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Knapping in Texas

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nclonghunter:
LeOn, I could not see the pictures of you setting the antler tine against your leg for knapping the point.

Your points are looking great, nice work.

le0n:
^^ I only hold the piece I'm working on the outside of my leg (see photo below). My other hand wields the tine.



My bad if I worded something in a confusing way.

le0n:
hacked away this bit of elm about a month ago with my hatchet. decided to work on it some more this evening.

i have no idea if i will be able to use it, however, it's close to two years old and it has been asking to be something.


the vise. i really should invest in a metal one:


roughed out:


after a few minutes on the sander:


i also found this in my box of stuff. there was a small base of a broken antler on there. i made a notching tool (i think):

le0n:
i wasn't going to post this failure, but since i laughed at someone else's failure earlier (not mentioning any names) i figure i'd put this out here.

the brick:


hammer stone reduction:


and step production >:(



indirect cleanup:




looking better:


but then the steps kept presenting themselves on that same edge (grain of the rock?) so i kept loosing width all the way around until i ended up with this (it's in there):


zoomed, hah hah:


i'm wondering if i can notice where these steps are happening early on so i can then re-orient the rock to situate this grain at the base or tip. this way i can possibly flake the sides evenly.

le0n:
i played with this flake tonight:


back side:


front:


back:


thickness:

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