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Photos: Logical Reason for employing controlled overshot, in opposite edge thin

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Ghost Knapper:
I see what JoJo saw. Tons of pictures and no reason to read the text in the post. Sorta like crying wolf. After much time of posting how you flake with absolute refusal to even attempt to show the technique.  This post was viewed just like the others my thought was "he is at it again". A how to without any how to.

So while yes this post is more of a "why" it could of been used, I may feel like a few others on here. I don't care anymore (for these posts).

Others asked me to explain the process on how I photograph the way I do. I could of viewed the technique as a "trade secret" and simply said that I do not wish to share the technique. I also could of explained that I use expensive equipment and photoshop to complete the task, which would of kept it out of reach for the majority of the posters on here. But instead not only did I show how I do it, but I also went and showed how others could do it as well with stuff just laying around the house. Now weather or not anyone attempted to try it I may not know but I am glad I took the time to explain it.

I see the point of this post, I think that it showed a way to remove material from the opposite side of the biface from which it was struck. At times with percussion, an existing edge is not appropriate to strike due to the "bluntness/squareness" of that edge and it must be attacked from either side of that area or from the opposite side.

No one is going to think any less of these posts if you share how your are doing it, in fact I think it would open many more doors. Sometimes in order to keep something you got to give it away.

turbo:
Well put 'ghost' and thanks again for the photo tutorial. If nothing else I think he'd be easy to spot at a knap-in; just look for the knapper behind the curtain.

Why am I still here?!!

caveman2533:
Nicely done!!  Now follow what Phil would have done and teach someone how you did it. Phil was one of the most generous knappers I know, he would not hesitate to show someone how to do something. I believe he would be disappointed with you for not showing what you know.

Dalton Knapper:
You are using a tine as a punch, aren't you? I like the results. I may have to give that a try myself, but I don't really care about overshot flakes and I can work through square edges just fine. I just like those flake scars. I'd imagine you are setting the preform/blank on some type of pad, or anvil, under your foot and using the tine as a punch (indirect percussion), but experimentation should reveal how this works. I do wonder how well it works in late stage flake removal though because I bet the rock takes a real wallop from the deepness of those flake scars on the edges.

JoJoDapyro:
I am fairly certain that it wouldn't have taken as many photos as it did to make me understand why you do it. Why doesn't help me. How helps. I am eager to learn, but I am seeing WHY you have been removed from other sites.

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