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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: 1442 on December 25, 2018, 11:01:46 pm

Title: I got lucky once
Post by: 1442 on December 25, 2018, 11:01:46 pm

this was a heated gravel slab I was playing around with.
Broke about an inch off the tip and rock is a little over cooked but it was fun.
 

Title: Re: I got lucky once
Post by: 1442 on December 25, 2018, 11:06:17 pm

set it up to flute and decided to draw my predicted flute on the preform

Title: Re: I got lucky once
Post by: 1442 on December 25, 2018, 11:12:01 pm

Looky there  ;D, that first flute followed directions pretty well, the second one give out and released before I had hardly any pressure built up and got off to a bad start and didn't go very far.
I guess this is another one I'll have to glue in the case so nobody can pick it up and see the bad side  >:D

Title: Re: I got lucky once
Post by: sleek on December 26, 2018, 07:17:45 am

Wow wow wow

Title: Re: I got lucky once
Post by: RickB on December 26, 2018, 11:08:27 am

 Very nice thickness and convexity before you fluted. Nice job even though the flutes are different lengths. Either side could be side A on this one.

Title: Re: I got lucky once
Post by: Hawkdancer on December 26, 2018, 12:40:43 pm

Too bad this ain't baseball! .500 would be a good average!  The rest of the flute won't come off in sections?  Newbie question there!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: I got lucky once
Post by: 1442 on December 26, 2018, 11:53:35 pm

Thanks
Getting a flute with a solberger jig is easy really.
Having  control of the flutes is not

Hawkdancer, theres no chance of getting the rest of that flute to come off.
That's where the energy stopped and you can't put enough force back into it to make that flute continue on.

Title: Re: I got lucky once
Post by: Hawkdancer on December 27, 2018, 09:12:39 pm

Aha!  That must be why new guys make so much pea gravel! :-K (lol)!