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Photos: HOLY GRAIL Outrepasse Flaking in Memory of Philip Churchill

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caveman2533:
What kind of deer is the tine from?  It does not look like whitetail. The last flake removal virtually destroyed the point. Have you finished it and what was the result.

Stringman:
With perfect technique I can see the benefits being a sharper untouched edge. Or maybe used to clear unwanted bulk from a piece. I think what these pics demonstrate is that you are finding a way to control the overshot and use it to your advantage. You are right, in that it is not often discussed. But I think most of us fear the damage caused rather than get excited about the benefits.

Zuma:

--- Quote from: Stringman on January 22, 2015, 02:12:12 pm ---With perfect technique I can see the benefits being a sharper untouched edge. Or maybe used to clear unwanted bulk from a piece. I think what these pics demonstrate is that you are finding a way to control the overshot and use it to your advantage. You are right, in that it is not often discussed. But I think most of us fear the damage caused rather than get excited about the benefits.

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Bravo,
With out having total control of every overshot flake the resulting damage of a slight miscalculation can be disaster near completion of a biface. Employed as a thinning of a core not so much.

BTW Ben I always thought edge to edge was a better way. Less destructive. Show us your coast to coast flakes.
Zuma

caveman2533:
I have to agree with Zuma. Overshot must be tightly controlled and I believe used early in the process to rapidly thin a biface, It will also rapidly  narrow one, Then use of controlled edge to edge .

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