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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Outbackbob48 on September 22, 2013, 08:14:27 pm

Title: Flint River Blade
Post by: Outbackbob48 on September 22, 2013, 08:14:27 pm

Got a nice 4" blade today out of a pc of flint river, It has a little square hole in the one side about dead center. Hope ya like it an thanks for lookin. Bob

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Post by: Badly Bent on September 22, 2013, 08:21:41 pm

Love that one, nice color and shape.

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Post by: papoints on September 22, 2013, 09:44:33 pm

Quote from: Badly Bent on September 22, 2013, 08:21:41 pm

Love that one, nice color and shape.

+ 1  The hole is interesting.  How did you make it do that?

Title: Re: Flint River Blade
Post by: cowboy on September 22, 2013, 10:52:21 pm

I love holding that stuff up to a light. Beautiful! Wish I had a truck load. Nice point Bob!

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Post by: knapperhead on September 22, 2013, 11:05:47 pm

Good looking point, pretty stone

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Post by: Bone pile on September 23, 2013, 09:39:09 am

Good job Bob,have to put a handle on that one.I'm up in Vermont enjoying some cooler weather-nice change

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Post by: Outbackbob48 on September 23, 2013, 11:25:17 am

Roger, You staying till the leaves change ? :o Have you had a frost yet?  :(

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Post by: bowmo on September 23, 2013, 02:38:33 pm

Nice point! The color is more orange than I'm familiar with but I really like it.

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Post by: mullet on September 23, 2013, 07:55:58 pm

bowmo, that's Flint River, Ga. Most people call it Butter Scotch or Coastal Plains Chert.

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Post by: bowmo on September 23, 2013, 07:59:28 pm

Ooooooh, My brain read it as Knife River as I'm sure you already guessed.

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Post by: leapingbare on September 23, 2013, 09:22:07 pm

Looks sharp.

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Post by: HickoryBill on September 23, 2013, 09:45:59 pm

Excellent work as usual...I really like it...Work any of that Carrarra yet?

Title: Re: Flint River Blade
Post by: Outbackbob48 on September 23, 2013, 10:30:22 pm

Bill, I made one small point out of the grey carrar glass, It knapped pretty good, hard for me to throttle down after beating on raw Texas an raw flint river. :(

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Post by: HickoryBill on September 23, 2013, 11:11:13 pm

Yeah i kow what a mean..Have fun..

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Post by: Knapper on September 24, 2013, 09:53:30 pm

That's a beautiful rock and you did it justice
Knapper

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Post by: JackCrafty on September 24, 2013, 10:58:31 pm

I like.  8)