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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jthompson1995 on January 30, 2011, 10:10:35 pm

Title: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: jthompson1995 on January 30, 2011, 10:10:35 pm

I'm really pleased with this one. Obsidian, 5 1/4" long by 1 3/16" wide by 1/4" thick. My longest and thinnest yet.

Not perfect but this is the first slab I have been able to keep one piece. Learned to stitch the square edge and really started figuring out the angles to get nice thinning flakes. There's still a few saw marks I didn't get but I figured to let them be before I broke the blade.

(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii249/jthompson1995/IMG_1058.jpg)

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: cracker on January 30, 2011, 10:14:23 pm

very cool.Ron

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: mullet on January 30, 2011, 10:16:09 pm

 Nice one, and whole. ;)

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: sailordad on January 30, 2011, 10:43:17 pm

very nice  8)
looks like triple flow too  8)

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: rileyconcrete on January 30, 2011, 11:49:45 pm

good job

Tell

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: leapingbare on January 31, 2011, 12:22:55 am

Looks Good.
 Remember to thin from the tip and base 1st and then the middle last.

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: jamie on January 31, 2011, 05:43:19 am

nice work buddy

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: cowboy on January 31, 2011, 01:36:02 pm

Cool knife man! Success is sweet ain't it ;)?

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: Lombard on January 31, 2011, 03:43:04 pm

Congratulations on getting it to stay together. I often don't have that success.

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: gutpile on January 31, 2011, 03:56:20 pm

being that small I would pressure flake that sucker and lay off the percussion...JMO...gut

Title: Re: First successful knife, first slab
Post by: Wolf Watcher on January 31, 2011, 04:08:40 pm

Good job.  Don't worry about a couple center saw marks.  With a little practice with directional pressure you will get rid of them.  Nice stone you had to work with!  Indian Joe