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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on November 16, 2012, 07:53:44 pm

Title: Couple points today. Hillsborough and Osceola
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on November 16, 2012, 07:53:44 pm

broke a few out today between spalling raw rock.   I got a Hillsborough out of  Hernando County, FL  chert. and an extra long Osceola out of keokuk. Neither are as perfect as I would like them, but each have a nice "show" side.  All abo as usually.  and for what it is worth...I hate knapping FL chert!!!  It always breaks..lol

Title: Re: Couple points today. Hillsborough and Osceola
Post by: gstoneberg on November 16, 2012, 08:18:57 pm

Both look really nice to me.  Good work.

George

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Post by: skyarrow on November 16, 2012, 08:23:55 pm

Looks good to me

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Post by: seider on November 16, 2012, 08:30:23 pm

Both are really nice I really like the second one though

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Post by: Tower on November 16, 2012, 08:40:24 pm

Heck I have a problem with Texas chert breaking also.  Both are fine looking points.  Tower

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Post by: bubby on November 16, 2012, 08:56:10 pm

nice stickers twisted, Bub

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Post by: killir duck on November 16, 2012, 08:57:41 pm

good looking points, i always enjoy looking at the stuff you make

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Post by: mullet on November 17, 2012, 12:55:53 am

Fine looking points. I wish I had some of that high quality looking Fl chert. That stuff is candy when heat treated.

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Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on November 17, 2012, 08:37:27 am

thanks.  Yeah Eddie. I am dying for more of this particular piece. It was laying on top of the ground all by itself in the middle of no where... just one egg shaped nodule bout the size of a football.

Title: Re: Couple points today. Hillsborough and Osceola
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on November 17, 2012, 08:41:25 am

I'm assuming it was brought in by a Native and left since it was out of place... I just want to know where he got it. I am going to do some snooping around after deer season. could have been from a sinkhole long since filled in. :-\

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Post by: Trapper Rob on November 17, 2012, 10:03:38 am

Nice points like the color in the FL stone.
Rob

Title: Re: Couple points today. Hillsborough and Osceola
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on November 17, 2012, 11:54:30 am

Got lucky on another one this morning. The stone isn't quite a pretty but overall the point is better

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Post by: YosemiteBen on November 17, 2012, 12:51:21 pm

Quichacomplainin!

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Post by: Stringman on November 17, 2012, 05:20:31 pm

Nice points twisted!

Scott

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Post by: mullet on November 17, 2012, 11:07:42 pm

Another nice one. It's a Marion with the rounded base. That's about the only way to tell the three styles apart. Marions are round, Newnans flat, and Hillsboroughs are short triangles.

Title: Re: Couple points today. Hillsborough and Osceola
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on November 17, 2012, 11:26:59 pm

Yup, now that I am making them I finally can remember which ones are which.  ;D  yeah I wanted one of each..  this one was supposed to be a Newnan... ::) but "someone" snapped a little corner off the tang and had to round it instead.

Title: Re: Couple points today. Hillsborough and Osceola
Post by: Tower on November 18, 2012, 01:46:58 am

I haven't seen a bad point on this post yet.  Tower

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Post by: Prarie Bowyer on November 18, 2012, 10:25:39 am

Love that long one.

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Post by: Sparrow on November 18, 2012, 11:26:21 am

Those are beauty points.  '  Frank

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Post by: Prarie Bowyer on November 19, 2012, 12:38:43 am

Love that long skinny one.  Almost like a spear point.