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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: bjrogg on January 10, 2020, 04:16:08 pm

Title: Flint Ridge knife neck sheath added
Post by: bjrogg on January 10, 2020, 04:16:08 pm

Chipped this one out of a piece of flint ridge I got from Frank. It had a bit of junky stuff with bubbles on the one side but I managed to make a couple platforms and wack it off with percussion. Turned out better than I thought it would. Probably still do a little fine sharpening yet and thinking I might make a neck knife sheath for it yet to.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife
Post by: Outbackbob48 on January 10, 2020, 04:19:40 pm

Nice job BJ, some of that ridge can be challenging but oh so colorful, looks great. Bob

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife
Post by: YosemiteBen on January 10, 2020, 06:29:16 pm

ooohh, pretty!

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife
Post by: bjrogg on January 10, 2020, 07:02:31 pm

Thanks Outback. It sure is purty. Gotta be the reason God made it so it could be fractured in a conicodal fracture.

Thanks Ben.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife
Post by: Marc St Louis on January 11, 2020, 08:21:04 am

That is nice

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife
Post by: JEB on January 11, 2020, 08:58:53 am

Good job Brian.

I went ridge hunting with another knapper after the knap in. We got about a 2 gallon bucket of it off private property. Haven't had a chance to cook it up yet.

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife
Post by: Hawkdancer on January 11, 2020, 12:49:16 pm

Very nice!  Neck sheath is a good thought!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife
Post by: mullet on January 11, 2020, 02:19:27 pm

Very nice Brian. I really like Roy's cooked Ridge but it can get frustrating some times.

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife
Post by: Parnell on January 11, 2020, 04:54:04 pm

Looks good to me!  Good color on that piece.  My ridge stash is getting low.  About time for me to resupply some rock!

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife neck sheath added
Post by: bjrogg on January 11, 2020, 06:35:28 pm

The fella I made this for wanted me to make him a sheath to. He had some tanned deer hide he wanted me to use. It's all I used. I cut a strip of his hide and used it to double stitch it together. Then I cut two more and flemish twisted them for the straps. Then I cut a little fringe. I like it. It's really comfortable.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife neck sheath added
Post by: Hawkdancer on January 12, 2020, 01:17:07 am

Very nice!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife neck sheath added
Post by: bjrogg on January 12, 2020, 08:11:27 am

Thanks Jerry. I like how this all came together. I'm thinking I need to start working on some brain tanned hides again. I've been to afraid to cut them up. I'm getting a bunch of ideas now. Getting more comfortable with the idea of cutting them now.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife neck sheath added
Post by: Trapper Rob on January 15, 2020, 12:18:54 pm

You did a nice job on it Brian

Title: Re: Flint Ridge knife neck sheath added
Post by: bjrogg on January 15, 2020, 07:22:04 pm

Thanks Rob. I fleshed two hides today and scraped the hair off another tonight. Soon be time to use my brains again.
Bjrogg