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Knapping in Texas
le0n:
^^ thank you.
i'm far from where i want to be with it, but i intend to keep pushing forward :)
le0n:
^^ thank you, Sir.
here's another i did with the antler percussion + tine flaking.
i started out with this huge relatively flat flake; (had high hopes for this piece):
and i managed to make a narrow point out of it, hah hah.
i should have paid attention to the inclusions when i was laying it out.
it ended up being right on one of my edges. lost more width than i wanted to while getting under it.
then i picked up a medium flake and made a triangle point:
Tracker0721:
Hey if you sharpen a tine flat like a screwdriver or use a horseshoe nail you can peel those steps right off! And I'm changing my percussion to hitting the piece on my leg and that picture of how your holding yours wrapped and on the opposite side is exactly what I need to try. I'm an idiot and I keep trying to hold the point at an angle.
le0n:
--- Quote from: Tracker0721 on October 21, 2015, 09:39:50 am ---Hey if you sharpen a tine flat like a screwdriver or use a horseshoe nail you can peel those steps right off!
--- End quote ---
i hadn't tried that yet. thanks.
--- Quote from: Tracker0721 on October 21, 2015, 09:39:50 am ---And I'm changing my percussion to hitting the piece on my leg and that picture of how your holding yours wrapped and on the opposite side is exactly what I need to try.
--- End quote ---
it seems to work. the only bad thing for me right now is that i hit my leg many times more than i hit the edge. a thicker piece of leather should reduce that pain though.
le0n:
i was gifted this rock a few months ago. the person claimed to have picked it up by a creek bed 20+ years ago. she doesn't remember where it came from, but she thinks she's almost certain that she found it in texas. she always imagined it to be a hatchet of some sort :)
it appears to have been worked by someone, but it doesn't look like anything spectacular, so i may try to dig into it in the next couple of days.
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