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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: iowabow on May 26, 2012, 07:52:01 pm

Title: first small cumberland
Post by: iowabow on May 26, 2012, 07:52:01 pm: Well you have seen my first and second try so here is the third. I had a rough time on this one so i tried fluting from the tip and got lucky on both sides. This is my first try at a cumberland so they should get better.
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Post by: jamie on May 26, 2012, 09:47:44 pm: Wow!!! I like that reverse flute in the second pic
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Post by: Bevan R. on May 26, 2012, 10:39:38 pm: Never heard of doing a flute from the Looks good!
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Post by: gstoneberg on May 26, 2012, 11:00:09 pm: Very cool. 8) For sure this is just the first of a whole bunch of those. Can't wait to see more. :)

George
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Post by: mullet on May 26, 2012, 11:37:18 pm: Very nice! Did you use a Jig?
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Post by: iowabow on May 26, 2012, 11:42:09 pm: The first and third are done on the jig mullet thanks all. I am learning a lot from the jig.
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Post by: TRACY on May 27, 2012, 12:04:26 am: Nice job John!
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Post by: Tower on May 27, 2012, 01:16:02 am: Great looking flutes on that Cumberland. That's a hard one to reproduce & looks lik you nailed it.
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Post by: Will H on May 27, 2012, 11:07:15 am: Very cool John! You done good on those!
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Post by: cowboy on May 27, 2012, 01:19:36 pm: I love those fluted types. Sat with Jesse in the rain and a classic couple years ago. He walked through making one of those with his jig - turned out pretty good. Now i need to build one of those jigs and get busy.. can't get much better than that one..
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Post by: Bear Claw on May 28, 2012, 12:39:15 am: I would love to see a pic of your jig, because I know there is no way I could do that without one. Lol. Very nice points.