhere. so after redressing the stone i ended up getting that wider flute.
definetly like doing the billet work. gives a lot of control in a small area to remove long flakes. without having to worry about reducing a lot of width to develop a striking platform. gonna use it on my next cumberland attempt. anyway on to the pics. ;D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/001-26.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/002-26.jpg)
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NICE.
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I don't see anything wrong with that one Jamie. That second flute looks great! Too bad you had to lose that inch and half to get it though..
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Dang it man, your mistakes look better than my best attempts.
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That is one nice point,good job.
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thanks guys im having a blast exploring different abo methods of knapping. gonna start punching notches in some of this stuff using small stones as notching tools. seen it done just havent gotten around to trying it
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Nice! Like the punch idea.