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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Stringman on July 24, 2013, 09:03:12 pm

Title: Rock for rock
Post by: Stringman on July 24, 2013, 09:03:12 pm
A particular Dave sent me a box of rocks recently and asked me to see what I could make. I told him "would do my best..." So after heatin them a bit I hit on them to see how they would work. The (Burlington) and Georgetown worked the best. The dalton looks like rhyolite and it wasnt quite as easy to work.

(http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s670/cotton7611/9B248E42-2E90-4CDB-830E-00E514529591-5377-000006973D5072A1_zpsb91a0749.jpg)
(http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s670/cotton7611/9A639302-97CC-4EF5-885B-A3B868761A5A-5586-000006AFAF2BEFAC_zpse412b3c8.jpg)

I enjoy the challenge of trying different rocks to test my skills and broaden my experiences (unlike a certain "rock princess" I know)  ::)  :o  ;D
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: Danzn Bar on July 24, 2013, 09:40:51 pm
Nice look'n  points..............one of these days Im going to make time to try doing some of that knapping stuff.
DBar
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: TRACY on July 24, 2013, 11:11:46 pm
Looks like your skills work on a variety of rock to me. Nice points!


Tracy
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: David_Daugherty on July 24, 2013, 11:38:18 pm
Nice looking points!
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: Trapper Rob on July 24, 2013, 11:45:25 pm
Nice points really like the dalton.
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: Pappy on July 25, 2013, 08:26:59 am
Man them all look good. :)
  Pappy
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: cowboy on July 27, 2013, 06:14:41 am
Look great Scott! Man all them rocks look awful familiar to me, kinda like local stuff ya know.
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: tattoo dave on July 29, 2013, 05:55:45 pm
Sweet! Those are awesome Scott! They would be a pile of rubble if i would have hit on those rocks.

Tattoo Dave
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: bowtarist on July 30, 2013, 02:13:11 pm
Two thumbs Up! dp
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: AncientArcher76 on July 31, 2013, 05:25:05 am
They all look great but the hardest one the dalton looks to be the best one..great work!!

Russ
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: criveraville on July 31, 2013, 05:46:03 am
Quote from: tattoo dave on July 29, 2013, 05:55:45 pm
Sweet! Those are awesome Scott! They would be a pile of rubble if i would have hit on those rocks.

Tattoo Dave


Great job Scott! Beautiful points. Scott you may be right about that grainy grey stuff being rhyolite..

Dave is that some of that stone I sent you a couple of years ago?

Cipriano
Title: Re: Rock for rock
Post by: tattoo dave on July 31, 2013, 04:51:30 pm
Cipriano, it might be, but I thought I turned all your rock to rubble. ;) I got a couple points from it, but they were all too fat, too small, and not very sharp. Pretty much use less for arrowheads.

Tattoo Dave