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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jamie on July 05, 2011, 01:22:57 pm

Title: solutrean
Post by: jamie on July 05, 2011, 01:22:57 pm: this piece definitely had a serious pucker factor to it. raw Texas rock i received from cowboy . got it down to a half inch thick with the hammerstone and then went to the punch to finish up. one pass along the edge with a tine to remove deltas. 8 1/4" long, 2 3/8th" wide, .290" or 7.4mm thick. symmetry is off but im happy it stayed in one piece.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/Photo0041.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/Photo0044.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/Photo0045.jpg)
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Post by: Josh on July 05, 2011, 01:50:15 pm: niiice! I got some of that texas and it is some tough stuff. Very nice work. :)
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Post by: JackCrafty on July 05, 2011, 02:00:41 pm: 8) Great work. I think I break those long blades on purpose because I can't stand the stress!
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Post by: JustinNC on July 05, 2011, 05:53:07 pm: Quote from: jackcrafty on July 05, 2011, 02:00:41 pm
8) Great work. I think I brake those long blades on purpose because I can't stand the stress!

That's my excuse too :o
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Post by: Timo on July 05, 2011, 06:02:41 pm: Nice work Jamie! 8)

I had that pucker factor going strong this morning on a 7" Dalton wannabe.....That factor soon left and turned into something else. :'(
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Post by: stickbender on July 05, 2011, 06:28:20 pm: How in the heck do you guys work that stuff raw?! :o I can't do much of anything with it.
That is nice Jamie! I would have had about three to four pieces after I got the basic shape. :P

Wayne
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Post by: iowabow on July 05, 2011, 08:16:24 pm: Takes a lot of nerve to hit one that size. Looking good. I can't wait to get a piece of flint that size to work on.
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Post by: Outbackbob48 on July 05, 2011, 09:13:50 pm: Jamie, lookin real good on some tuff material, I have a few pcs of the raw dull gray sandy feelin rock from Cowboy an I can stack it real quick if I ease off an wimp hit it :laugh:
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Post by: mullet on July 05, 2011, 10:10:18 pm: WOW! ;D
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Post by: jamie on July 06, 2011, 04:20:59 pm: thanks guys. got a buddy who wants to take it pig hunting. its overkill but if he wants to get that close and stick it in a pig i'll haft it up for him.
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Post by: cowboy on July 06, 2011, 04:23:43 pm: That is some steppy stuff ain't it Jamie? I haven't tried to cook any of that particular stuff yet but will. And tell him to stick that pig ;).
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Post by: nclonghunter on July 06, 2011, 05:22:52 pm: Awesome...I was with a friend walking the Ohio River banks in WV years ago and I walked past a 9 1/2 inch point that my buddy spotted. He had it looked at and was told it was a Turkey Tail point from Texas. It was a brown looking rock and was beautiful. The shape was exactly like your point except for the small notching near the base.

Well done Jamie!
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Post by: flecha on July 08, 2011, 12:58:21 am: Jamie, you do impressive work!
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Post by: Will H on July 08, 2011, 06:54:11 pm: Great work as always! :)
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Post by: Tower on July 09, 2011, 01:28:52 am: Very nice. I have always wanted but never attempted to knap a Solutrean blade! Well Done! Sorry I haven't posted much lately I'm moving & been too busy to knap. Again well done on the blade!
Title: Re: solutrean
Post by: jamie on July 09, 2011, 06:44:06 am: thank you. im very tempted to push this blade under a 1/4" thickness. its in my truck and everytime i see it i want to thin it. need to start on another and give this one over to the pig hunter. have one decent piece of root beer left i think i can get a 9" blade from .
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Post by: crooketarrow on July 09, 2011, 11:36:11 am: SWEETTTT
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Post by: jonathan creason on July 10, 2011, 12:31:22 am: Dang, that is amazing Jamie.
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Post by: jamie on July 10, 2011, 10:58:26 am: couldnt leave well enough alone ;D
8 1/4" long , 2 1/8" wide , .252" thick or 6.4mm

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/Photo00532.jpg)

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Title: Re: solutrean
Post by: cowboy on July 10, 2011, 12:41:52 pm: Man you cleaned that thing right up Jamie! Thinned, straightened, cleaned up the face. Like your tool kit. You are a true caveman ;).
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Post by: Tower on July 11, 2011, 10:48:40 am: Outstanding!
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Post by: jamie on July 11, 2011, 11:10:17 am: thanks guys. looks like it may end up in a pig. talked to the guy last nite and he's jonesing to have it hafted up. just talked to another guy about getting some onondaga and asked for a piece i can get a 10" blade from. he's gonna look at what he has and if he has it im gonna go for a bigger one. tried to get a piece from rootbeer and there was too much cortex on it. the rootbeer one is gonna be my next try at a cumberland. need to get back to that project.
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Post by: JackCrafty on July 11, 2011, 02:13:31 pm: WOW! Looking VERY nice, Jamie! 8)
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Post by: Timo on July 11, 2011, 07:57:30 pm: Dang Jamie, I saw What you did over on PP and thought.....Now if I would try that,I'd have at the very least...two pieces! :'(

Nicely done.

So...Why did you quit at a 1/4"? :-X
Title: Re: solutrean
Post by: mullet on July 11, 2011, 09:37:53 pm: That is outstanding, Jamie. Tell your friend you are sending it to me and I'll get pig blood on it for him. We're going after them this weekend in Ga.
Title: Re: solutrean
Post by: jamie on July 11, 2011, 09:50:20 pm: thanks. tim i'll make sure the next one is 3/16th :o

eddie if he doesnt plan on going for a while ill send it to ya. if he is, the next one is yours.
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Post by: mullet on July 11, 2011, 11:30:34 pm: :o ;D
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Post by: StevenT on July 12, 2011, 11:21:40 am: The one bone still looks like it has meat scraps on it. You can't get much more ABO than that! Damn impressive results.
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Post by: iowabow on July 12, 2011, 01:10:38 pm: That looks really great. I hope to do that someday. Outstanding can't believe how you took the curve out of that blade. It would have been cool to watch you do that.
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Post by: Hillbilly on July 13, 2011, 11:00:20 pm: By God, that's just cool, Jamie. Awesome piece.
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Post by: Bill Skinner on July 15, 2011, 02:19:46 am: When you first posted, I typed in somthing like "you need to smack it twice and get those humps off" but I didn't post it because if you tried and broke it, I would have felt guilty. I am really impressed with the first version, the second is outstanding. Bill
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Post by: criveraville on July 15, 2011, 06:45:05 am: Very impresive Jamie!
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Post by: jamie on July 15, 2011, 07:34:46 pm: thanks again everybody. bill im really trying not to care that much about symetry and stuff but it keeps drawing me back in. i want my pieces to look more ancient with the twists and bumps. this piece was screaming at me to clean it up.