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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: uncleduck on November 09, 2012, 08:28:48 pm

Title: first point
Post by: uncleduck on November 09, 2012, 08:28:48 pm

Well here it is!
Knife River flint
made it with a copper flaker I put together
(http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp9/dwilckens/DSCN0255-1.jpg)
(http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp9/dwilckens/DSCN0263.jpg)
hopefully the first of many! too bad we can't hunt with them up here in ND

Title: Re: first point
Post by: madcrow on November 09, 2012, 08:40:06 pm

Are you sure that is your first point?  It looks waaaaaay much better than my first.  Keep chipping them out.

Title: Re: first point
Post by: Adam on November 09, 2012, 09:19:37 pm

Super nice job!  You're probably hooked now!

Title: Re: first point
Post by: uncleduck on November 09, 2012, 09:23:19 pm

wellllll I was told its just a stone until its a point! haha there were definately a few "stones" that have been tossed in the back weeds before I got this one made hahaha.

Title: Re: first point
Post by: Trapper Rob on November 09, 2012, 10:09:38 pm

Nice little point looks better than my first.
Rob

Title: Re: first point
Post by: stickbender on November 10, 2012, 04:09:55 am

     A whole lot better than my first, .....well heck, it's better than what I can do now!  :P
How is that knife River stuff to work with?  Looks nice.
                                   
                                              Wayne

Title: Re: first point
Post by: Tower on November 10, 2012, 12:48:40 pm

Dadgumit. That's a nice first point. Tower

Title: Re: first point
Post by: jamie on November 10, 2012, 10:56:35 pm

Id hunt with it. Well done

Title: Re: first point
Post by: Josh B on November 11, 2012, 12:28:55 am

That looks better than what i do now.  I'm gonna have to try some of that knife river sometime.  Josh   

Title: Re: first point
Post by: soy on November 11, 2012, 04:37:05 am

I have some knife river 1 piece in the works For the last year To get a point that size idI have to start with a 12 inch preform >:D good job ;)

Title: Re: first point
Post by: TRACY on November 11, 2012, 07:48:39 am

Very good for first!


Tracy

Title: Re: first point
Post by: gstoneberg on November 11, 2012, 10:08:07 am

Excellent!

George

Title: Re: first point
Post by: uncleduck on November 11, 2012, 12:17:05 pm

Thanks for all the encouragement fellas. The stone seems to work pretty well in my extremely limited experience, however the stuff I found has quite a bit of impurities in it that you have to work around.  I think once I get a better hand pad made that has a little recess in it, I should be able to get longer flakes? I think my flakes now were short because they were ending where they met the leather I used as a hand pad?

Title: Re: first point
Post by: bowtarist on November 12, 2012, 02:09:49 pm

Nice point there ud.  looks like you did your homework before getting started.  Where @ in ND?  My Dad's from Valley City, spent a lot of time there in my youth, haven't been back for way too long. keep up that kanppin, dpgratz

Title: Re: first point
Post by: Sparrow on November 12, 2012, 04:36:59 pm

Very nice point there,'specially for a first. Keep them coming !  '  Frank