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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: PeteDavis on November 04, 2008, 08:41:16 pm

Title: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: PeteDavis on November 04, 2008, 08:41:16 pm

cool stuff

(http://www.fototime.com/4D576F9DBEFE0C9/standard.jpg)

Georgetown lets the light shine through

(http://www.fototime.com/2ED45A13F668AAC/standard.jpg)

PD

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: david w. on November 04, 2008, 08:58:26 pm

Nice points!  I am thinking of ordering some flint ridge,  How would that stuff be for a beginner?

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: Keenan on November 04, 2008, 09:02:34 pm

Both very nice. ;)

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: cowboy on November 04, 2008, 09:07:30 pm

Dang Pete! You just keep knocking em out ;D. those are some beauties!!

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on November 04, 2008, 09:34:29 pm

very very nice.  i have worked a couple pieces of that before, i found it enjoyable.  you do very nice work.- Ryan

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: PeteDavis on November 04, 2008, 10:52:18 pm

I'm an amateur but the Flint Ridge is good stuff. It's full of healed fractures, most of them in my batches have been stable. A few blowups however. If you ever can, go the the Flint Ridge Knap-In in August. There are folks there with huge piles of the stuff and cheap practice buckets too.

PD

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: madcrow on November 05, 2008, 12:36:13 am

Nice points.  Must be nice to be able to label them for one day of the month.  I would have to label mine with the month and year. ;D

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: Bone pile on November 05, 2008, 08:25:54 am

Nice points,I went to the flint ridge knapp-inn in 07,I agree a big gathering ,tons of rock and nice folks.The flint ridgr material is great to work and there are a few people that handle it so there are some nice colors.My cousin went this year and is sending a couple peices down this week.I feel like a kid waiting for santa.
Again those are a couple sweet points
Bone pile

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: Hardawaypoints on November 05, 2008, 10:56:41 am

Nice points.  I love that Flint Ridge.  The color varieties are awesome, but sometimes you find hidden cracks or quartz inclusions at the wrong time. If you get a nice point out of a tricky piece, it makes it that much more special.

Jim

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: Bone pile on November 06, 2008, 09:25:29 am

Here are a few flintridge points,the white one is flint from the Nethers farm and the other two are Roy Millers rock.
Hope to get my mits on more of this.I agree on the quartz pockets,I have had some real stinkers.Most of the time it's
good working material.
(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk33/Bonepile/flintridgedoves.jpg)
 have a good one
Bone pile

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: jamie on November 06, 2008, 07:40:11 pm

i like those a lot . very cool.

Title: Re: 11-4-08/Flint Ridge
Post by: cowboy on November 06, 2008, 08:24:22 pm

Those are extra nice bonepile! the symmetry looks to be perfect and thier thin ta boot :).