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nclonghunter:
Thanks Keith, the long ball bat sticks that Ted Orcutt used and is pictured with his obsidian blades were likely used as chest cructh flakers. There is a picture of Don Crabtree leaning over a piece of obsidian that he was taking blades off of. The obsidian is clamped and he has a baseball bat designed chest crutch. Ted Orcutt has different lengths for different angles and uses.
I believe Don Crabtree also met and observed Ted Orcutt knapping in California so his use is likely influenced by Orcutt.
Look forward to your test of the Eskimo flaker.
nclonghunter:
Here is Don Crabtree using a crutch.
nclonghunter:
The one with the arrow looks like the one Crabtree is using. If you look close at the bottom of each wooden bat you can see a faint hole. I believe some of these were used as a crutch and some were punches which were struck on top. The flared bases were to allow adding pressure to the punches by hand.
Any other ideas or possibilities I would like to hear them.
caveman2533:
I think like Patrick said they are blunts used as arrow points, not anything to do with flintknapping. They only look to be 3-5 inches long and maybe a 1/2" -3/4" wide at the wide end.
nclonghunter:
I do not have the measurements on those blades but Orcutt was making large blades and I would believe those wood tools are larger than 3-5 inches. The ones on the upper level between the blades may be close to those measurements.
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