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crooketarrow:
  I think you've did exceptale maybe a little thick. Those flukes are hard I've had a huge pile of chips and broked points around a hude white oak beside my shop. Where I through my junk. Huge piles I broke dozens of points Never really geetting flukes like real points . Few short ones,

 

AncientTech:
Hello Crookedtree,

Thanks for the kind words.  Actually, what is really exceptional about this point is that it was created with a technology that has not been seen for probably over a century.  Also, it was created in raw chert, a type that most flintknappers would probably cook from twelve to fifteen hours.  Aside from that, the flutes are pretty nice, too.

As for the thickness, the stone was already fairly narrow from the beginning.  So, if I make it any thinner, I will have to reduce the width a little bit.  If I had a better grade of stone, it would be easier to carry out further thinning.  But, given what it is, there is some risk that I could lose too much width, and then it still would not look right.  It is better to start out with stone that is a little wider. 

I may just go back and further re-thin it.  I do not have many ridges to follow.  I may have to remove one small hump at the mid-section, and then work back from the tip, coast to coast style.  I might be able to get away with this with diagonal coast to coast flaking...maybe.  Also, since initiation morphologies tend to correspond to flaker tip morphologies ( at least, according to the late world class flintknapper, Philip Churchill), I may need to modify the tip of the flaker, slightly.  If I leave it as is, I can always look for a wider piece of stone to work with down the road. 

If the stone had this grain, I would probably re-thin it:







So, it is a toss up, at this stage...

caveman2533:
Come on Ben,
Are you gonna tell us now that after all this  talking,  with the superior technology, you should be able to thin that down with no problems. What have you got to lose?
 This is where the rubber meets the road. I see lots of thickness and plenty of width  to reduce this to a point that would actually look like a Clovis.  The idea that these end thinning flakes you drove off and then "built"  your "Fluted" point around is laughable. It does not follow any known sequence for a knapping fluted point.

JoJoDapyro:
The beginning of your "flutes" look a bit bulbous. Didn't you say your technique didn't make the bulbs of percussion? Also, are you ever planning on letting us in on your secret method?

nclonghunter:
I am the most interesting man in the world, I don't always flint Knap but when I do the Clovis people take notes.... 8)

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