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First ever knapped head!
DanaM:
Bled a little eh ;D
david w.:
not much just a tiny prick
Hillbilly:
Not bad at all. Looks good for a first point, and bet it would puncture a critter. Don't look like any arterial blood, so you done good. :) As for criticism and suggestions:
#1: Keep knapping. Pay attention to cause and effect.
#2. Concentrate on making good platforms below the center line of the piece. Grind 'em good.
#3. See #1 .
#4: See #1 .
#5: See #1 .
#6: See #1 .
#7: When pressure flaking, apply more inward than downward pressure. This will make the flakes run farther across the piece. To thin points and get a good cross section, the flakes need to travel at least halfway across the point.
#8: Flakes like to follow ridges.
#9: Never try to run a flake into a concave area. It will step-fracture.
#10: See #1 & # 2. :)
david w.:
;Dthanks Hillbilly that helps i will be sure to follow that. Someday i hope my points look like yours. Now i must go knapp ;D
david w.:
--- Quote from: david w. on January 30, 2008, 08:17:04 pm --- ;Dthanks Hillbilly that helps i will be sure to follow that. Someday i hope my points look like yours. Now i must go knapp ;D
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I wish i didnt go knap. I was working on a wine bottle bottom. i was rollin. This baby was the sharpest i had ever seen. I had flakes shving hair and the edge was wicked sharp. I must of not of been on the platform right because i put a ton of pressure on it and when i got the flake off my hand went down and i sliced it deep. It was a fairly good cut. I couldnt feel a thing i never once felt that cut. I went to the ER and got it sewn up. I have to stop my knapping carrer now :'( thats why i am upset. thats one of the main reasons and i made my dad sit there for a while and i feel bad about cost. I never felt the cut though no pain. im not upset about that im upset about not being able to knap untill i am in college. i am so sad because i took so much pride in knapping my first head and it was so much fun and now i must stop. Now its back to making dull ground points from a mudlike rock i find in creeks. :P
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