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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Tower on July 18, 2011, 11:19:01 am

Title: I-10 chert.
Post by: Tower on July 18, 2011, 11:19:01 am

A good friend of mine has been trying his hand at knapping. He works for a private lab testing materials on road construction sites. Sometimes his job gives him a perfect opprotunity to gather knapping materials. The last time he gave me some chert that he pulled from a high wall on I-10 in west TX. It was pretty fractured from the shot but  still able to get some arrow points from them. One piece was sound enough to make a larger point. It was a little tough raw so I put a little heat & this was what become of it.

Title: Re: I-10 chert.
Post by: jamie on July 18, 2011, 11:39:00 am

all that needs is an antler handle and its perfect  ;)

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Post by: bowtarist on July 18, 2011, 12:56:25 pm

WOW, nice point!! 

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Post by: Will H on July 18, 2011, 09:40:16 pm

Very nice!  8)

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Post by: FlintWalker on July 19, 2011, 01:55:33 am

Ain't nothin' wrong with that stuff...or what you knocked out of it!

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Post by: Sparrow on July 21, 2011, 02:15:58 am

Beautiful work Tower  '  Frank

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Post by: Timo on July 21, 2011, 09:10:11 am

Nice looking blade there! Looks like Burlington?

Title: Re: I-10 chert.
Post by: Tower on July 21, 2011, 09:52:23 am

Timo, its almost the same chert Kinley sells. His rock is better than this stuff. It comes from I-10 & Hwy 20 around ElPaso.

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Post by: nclonghunter on July 21, 2011, 11:34:34 am

every time I see those great points that come from Texas rock, I just want to cry.. :'(

Great looking point!

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Post by: cowboy on July 21, 2011, 04:25:13 pm

Symetry is perfect as usual Tower. I spent a lot of time walking the deserts around El Paso and didn't find anything knappable. Did find a lot of pottery shards and a  few small points though.

Title: Re: I-10 chert.
Post by: jonathan creason on July 21, 2011, 04:40:39 pm

Man I wish I-10 ran through NC.  Of course, even if it did I wouldn't be able to do anything like that.  Great job once again, Tower.