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mullet:
This Newnan has to be the ugliest point I've ever found, some ancient one was desperate. This is made from some hard, untreated Brookesville, Fl. chert and limestone. It looks good next to the nice one I just posted.

Dalton Knapper:
Could have been a reject, but you never know. When thrown on a dart backed by an atlatl, I suppose all you really need is a sharp tip and accuracy. It certainly is ugly, but I tell you what...At work I'm sorting some 5,000 points into basic types and many of them are quite badly made, especially from the Woodland period. Archaic not so much and certainly not paleo when it comes to bad workmanship. Mississippian tools & weapons are generally all well made too.

mullet:
I know what you mean. A few years ago I labeled and sorted to time periods for the small, local museum in the town I work in. I saw some real pretty ones along with some really bad ones. One thing I noticed was when the stone was real high quality the points looked a lot more refined.

bjrogg:
Really interesting Eddie. Looks a lot like the pieces of chert I find in my fields around here. Looks like that hole going through middle and coming out side was going to make trouble. This is one i made out of what I think is simular chert.
Bjrogg

mullet:
That is a cool looking point BJ. I like the fossils. I have a small pile of Ocala chert to heat treat that every piece is full of fossils.

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