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Knapping in Texas
Parnell:
Man, that's what it's all about. I tip my hat for your posting progression like that. Well done, great post. Cool to see some of your thoughts on the ABO tool side of things, recently.
Stringman:
Don't forge that incipient cones happen from over striking edges too often. If you tend to hit more than a couple times without getting a flake release, you could be causing those steps with the micro fractures you are leaving on the edges.
le0n:
Oh.
Then that is definitely something I need to pay more attention to.
le0n:
here's something i've been tinkering with.
i mentioned it on Spotted Dog's "trouble thinning" thread (ABO Board): http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,54896.msg747440.html#msg747440
anyway, the results have encouraged me to pick up the more challenging pieces in the box of rocks i have.
below is an example of what i'm learning to do with this method.
not slim by any means; and i wouldn't have touched this for anything other than practicing percussion strikes:
after a few strikes:
oh geeze, this end looks like fun ::)
thinning that end a little more (and creating steps):
almost done:
more thinning steps, hah hah:
still got some thickness to it (my setup in the background):
a few more removals:
looks like a chicken drum-stick ;D
where i left off:
flip side:
laying on the striker:
^^ fun stuff :)
now it's ready for pressure flaking and or notching.
le0n:
from tonight:
started into it:
roughed out:
nasty steps:
cleaned up:
flip side:
thickness:
some of the better flakes:
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