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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on July 06, 2008, 10:26:16 pm

Title: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on July 06, 2008, 10:26:16 pm

i sat around today and cooked some rocks so while i was in the mood i knocked a few out. my thumb is a bit sore from the pressure flaking but well worth that discomfort. ;D
    the top two are Texas chert, the large center one is dacite, the bottom ones are obs and glass.
each has great scars running to center and scary sharp. they turned out pretty thin and each one is a good candidate for hunting points.  i havent knapped anything for a while, so it looks like the break did me good, i impressed myself with these ones.   hope you enjoy- Ryan

oh and, i only used abo tools, deer tine flaker and elk antler billet.

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Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: mullet on July 06, 2008, 10:28:48 pm

    Those look like meat makers to me. Dang, you are getting good.

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: Otoe Bow on July 06, 2008, 11:57:57 pm

Ryan:  Those are great man.  I'm hoping I can get them like that someday. 

Mike 

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: cowboy on July 07, 2008, 12:22:27 am

Ryan, man - your all off into everything. You've got abnormal talent, or too much time on your hands :). Those are some fine lookin points!!

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: D. Tiller on July 07, 2008, 12:37:17 am

Dang Ryan! You sure are commin along fast with that stuff. Nice points!

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: Pappy on July 07, 2008, 07:38:19 am

Nice job Ryan,looks like you got it down pat. :)
      Pappy

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: GregB on July 07, 2008, 08:23:17 am

Those turned out really nice!

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: Hillbilly on July 07, 2008, 08:52:10 am

Nice chippin'.

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on July 07, 2008, 04:54:17 pm

thanks guys, that means a lot.
  Paul-  i dont have tooooo much time on my hand...i just try to make the best of what i have. ofcourse from what i have gathered i have more time than you do, seems you travel a lot, knapping in hotels and such.  but then your the one with the great talent too....maybe i should stay in a hotel a couple times a week. ;D

  i came home and looed at that picture and it was taken at night in the house..i wasnt to pleased with how it looked, you cant see the colors, so i took a new one- Ryan

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Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: huntertrapper on July 07, 2008, 05:18:38 pm

nice man you do some good knappin  ;)

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: Otoe Bow on July 08, 2008, 10:06:21 am

Nice points, day or night. 

One of these days when I get a point I'm really really proud of, I'm going to try the arrow head mounted flat and perpendicular on the end of a arrow shaft when I photograph them.  It makes them look like they're floating above the ground.  ::)

Mike

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: Woodland Roamer on July 09, 2008, 07:23:10 pm

Those are some mighty nice looking points there Ryan.

Alan

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: cowboy on July 10, 2008, 07:33:23 pm

Ryan: Those do look better gleaming in the sunlight, I see some obs, glass, and other stuff. I wouldn't recommend too much hotel life though - gets purty drab after awhile :-\.

Title: Re: sundays flake knockin'
Post by: D. Tiller on July 10, 2008, 07:45:50 pm

I can only stand two to three days in a motel/hotel before I want to be home again!