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caveman2533:
No I have not seen Scotts blades, are they the green rhyolite?
Marc St Louis:
--- Quote from: caveman2533 on June 08, 2015, 10:05:36 pm ---Preforms of the finished Susquehanna broadspear were pentagonal. Would have been squared off then angled notches placed into it much like the point I made.
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Not going to argue with you but the sense I got from looking at that point is that it was done. It just doesn't seem to have the material left in it to make a point like yours
caveman2533:
Mark,
No material needed to punch notch the base, It is basically finished except for bringing in the base. these were thinned diagonally from the sloped shoulders. It is hard to get pictures of but all four "sides" were thinned or attempted to from the shoulder. One failed because of a crystal. Note this is an exceptionally thin piece and is masterful work for this material. the average width to thickness ratio of these points is 5 to 1.
turbo:
--- Quote from: caveman2533 on June 09, 2015, 03:23:54 pm ---No I have not seen Scotts blades, are they the green rhyolite?
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I would love to see these too. I have a stash of NC green rhyolite myself.
Zuma:
--- Quote from: caveman2533 on June 09, 2015, 03:23:54 pm ---No I have not seen Scotts blades, are they the green rhyolite?
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Lol, me too!
I guess I just thought he had some he discribed from some
digs around the fault line near Great Falls. Sorry, he don't
have them. If I am not misstaken the green is NC stuff.
Your work looks like a pretty good grade of Rhyolite that
can be found near Gastonia? Nice work.
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