Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: phyankord on August 01, 2016, 08:48:42 pm
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today started off great when i finished took a half done preform (from a old relatively crazy spall) and turned it into the closest to arrow quality level point. (thinner than the last one!)
(http://i.imgur.com/UWhCYwW.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/DqJdPJn.jpg)
and ended with me completely trashing one of the best spalls i had made for a while.
(http://i.imgur.com/3odgsHg.jpg)
impact point at the very bottom right tip of the spall, one of the last spots that still had surface rock on it.
(http://i.imgur.com/C34cx9c.jpg)
on a side note from these pics it looks like i got rid of that blurry issue (hopefully).
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if you guys want i can take a pic from under the sun, the glow through is amazing on this obsidian (though not as clear as my first since its got the red in it)
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That piece that is split down the length could be pressure flaked into a nice point. Do you do any/much pressure flaking. I think you just got too much of a bite on the platform. Glass material is too tender for much jolting. Have you tried indirect percussion. If I was working that piece, I would start with very gentle, small bites by indirect percussion, then when it shapes up pretty well, I would begin pressure flaking.
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ive never done percussion before (i also dont have the tools for it)
i generally swap to pressure after it gets down to the point where its too clumsy and awkward to use a bopper (also if i need any fine work done on a spot/having trouble with using a bopper in a particular area)
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Don't bite as much with the pressure flaker and push in, than pop down. That will give you longer flakes. I've got 6 days off coming up, we'll have to do some knapping. Looks like you're getting much better!
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relatively speaking yea a little better, i started to get into problems though when it comes to crushing the rock that i hit instead of breaking flakes, which in turn makes it impossible to flake from that entire area, also if you noticed on that point the center is a little thinner than both ends which is another thing i need to work on. and hinges hinges hinges lol