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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Tower on May 01, 2013, 02:14:32 pm

Title: Texas Cornertang
Post by: Tower on May 01, 2013, 02:14:32 pm

Here's another series of photos from some local stone. The first 2 are pics of the heat treated preform.
 (http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y506/Dontower/C23F456E-ADD9-4339-8D46-228F47532EB3-25337-00001152D1DABE65_zpsa4efbb98.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y506/Dontower/7EC53384-5B6F-4360-9934-F11BB54899E6-25337-00001152DF89873F_zps594eccba.jpg)

After another series of percussion & pressure flaking I thought I'd make a Cornertang.
Not as thin as I'd like, but most I've seen are a little thick.    Tower
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y506/Dontower/5B0048A2-9167-4275-AD3D-DA4BEE82453E-25337-00001152E76F9C46_zps927fb4eb.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y506/Dontower/CA521226-6B85-4745-8D9D-EB1D672447AE-25337-00001152F409804A_zpse5f023c7.jpg)
(http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y506/Dontower/AB012B69-C36C-486E-9CA4-FCB3B736806A-25337-00001152FC4E49FB_zps79f51183.jpg)

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: bowtarist on May 01, 2013, 02:20:55 pm

 8) Another nice work from Don Tower!!  That's a sweety, dpg

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: bubby on May 01, 2013, 06:07:55 pm

look's like you decided to go big or go home, sweet blade tower, how long are the last two that you posted? bub

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: Tower on May 01, 2013, 06:25:20 pm

Thanks, the 1st one is 8 3/4" long. The Cornertang is7 1/4" long.

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: YosemiteBen on May 01, 2013, 06:35:29 pm

Long and thin, very nice. Want to come to Yosemite and help me with my thinning?

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: Stringman on May 01, 2013, 07:34:02 pm

Yowzers!! That un looks mighty fine! Nice works, Don!

Scott

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: Trapper Rob on May 01, 2013, 09:55:38 pm

Sweet blade

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: Knapper on May 02, 2013, 09:41:43 am

Beautful
Knapper

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: anasazi on May 02, 2013, 10:33:11 am

Nice blade. I dont know how you guys can get such large thin blades without snapping them several times.

How was the corner thang mounted?

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: Tower on May 02, 2013, 10:45:11 am

They believe it was a hand knife with a leather lanyard attached.

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: seider on May 05, 2013, 12:46:15 am

nice points...  Looks like you are in a control room.  Me and your brother broke alot of rock in ours

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: iowabow on May 06, 2013, 07:34:49 pm

Tower one day man one day we are going to have to sit and knap together lol wow brother that is great!

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: soy on May 07, 2013, 07:54:50 pm

 :o

Title: Re: Texas Cornertang
Post by: Outbackbob48 on May 07, 2013, 10:22:01 pm

Tower, good lookin corner tang. 8) 8) Bob