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Offline nugget

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2009, 09:47:22 pm »
WOW :o
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2009, 10:22:06 pm »
Alan and Sailordad, Great points.  Bob
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2009, 10:51:03 pm »
Dang, I'd better get busy. Those are some sweet looking points, guys. I'm pretty partial to Savannah Rivers ,even if Hardaways are my favorites.

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2009, 11:12:30 am »
Nice one's Alan and Pete! I gotta get on the stick here myself.
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2009, 02:25:03 pm »
Here is my sad attempt at a SR. It is rhyolite. My first with both the stone and style. Looks more like a knife blade to me. If nothing else it is very rustic looking. A little dirt on it and some wethering it might look authentic.
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2009, 03:09:50 pm »
looks good to me
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2009, 04:36:14 pm »
TJ, that one actually looks really authentic. Just need to square that base up a little. That old speckled rhyolite is some tough stuff, you did it justice..
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2009, 05:24:11 pm »
i used a cobble stone from Texas and it come out pretty good. I think this is  a perdenale?

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2009, 05:54:23 pm »
Nice one warhawk.
Thanks Steve. It was thicker than I wanted it and it was stalling out everytime I tried to even the base out.  I also took pictures before I finished cause I wanted proof before I busted it.
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #24 on: November 05, 2009, 07:21:04 pm »
Nice points everyone! TJ, thats good work with that stuff, that is some of my favorite rock.

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #25 on: November 05, 2009, 08:11:31 pm »
Good work guys. I'll go ahead and post my own sorry attempt - and no, I ain't gonna show you the cross section ;D. This is some kind of silicified somethinorother I picked up in the river, closest thing I had to rhyolite or that other stuff but seemed to work (kinda) ::).

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #26 on: November 05, 2009, 09:00:22 pm »
Looks better than mine
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #27 on: November 05, 2009, 09:10:00 pm »
I don't know TJ, they both look fairly authentic to me though I've never held one - and yours is thinner. I'll most likely heat this up one day and refine it.
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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2009, 09:39:03 am »
They both look like the real deal to me.  I have a few ancient Savannah River points that are so thick it is hard to imagine that they were used for anything but a thrusting spear.

I got a couple of pieces of rock picked out for my attempt. Time wil tell how i do... Muzzleloader starts this weekend too, so I intend to be busy hunting, dragging, or dressing deer.

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Re: November point challenge?
« Reply #29 on: November 06, 2009, 10:41:57 am »
Paul, that one looks really good. You got the base perfect, too. That looks like some good rock, there- I bet it would work really good with hardwood billets. Jim, I'm gonna be down there in your neck of the woods next week with the Hawken and flintlock.
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