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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Bone pile on June 11, 2013, 07:41:57 am

Title: coral candy
Post by: Bone pile on June 11, 2013, 07:41:57 am
Used a little back light to show these coral gems.I try to use up every little flake of this material
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Bone pile
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: TRACY on June 11, 2013, 08:10:51 am
Very nice points! Only knapped a little coral, but love it. Super sharp!

Tracy
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: Wolf Watcher on June 11, 2013, 08:32:31 am
Fantastic points!  O no I see the dreaded copper! O:)  Just some materials you can't bust up!  I have to see if I can trade Mullet out of some coral to finish up this years hunting points.  Sure like your design!  Joe
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: piper on June 11, 2013, 02:33:47 pm
nice chipping Bone pile.......thanks for showing us
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: Trapper Rob on June 11, 2013, 02:43:45 pm
Those are sweet coral really looks nice.
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: leapingbare on June 11, 2013, 02:49:26 pm
Solid points Roger!
Coral makes the best hunting points in my opinion.
But those are all most to prity to brake on a rib cage.. All most ;)
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: Outbackbob48 on June 11, 2013, 06:11:18 pm
Roger, Good lookin points. Just the little bit of coral that I have knapped has got everything going for it. Pretty, and durable an extremly sharp.
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: criveraville on June 11, 2013, 06:13:21 pm
Those are absolutely beautiful.  Is coral hard to come by?

Cipriano
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: cowboy on June 11, 2013, 10:22:16 pm
Beauties Roger as always!
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: mullet on June 11, 2013, 10:28:22 pm
 SWEET!, that look's like some of Jeff's coral. I'm watching and waiting for the river to go down. It has rained somewhere along it almost everyday since that Tropical storm.
Fantastic points!  O no I see the dreaded copper! O:)  Just some materials you can't bust up!  I have to see if I can trade Mullet out of some coral to finish up this years hunting points.  Sure like your design!  Joe
  Joe, I'm getting you some together. Just been working too much to get it boxed up. ;)
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: David_Daugherty on June 11, 2013, 11:27:19 pm
Very nice points!!  I have knapped coral a couple of times and really really liked it. 
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: billy on June 12, 2013, 06:19:11 pm
You gotta stop posting pics of such ugly, crude, nasty-looking points on here or you're gonna give us all a bad rap!   ;D
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: Thesquirrelslinger on June 12, 2013, 07:26:36 pm
How does a person knap coral? I thought coral was full of holes and such!
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: Bone pile on June 12, 2013, 07:42:08 pm
This is coral that has been silicified over the ages,it ranges in color and quality from the minerals that are in the area.Most of the coral I use comes from West Central Fla.There are coral deposits in other south eastern states also.The points I'm holding are made from what we call pinhead coral and and has been silicified to the point that it is transparent.In it's purest state it can be knapped raw and makes a sharp edge. There are folks that make beautiful jewelry and cabs out of it. Hopes this gives you a better idea of the kind of coral that is knappable.
Roger
Title: Re: coral candy
Post by: Thesquirrelslinger on June 12, 2013, 07:56:59 pm
This is coral that has been silicified over the ages,it ranges in color and quality from the minerals that are in the area.Most of the coral I use comes from West Central Fla.There are coral deposits in other south eastern states also.The points I'm holding are made from what we call pinhead coral and and has been silicified to the point that it is transparent.In it's purest state it can be knapped raw and makes a sharp edge. There are folks that make beautiful jewelry and cabs out of it. Hopes this gives you a better idea of the kind of coral that is knappable.
Roger
Thanks. I thought it was some unsual species of coral...