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Matched set for Pinecone.
seminolewind:
--- Quote from: Majuba Tom on January 06, 2014, 01:33:11 pm ---Wow is right that is amazing work.
How long does it take you to make one with that much detail?
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These take me a couple hours each minimum. I would say 2 hrs average. I know I am probably the slowest knapper known to mankind but I have found I break them or end up with thicker points if I rush it. So I prepare every platform both in the percussion and the pressure stage. I abrade in both stages too. Once the platform is correct I push the flake. What takes up the time is that you can get a good thin preform with percussion but to make narrower points you have to bring it in with pressure. To keep the point narrow in this stage I can't afford the edge to crumble so I prepare tiny little platforms just like in the percussion stage.
YosemiteBen:
sometimes I would swear that y'all are using cookie cutters!
ionicmuffin:
Wow! these are gorgeous!
Badly Bent:
Those are outstanding looking points, you do some killer work Seminole.
Sparrow:
Beautiful Man ! ' Frank
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