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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: sailordad on February 06, 2011, 07:53:03 pm

Title: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: sailordad on February 06, 2011, 07:53:03 pm

well i,like most other knappers,occaisonally try and make something thats a little more difficult
well more difficult for me at least
i have been trying,since i started this 2 years ago or so,to make a truly succensfull clovis style point
i have made many with one really nice flute
or wit httwoo flutes that are going off at angles and not straight down the blade
these "failed attempts" i usually turn into something else or give away(bevan got one recently  ;) )
well i wen out hunting this morning and when i came home i went donw to my winter knapping spot in the basement
first i finisihed up an ABO knapped obsidion knife blade
then i grabbed another piece of obsidion and reduced it with an moose billet
by time i had it reduced down to a preform it looked like cloved style blade
well i dont have many good antler tines for flaking and didnt want to mess this up
so i grabbed my copper tipped Ishi stick and did the pressure flaking and set up two median ridged(one on each face )
theni set up a nipple and grabbed my moose billet again and "WHACK"
made i nice straight flute on the first face
so back to the Ishi stick and set up a nipple on the other face
once again i grabbed the moose billet "WHACK"
i couldnt believe
i made a SECOND nice straight flute down the second face
i had never made two nice flutes on the same point before
after that i said "the heck with this,i am done for the day"
didnt want to ruin it so i didnt even put an edge on it yet
heres a pic of the clovis along with the all ABO knofe blade
hope ya'll can see the flutes  ;D

(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1113/1002442p.jpg)

(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3867/1002443se.jpg)

thanks for looking                                                                       tim

Title: Re: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: mullet on February 06, 2011, 07:56:16 pm

 You did good, Tim. That's a long flute.

Title: Re: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: Bill Skinner on February 06, 2011, 10:39:31 pm

And the moral of the story is...smack the snot out of it the first time.  When I was learning how to make a clovis, after I had broken a few, I would "love tap" my nipple and not get a flute but I would mess up my nipple.  I would have to rework the base, those first taps would mess up my ridge for just a little but I didn't want to lose more length soo...poor nipple, bad or no flute or even worse, good flute on one side and by the time I made corrections on the other, my flute would be damn near gone.  Finally, somebody said "It's just a rock, Hit it!"  So I did and it worked.  I still break one every now and then, it happens, but it happens a lot less.  Bill   

Title: Re: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: jamie on February 07, 2011, 06:27:12 am

good job tim  ;D

Title: Re: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: Pappy on February 07, 2011, 07:56:14 am

Good looking point Tim,also blade. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: JackCrafty on February 07, 2011, 12:07:39 pm

Awesome!   ;D

Title: Re: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: cowboy on February 07, 2011, 01:13:19 pm

Way to go Tim! I gotta get into that fluting stuff one of these days. And yes, I can see them flutes - no problem :).

Title: Re: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: swamp yeti on February 07, 2011, 02:01:10 pm

Real nice.

Title: Re: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: JustinNC on February 07, 2011, 02:23:02 pm

Awesome!

Title: Re: SUCCESS AT LAST
Post by: Elktracker on February 08, 2011, 01:45:45 am

Man thats really a nice job dad hope I get to that point soon, no pun intended lol