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Photo Essay: Rebasing fluted point with parallel flutes

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JoJoDapyro:
Once again you are playing the victim card. I amore than willing to learn from you, but this far you have refused to teach. Stop talking in riddles. If you have something to teach, please do, if not, stop telling everyone that you want to teach, and no one will listen. I would love to learn all I can.

soy:
I as well would love to learn...please stop the poor me and bring forth the learning ;)

mullet:
Starting to sound like "Ground Hog Day" again.

Ghost Knapper:
Overshots are alot like other knapping processes, understanding your tools and the material you are working on is paramount. Proper platform preparation is key as well as reading the convexity of the piece. Below 3 flakes were removed all of which went the whole way across the piece. The material is tough and definitely not altered by heat. But studying the biface, understanding the predictability of how the material fractures and making a proper platform for the material and tool allowed this to happen. Notice how the first and second flake removal set up a proper ridge to allow the removal of the third flake.





I did not knap this piece another member from the forum here did. If I would have attempted the same reduction with the material and tools he used I would not of had the same outcome, because I have not knapped this material enough to become proficient at it. That is not to say though that just because I cannot reduce this material with the tools he used does not mean the process will not work and is inherently bad at creating the desired result. Weather its notching or large thinning flakes understanding the material and the tools required is paramount to being successful.

If I sign my name and hand you my pen does not mean that you can take that pen and create the same signature, but if you hand me a marker, crayon, pencil, or piece of chalk I can create my signature because I have practiced enough and understand the process it takes to create it. Now it will look different because of the tool used but I can still do it. Same with any knapping process understand your tools and the material, share your experiences with others because we all can benefit one another. The above flakes were removed with direct percussion the tool was either a wooden billet or antler billet, I cant remember which, the material is some kind of leaverite.

mullet:
And now you are denying us information about the secret Billet he used. :'( ;) We'll never learn how to do it. :'( :'( :'( :-\

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