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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: billy on July 18, 2014, 07:45:55 pm

Title: Some artsy fartsy points....
Post by: billy on July 18, 2014, 07:45:55 pm

HEy guys, been a while since I've posted anything on here, but I wanted to let ya'll know I'm still alive and kickin' it!  Here are some pretty artsy arrow points I've made over the last few weeks.  Hope you guys have been good and you've enjoyed the re-runs of my episode of Naked and Afraid.  They keep re-playing it!  Well, enough blabbering.  Enjoy the pics! 

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Post by: papoints on July 18, 2014, 08:05:07 pm

Those are sweet!  What's the material on the top one?  Novaculite?

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Post by: bubby on July 18, 2014, 09:10:45 pm

them are some beaut's billy

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Post by: Trapper Rob on July 18, 2014, 10:12:37 pm

Beautiful points.

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Post by: mullet on July 18, 2014, 10:25:03 pm

Nice, Billy. I got tired of looking at your a$$ after the first episode ;)

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Post by: TRACY on July 18, 2014, 11:22:16 pm

Nice work Billy! I like that dogleg notch! Any other primitive DVDs in the future?

Tracy

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Post by: JackCrafty on July 19, 2014, 12:12:58 am

Really NICE!

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Post by: iowabow on July 19, 2014, 09:12:52 am

Great stuff there Billy!

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Post by: cowboy on July 19, 2014, 10:10:39 am

think I saw some of those twitter'n.. Have yet to catch that episode but will.. Glad your still kickin..

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Post by: nclonghunter on July 19, 2014, 10:55:30 am

Those are some nice points but I never took you as an artsy fartsy sort of guy... ;)

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Post by: medicinewheel on July 19, 2014, 02:04:41 pm

Awesome!

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Post by: billy on July 19, 2014, 03:04:47 pm

Thanks guys, glad ya liked the points!  And yes Tracy I'm working on more DVD's, most notably Making the California Paddle Bow and Arrows.    I flew out to Oregon last summer, met up with Steve Allely and spent 2 weeks filming with him.  I've got some awesome footage of some ORIGINAL Hupa bows that are over 100 years old and will be featured in the DVD.  Then we went into the Cascade Mountains to collect the same materials the Hupa used to make their bows and arrows (yew and syringa).  Then I went to Glass Buttes and filmed collecting obsidian for the points.  I'm in the process of filming the construction of the bow, then it's on to the arrows.  I've also got Primitive Instinct Vol. 2 in the works.  I'll let ya know when they're done!!   

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Post by: Tower on July 19, 2014, 09:14:54 pm

Artsy fartsy my aunt fanny!   That's just damn fine knapping! 

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Post by: Akteacher on July 20, 2014, 06:40:55 am

Those are spectacular..what are the top two made out of..?

You mentioned Glass Buttes, have you ever been over to the Fort rock area?

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Post by: StevenT on July 21, 2014, 10:54:16 am

Hey Billy, I'd recognize who made the points anywhere. Really nice stuff.... Talking about the points not the N&A!  ;D

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Post by: JW_Halverson on July 21, 2014, 02:58:40 pm

For some artsy-fartsy crap, I guess it's classy-gassy! 

The new video sounds pretty cool, too.  Including the originals makes the reproduction mean so much more. 

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Post by: David_Daugherty on July 21, 2014, 11:51:49 pm

Very nice work there!!

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Post by: Swampman on July 22, 2014, 08:18:34 pm

Wow.  Those are awesome.

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Post by: hbbows on July 22, 2014, 10:27:56 pm

mighty fine work.   you're a true artist.

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Post by: IdahoMatt on July 23, 2014, 02:11:16 am

Great job on those points man. 

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Post by: billy on July 23, 2014, 05:20:45 pm

Thanks so much guys!  MAybe I'll get a chance to use them this fall if a deer would just cooperate and let me shoot at him.  I'll keep ya posted...