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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: iowabow on June 30, 2012, 02:26:13 pm

Title: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on June 30, 2012, 02:26:13 pm

I have been working flakes for hunting points and using this time to practice side to side flaking technique. The flakes in the first picture are pushed mostly from the left base to tip. I like running tip to base on left side. I did not set this one up great because this flake was flat on the back.  So you will see good overshot on front and nice reverse platform flaking on back. Now remember on the back if this was setup correctly then a long set would have been taken  so the center would be covered.

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on June 30, 2012, 02:33:11 pm

The photo above shows the reverse platform set up. The photo below shows a strategic flake taken off so that you can enter the platform and finish the series of flakes.

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on June 30, 2012, 02:41:21 pm

If you abrade it will not work. Only brush  with pressure flaker. And pop, dont push hard, dont pull out, only lightly push and pop!

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on June 30, 2012, 02:49:04 pm

 :)

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on June 30, 2012, 02:51:14 pm

With the base cleaned up it is ready for notches

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on June 30, 2012, 02:55:34 pm

Finished and hitting target wt. I think it is faster to ABO if you dont over think it.

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: seider on June 30, 2012, 03:21:07 pm

That was a nice step by step on how you set up..

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on June 30, 2012, 04:21:15 pm

Thank you! I wanted G to see a little better what i was taking about. Also,  Tower it would be a honor to sit and break rock with you man!. Thanks for all the kind words. I think i have made it to a new place with the ABO but i am still working out what come when if you know what i mean. OK so i can edge to edge, and reverse platform so now i just need to make the set up just right. If i can do it then both  sides will be edge to edge and sharp as JW's wit.

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on June 30, 2012, 04:37:09 pm

Here is my plan for paleo

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: gstoneberg on June 30, 2012, 08:28:40 pm

John,

I'm so far from where you are that I can't conceive the process.  I struggle to reach centerline with flakes (except now and then when they overshoot and I don't know why).  I need to sit with you for a couple days and just watch.

George

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: StevenT on July 02, 2012, 11:13:15 am

John, I'm trying to follow are you setting the platforms up below centerline? I'm just not quite graspig what you are calling a reverse platform.

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on July 02, 2012, 01:36:53 pm

OK imagine you are knapping-now you are making a normal platform to remove a flake- now rather than making a normal platform you  do just the opposite. You might think this is just not going to work but the flake removal is now manipulated to change the physics. I will be making a video to explain this later today.

Title: Re: More over shot stuff
Post by: iowabow on July 02, 2012, 01:45:49 pm

I see now why you are confussed. I did not draw the reversed platform in the second part of the diagram.