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Indirect Pressure Percussion
nclonghunter:
Keith, I am striking the antler. Narrow window but I had a short piece of antler. Also wrapped the wood around the antler with hemp cordage to strengthen it. Couple strikes on the cordage and it will cut it.
I see some great potential for fluting with this.
turbo:
Nice, this is a version of what I would call a composite stick punch like Marty's. I look forward to seeing your results, thanks for sharing.
nclonghunter:
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--- Quote from: turbo on December 29, 2015, 01:07:29 am ---Nice, this is a version of what I would call a composite stick punch like Marty's. I look forward to seeing your results, thanks for sharing.
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Thanks Turbo, It is a composite but I am not certain Marty could apply the pressure with his technique. If you had strong thigh muscles you might even take a flake with this technique. The only real difference is positioning of the stick but that seems to make a difference. It is also closer to horizontal than the vertical standing technique I have seen, which also makes a difference I think.
--- Quote from: Hummingbird Point on December 28, 2015, 10:25:26 pm ---Lyman,
Is your blow landing on the antler or the wood?
Hey Keith, I also had been thinking about striking the wood but in the urgency to make one I used really soft wood I had laying around. Since I am liking this technique so well I dug out a piece of hickory I had laid away for a bow. It is now a magnum Ishi stick..lol
I will try striking the wood with the hickory to see how it goes.
The pictures are small points I made with this technique. I have done pressure flaking to further shape and detail the points so they do not show the early flake scars. They are all nicely thinned and some from some thick pieces to start with. I also added the new hickory Mag Ishi Stick.
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Hunts with stone:
This looks very clost to Marty's style's. The springy stick type to. It most surely it very effective in any mode of change. Lyman I very much like the method you showed me. That is a hole new way to me and simplifies a lot of the holding problem . The free hand preform hold is one thing I really like there. A almost reverse mode on the support end of things. I think a string tensioner is a fantastic concept also. I haven't knapped very much since early fall as then all efforts are on hunting. I hope to get back at it soon and post some of my findings adopting this technique.
nclonghunter:
--- Quote from: Hunts with stone on December 29, 2015, 11:03:43 am ---This looks very clost to Marty's style's. The springy stick type to. It most surely it very effective in any mode of change. Lyman I very much like the method you showed me. That is a hole new way to me and simplifies a lot of the holding problem . The free hand preform hold is one thing I really like there. A almost reverse mode on the support end of things. I think a string tensioner is a fantastic concept also. I haven't knapped very much since early fall as then all efforts are on hunting. I hope to get back at it soon and post some of my findings adopting this technique.
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There are similarities, no question about it. You have done great hunting this fall so it was worth laying off the knapping...;-)
I tried the hickory composite stick and had some quick results. I will admit I broke a couple preforms I had hoped to take pictures of after working the Sonora. The overshots in the Sonora reduced an already small piece of chert but I just wanted to show the potential. I was sitting on the floor for this session.
I also did not like striking the wood, seemed to lose a lot of energy at least in a big piece of hickory.
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