Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: gutpile on October 08, 2020, 09:21:00 am
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just made a killer novaculite blade. scars are perfect... however you can't really see them .. wet blade and they pop... dry .. nothing..lol... gray and white material... any suggestions... tru oil.. not a fan... wax? if it had a lil sheen they would really show...its been heat treated or so I was told... gut
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Drip white wax on it ( many spots on the blade) and carefully (cuz its hot) hold over a torch to melt and spread the wax over the blade. I rub the wax in with a paper towel. Do both sides. After the blade cools off buff the blade with a cotton shirt. This will shine it up and cover small blemishes/steps. I do this to all my points and blades. Really makes the blade/point look nice.
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thanks JEB ..I'll give it a try... I know cooking it should add sheen but it is already treated.. no steps or blemishes.. came out really nice... gut..aka. kirk
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worked like a charm ... thanks jeb
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worked like a charm ... thanks jeb
Ehhh hemmm.... Excuse me but I believe you are forgetting something?
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what would that be?
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what would that be?
Well, pictures of course!
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haha... ok I got to take one but it is an after.. didn't take a before... still have to tilt it right to see the scars good but made a huge difference... gut..aka.. Kirk
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Just now seeing this. I rub Cedarwood Oil on some points and buff on my cotton jeans. Cedarwood Oil is available in health food stores and is actually used to treat and penetrate/clear up emeralds a little.
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hope this works
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Yup. That works. :OK :OK
Bjrogg
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Wow....P
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finished with bear jaw.. came out nice
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You did real good with that knife and handle. OUTSTANDING
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Now THATS what I'm talking about. Gosh I wish I could knap like that.
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what's up with the coon? Is that a hat or a pile of coon skin...or something else? Paul
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Thanks guys for the kind words...Paul that is my hat that I wear with my buckskins... I got to get a pic of the whole set up.. daughter is flight attendant and gone most of time... just haven't got one yet.. I smell like smoked backstraps but let me tell ya.. I have had deer even walk to me while heading in , hang around stand within 10 yards.. small 8 point I wasn't going to shoot anyway......I haven't been busted yet..knock on wood.. skeeters can't get through it either..lol... but they still love my bare hands and face though.... when I wear it I feel like I am back in time.. when the world was pure of God's beauty.. no political BS, no NBA, no NFL, no actors spewing their garbage... just nature at its best... even squeaked a coyote to me that was walking away... now that rascal busted me when I started to raise bow and draw.. I was still on ground in open too... wished I had made the set up a long time ago... really enjoy wearing it..gut
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Thanks guys for the kind words...Paul that is my hat that I wear with my buckskins... I got to get a pic of the whole set up.. daughter is flight attendant and gone most of time... just haven't got one yet.. I smell like smoked backstraps but let me tell ya.. I have had deer even walk to me while heading in , hang around stand within 10 yards.. small 8 point I wasn't going to shoot anyway......I haven't been busted yet..knock on wood.. skeeters can't get through it either..lol... but they still love my bare hands and face though.... when I wear it I feel like I am back in time.. when the world was pure of God's beauty.. no political BS, no NBA, no NFL, no actors spewing their garbage... just nature at its best... even squeaked a coyote to me that was walking away... now that rascal busted me when I started to raise bow and draw.. I was still on ground in open too... wished I had made the set up a long time ago... really enjoy wearing it..gut
Well, I for one am on stand for more pics of this set up you got.
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Sounds like a cool time gut. P
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VERY nice looking knife, Gut!