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Dustinhill:
Hi, here is my first stone point. I've made a few from glass before, but this one is from a rock I collected while hiking through a river basin in Iceland. It's approximately 7/8" long and 1/2" wide. It's so small because I had a hard time driving a long flake from the rock with the hammer stone. Does anyone know what type of stone it might be? And does anyone know if this point would be large enough to be considered a "bird point". In the encyclopedia of Native American bows arrows and quivers there are some points 1/2" wide but none as short.
Thanks,
Dustin

Knotty:
"Cute Little Guy" that's the first thing that came to My mind as soon as I saw this 😂

I had the same problem with My first glass Point aswell, getting good flakes is surely hard, and you end up breaking the material many Times.

If you use that For hunting.. I guess you could take some birds.. Maybe a squirrell if its VERY sharp.

Good luck with future knapping!

Stixnstones:
thats obsidian, i've kilt a few squirrels with points that big.

Knotty:
@stixnstones , are you sure it's obsidian? Doesn't look like it to me.. Obsidian has more of a glassy texture to it, while that one looks more granular and rough.

Chippintuff:
I do not think that is obsidian. It is big enough to kill a buffalo. All it has to do is poke a hole in something vital, the same as a bigger point. Nice chipping too.

WA

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