Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Marc St Louis on February 20, 2012, 02:56:14 pm
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I find that when I am trying to do something I benefit from taking a break from it for awhile and then coming back to it. Seems to give my mind time to process what I have learned. I don't do a lot of knapping but the process of stopping and letting what I have learned sink in has helped me, especially in not getting too frustrated.
I started to do some knapping again a few weeks ago after a break of several months. My points were not too bad before but I have improved my technique a bit and my points are quite a bit better. One of the things I learned over the last week or so is making my points extremely sharp. The pressure flaking method I am using for this is to flick the tip of my flaker upwards gently at the point I am going to take a flake off before I remove a flake. This seems to remove any loose little bits that can give me problems. I don't know if anyone else does this but it works quite well for me.
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I find that when I am trying to do something I benefit from taking a break from it for awhile and then coming back to it.
That's my excuse too. >:D
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Marc, I often do the same thing in lieu of abrading. I'm self taught for the most part and didn't know there was such a thing as abrading or what the benefit of abrading was. Now I "backscratch" out of habit more than any other reason. Josh
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Good deal Marc. Seems like the only time I take a break from knapping is to work on a bow. Even so, things seem to work better when I get back to it. I definitely need to improve my sharpening.
George
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And you are sticking to it Patrick? :)
Josh, I had done this "backscratching" before but this time I was much more careful when I did it with much better end results. I still abraid as well
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yes on both counts!
Whatever i am working at too obsessively, it helps to put it down or take some time to think.
And also "backscratching" . I do it (without abrading) when making the final passes on a point i want really sharp.
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Marc that's a great plan.. When I write I always benifit from taking a break and then going back to it. But with other "projects" not so much ;)
Cipriano
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;D