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mullet:
I kinda agree with everybody else. And I imagine the person that made the thin, perfect points depended on someone else to bring him the bacon. With all of those rocks you guys have in Texas to bounce an arrow off of, I bet he stayed busy replacing all of those paper thin points.

Zuma:
We may be missing the POINT just a bit. Maybe not. ???
Take into consideration that the majority of found points
were intended to be hafted on thrusting spears, throwing
spears atatl darts, and knives. Now, most real abo arrowheads
I have collected are quite thin and triangular even in the east. 8)
Now this is not to say that those that hunt with stone tips
should Settle. I agree with Sas. If you take a stone arrowhead
to the woods, make it a real damn good one. Buy it if you can't
make it. They are cheap these days. We can't use poison and if
you have to track your animals too far they may wind up on your
neighbors lawn or crow bait.
Most important--Don't release untill you know you can hit your
Mark. No offence Mark. >:D
Zuma

le0n:
the design was most likely highly dependent on the application or purpose. i believe most of those very meticulous pieces were probably reserved for ceremonial purposes.

regardless; what you learn about the people that were here before us is that they were one with nature and they were not viewed as wasteful.

the 'crude' points were highly effective. which is why they were recreated millions upon millions of times.

Sasquatch:

--- Quote from: JoJoDapyro on May 06, 2016, 05:18:28 pm ---How about this, We have to go to work, and pay for the place we are going to knap, and the stone, and the tools. We no longer have the "Luxury" of learning how to do things to survive, and be able to completely hone that craft. I could make an arrowhead that would take game just fine, or, I could "Waste" my material and have no arrow heads, and then where does it leave me? I fell I am better than I was, but if I would have never decided that it was good enough, and broken or destroyed every point I ever attempted, I would have given up a long time ago. I already ruin close to 99%

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Sounds like you are taking this personally? I never called anyone out, I am in the same boat as everybody else.  But the only way to grow is to challenge ourselves. So when I saw that Primitive Man could make points that thin with abo.  I had to challenge us all to do better. I use copper and understand modern physics and I still haven't produced anything like that.   We have the "Luxery" not them.  See we don't hunt for provision hardly, It's mostly sport, so when we go to harvest an animal. I think we owe that animal out best.   

Nclonghunter- I agree thin to medium thickness is my preference, about the breaking upon entry, flint breaks with razor sharp edges so it would still do the job.

Zuma:

--- Quote from: Sasquatch on May 06, 2016, 09:37:24 pm ---
 I think we owe that animal out best.   


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This is where it's at. It is not really to important
what others did or when.
Zuma

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