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Stop Settling (pic heavy)
Sasquatch:
So I go over to a friends house for a gathering recently. He pulls out a bot and bag of points that he collected in south texas. He owned property that had a camp on it. He found all of these artifacts on top of the ground. One really stood out impressed me . This was by far the thinnest and widest artifact I have ever seen. I can see that majority of points were fat/ crude. There are lots of different theories about this. I think that these crude points could have been made by young or learning Indians. And I understand that with rough material come thicker points (eastern USA). but we have access to plenty of quality stone via online purchases and trades. So we have no excuse. Anyway In this collection I picked up 3-4 pieces that were clearly knapped by an expert. Edges were sharp, thin and perfect lines. These finds have challenged me to "Stop Settling " I know that we are all excited when we produce our first points. But Im kinda tired and disgusted when people say they are going to hunt with these. IMHO it doesn't look good to the mass majority of hunters( compound, gun). Lets do better! lets start getting them thin and sharp. The last point is a cast of the most delicate point ever made.
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le0n:
^^ those are some super clean lines.
also, looks like a horned lizard eccentric on the right:
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