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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: gstoneberg on February 15, 2014, 03:46:23 pm

Title: Saturday Blade
Post by: gstoneberg on February 15, 2014, 03:46:23 pm

Very pretty day today in Texas, got the itch to make a point.  I'd worked this preform earlier in the week but ran out of time and energy.  Today I finished it up.  It has one good side:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7304/12546248724_7a278020e1.jpg)

But I couldn't get all the cortex off the other side.

(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2876/12545752325_0de4a6078e.jpg)

I decided to quit before I broke it in half.  Had another point almost done when I knocked the corner off it.  Guess I'll quit for the day and go hog hunting...

George

Title: Re: Saturday Blade
Post by: Stringman on February 15, 2014, 04:46:26 pm

Hey George! Nice to see you hittin it again!! That's a nice looking blade right there!

Title: Re: Saturday Blade
Post by: Outbackbob48 on February 15, 2014, 05:27:45 pm

Nice blade and I like the cortex look. Bob

Title: Re: Saturday Blade
Post by: Gus on February 15, 2014, 05:50:02 pm

Hey Sir!

That looks like a Sweet Blade!

Hope things are going Well.

Best Regards,

-gus

Title: Re: Saturday Blade
Post by: Trapper Rob on February 15, 2014, 10:16:30 pm

Looks nice George cortex looks good on it.

Title: Re: Saturday Blade
Post by: mullet on February 16, 2014, 08:58:19 pm

That is sweet, George. What kind of material is that?

Title: Re: Saturday Blade
Post by: gstoneberg on February 16, 2014, 09:41:49 pm

Thanks guys!  It's pedernales I think Eddie.  Not sure where I got that spall, I think Cipriano brought it over.  I overcooked it so the center was trashed and crumbly, but I got a thin spall off the outside edge with some crumbly stuff in the center.  Was lucky to knock that off without it breaking.  That thick cortex is a bugger though.

George

Title: Re: Saturday Blade
Post by: mullet on February 16, 2014, 09:45:10 pm

It still looks good after over cooking, it sure is waxy looking.

Title: Re: Saturday Blade
Post by: gstoneberg on February 16, 2014, 11:25:40 pm

Yes, if only I hadn't ruined so much of it.  I knocked out 2 points for a friend today.  Not sure what kind of rock the lighter stuff is, the darker is rootbeer.  It didn't take the heating as well and was a little grainy.  Got a nice notch on one side, but the other one stalled right at the edge.  By the time I punched enough of a notch to haft I'd broken it out pretty bad and had to make the other side match it.    Even so, I'm not sure that one is thin enough to haft.  I punched a notch on base trying to get some weight off it and thin it a little but it was still 177gr.  Just didn't get it very thin.  Probably should have keep punching on the base as it was going really well for a change.

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3799/12579772773_63436c25ef.jpg)

George