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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: bubby on January 19, 2012, 09:08:34 pm

Title: new bopper
Post by: bubby on January 19, 2012, 09:08:34 pm: my son took a littlepiece of yew and turned a handlefor the new bopper i wanted to build, i think it turned out pretty nice, Bub(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/bubncheryl/Picture003-8.jpg)
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Post by: bowtarist on January 19, 2012, 10:04:38 pm: Nice lookin bopper you got there Bubby. ;) dpgratz
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Post by: YosemiteBen on January 19, 2012, 10:34:44 pm: Very nice - did you weight the tip or are you going to rely on brute force!
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Post by: mullet on January 19, 2012, 11:38:56 pm: The tip doesn't really need weighted if the platforms are set up good. That is pretty.
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Post by: Jimbob on January 20, 2012, 03:06:59 am: Wow, that is nice.
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Post by: bubby on January 20, 2012, 07:05:26 am: thank's everyone, Ben i filled it to the shoulder of the radius with hard lead, Bub
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Post by: TRACY on January 20, 2012, 08:06:52 am: Very cool and unique.

How does it feel in the hand?

Tracy
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Post by: bubby on January 20, 2012, 05:57:00 pm: tracy it feels really good in the hand, to bad i still suck at percussion :laugh:, actually i took some tv glass and got a decent preform outta it, Bub
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Post by: Gus on January 24, 2012, 02:02:14 am: Wow Sir!

That is Purty!

-gus
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Post by: cowboy on January 25, 2012, 09:50:49 am: That'd be waay to pretty to hit any of my rocks with :D. Nice lookin bopper!
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Post by: StevenT on January 25, 2012, 11:42:19 am: I agree with everyone else.... awesome looking booper. Only way to improve the looks is to rough up the cap on some rocks. :)
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Post by: Elktracker on January 25, 2012, 04:15:38 pm: Very nice looking bopper!

Josh
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Post by: mullet on January 25, 2012, 06:39:33 pm: A little trick I learned to keep the head from coming off is to drive a copper nail down into the end while the glue is still wet.