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le0n:
Thanks, it was fun :)

Thunder:
Nice work, keep it up!

le0n:
worked on this flake yesterday with a tine in an attempt to finish it without copper:


i switched to copper halfway though because i couldn't thin it enough without loosing too much width; called it quits at this point (pun intended?):



today i got some more practice:


the other sides:


here is what the small blade was made from:

it's almost impossible for me to drive a flake on the convex face of the ridge. they tend to step fracture halfway towards the ridge.

le0n:
revisited the another piece with the tine this afternoon.

the flake, both sides:



this is my current percussion tool. showing one of the first (ugly) flakes that i made after some quick shaping:


after a few more minutes:


before percussion thinning attempts:


setup & flakes after quick abrade:




i little better:


shape check before pressure flaking with the same tine:



after a few pressure flake passes (both sides):



i stopped at this thickness, so here is where i left off:


letting the shadows reveal the steps:



it has some steps that i wasn't about to chase, but i'm still happy with it.

i need to find my smaller tine for notching this guy.

then again, i may just leave it alone.

flungonin:
I love your progression.

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