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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Sasquatch on February 17, 2014, 11:26:26 am

Title: Flint knife
Post by: Sasquatch on February 17, 2014, 11:26:26 am

This is my third knife. It was from a large flake/spall from the outside of the stone. Some of the cortex is visible on one side.  I really just threw it all together. I have 3 hrs in the whole knife( that probably shows). I had to stain the antler because it was sun bleached.  It is hafted and epoxied. I put carbon in the epoxy to make it look like pine pitch.  But that didn't work out that well, it gust got everywhere.

Title: Re: Flint knife
Post by: bryan irwin on February 17, 2014, 11:04:07 pm

looks good nice job

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Post by: Mohawk13 on February 18, 2014, 12:03:06 am

Squatch..A Little sinew and some brown shoe polish will clean that transition right up...Nice knife!!

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Post by: Trapper Rob on February 18, 2014, 07:49:42 am

Nice work.

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Post by: Sasquatch on February 18, 2014, 04:44:47 pm

Thanks everybody. I was surprised that I got a blade out for the spall. I'm going to try to clean up the black stuff.

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Post by: Tower on February 18, 2014, 09:48:18 pm

Sweet looking knife.  What's the stone?

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Post by: Ink on February 18, 2014, 10:22:18 pm

awesome looking knife nathaniel, gonna have to make a trade with you for one of those some day.

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Post by: Sasquatch on February 19, 2014, 01:00:38 pm

Thanks Ink, we will talk brother.

Tower, this came from a big nodule that you gave me. The ones with all the cortex found on the road. This was from a small spall.  Thanks again for reaching out that time.  8)

Title: Re: Flint knife
Post by: bowtarist on February 19, 2014, 01:16:15 pm

Nice work...I like!  8) dp