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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: bjrogg on April 21, 2021, 10:50:54 pm

Title: Atlatl fore shaft obsidian point.
Post by: bjrogg on April 21, 2021, 10:50:54 pm

This one turned out really nice. It’s scary sharp.

Knapped from obsidian spall my cousin sent me. Halved to a Red Osier fore shaft with pine pitch and white tail sinew. Driftwood display.

Bjrogg

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Post by: bjrogg on April 21, 2021, 10:52:37 pm

One more of the stand

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Post by: Digital Caveman on April 21, 2021, 11:00:23 pm

Is this a dagger I see before me?   :OK

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Post by: Russ on April 21, 2021, 11:07:48 pm

Oh wow!! thats a really nice one BJ! good job!

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Post by: bjrogg on April 21, 2021, 11:11:16 pm

Quote from: tradcraftsman on April 21, 2021, 11:00:23 pm

Is this a dagger I see before me?   :OK

I thought about making it a dagger. It would have made a nice one. I decided on halved it it to a removable fore shaft for a Atlatl instead.

I certainly wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of the dart. Definitely one of my nicer points

Bjrogg

Thanks Russell

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Post by: willie on April 21, 2021, 11:50:37 pm

sweet foreshaft and point.

have you pics of the dart shaft and socket?

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Post by: Hawkdancer on April 22, 2021, 02:05:46 am

Ooooo!  I need one of those!  Real nice!
Hawkdancer

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Post by: Hawkdancer on April 22, 2021, 02:08:48 am

Forgot to add:  I have obsidian (black and mahogany)and red osier available to trade!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Atlatl fore shaft obsidian point.
Post by: burchett.donald on April 22, 2021, 09:06:16 am

Now that's a bleeder! Backup for a nice clean shave also in any situation be it animal or a three day beard...Really nice
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Post by: RickB on April 22, 2021, 09:25:23 am

Very nice point - thanks for sharing.

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Post by: bjrogg on April 22, 2021, 09:48:51 am

Thanks everyone.

Willie I will try to get some pictures of dart when I get a chance.

I actually had this one in mind for another PA member I traded a Atlatl a few years ago. He broke the obsidian point and I’m thinking this one should work. Don’t see him on here much anymore but hopefully meet up with him at Marshall.

Bjrogg

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Post by: Trapper Rob on April 22, 2021, 09:59:46 am

Looks really nice.
BJ you need to stick a deer with it.

Title: Re: Atlatl fore shaft obsidian point.
Post by: bjrogg on April 22, 2021, 10:13:31 am

Quote from: Trapper Rob on April 22, 2021, 09:59:46 am

Looks really nice.
BJ you need to stick a deer with it.

Rob I really can’t hit shit with a Atlatl. I enjoy casting the dart as far as I can. But I can’t seem to hit a target. One of the reasons I was thinking of giving this one to a better hunter than myself.

Bjrogg

Maybe someday I will figure it out, but right now my only chance of hitting a deer with it would be if a closely packed herd stood about 30 yards from me.

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Post by: Parnell on April 22, 2021, 05:49:27 pm

Very cool, Brian!  Good pictures.

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Post by: bjrogg on April 23, 2021, 08:01:13 am

Thanks Steve. It’s always hard taking good pictures of this stuff. They just never seem to look as good as the real thing.

Bjrogg

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Post by: GlisGlis on April 27, 2021, 05:35:34 am

very nice point and pictures BJ !!
what knapping technique are you using?

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Post by: bjrogg on April 27, 2021, 07:26:46 am

Thanks GilsGlis.

I started with a spall from my cousin. I used percussion to mass reduce and get pretty close to my final shape. Then I switched to indirect and did a little more thinning. Then I finished up with pressure and put a nice sharp edge on.

Bjrogg

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Post by: Marc St Louis on April 27, 2021, 09:19:38 am

Looks pretty good.  Nice work

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Post by: JackCrafty on April 27, 2021, 01:48:14 pm

Sweetness.  )P(

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Post by: M2A on May 02, 2021, 10:41:57 am

Good work BJ. May need to borrow that driftwood display idea you use if I ever get anything hafted. Thanks for taking the time to share your work. Looks great!
Mike