Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Ahnlaashock on February 14, 2014, 02:33:56 pm
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The flakes ddi not get two small patches in the center, but i was not going to run another series of flakes to get them.
It simply will not photograph showing anywhere near the fire present. I made about thirty attempts, and this is the best. It shows about half the color and the flake scars are invisible. I took a straight edge and trimmed it just a hair after the picture.
Anyway, here is a very thin opal point.
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq16/ahnlaashock/002-5.jpg) (http://s429.photobucket.com/user/ahnlaashock/media/002-5.jpg.html)
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Purty :P
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Thank you.
My wife has already taken custody!
It was supposed to be a corner notch, but the piece is so thin I blew it up trying to notch it.
The one I did after it is even better, but I did not finish the point. I got it skinned and down to solid color, when someone walked by, took it from me, put it in a jar, and then into her pocket, unfinished! Nothing I can do! She is meaner than I am!
I am waiting for more supplies, which are on the way.
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Very nice. What country is your opal from? I just got back from Tucson where my buddy just bought opal that came from Etheopia. He makes necklace and ear ring sets out of them and sell them on flintknappers.com.
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It is Australian, and that material is about 40 years out of the ground.
I just ordered 4 kilos+ of opal to mostly knap, from Australia. It is in the mail now. I still have lots of opal, but very little of it is appropriate for knapping.