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Am I just making Gravel?
Zuma:
Actually if you could thin that base out
you would have a viable point.
There a few nice flake scars I see already?
Zuma
Tracker0721:
I prefer to make a preform before trying to make a point. Too many new guys focus on trying to beat a triangle out and then have a thick or broken arrowhead looking thing. Keep taking down ridges and hitting the low spots till you have a centerline around the preform. Then just pop flakes into an arrowhead shape. If you'd like I'll send you a box of obsidian and dacite in easy to knap chunks. Just some good practice stuff. Shoot me a PM if you're interested. Payment is an arrowhead you make.
tward1604:
The flake is what came off the rock when I hit it. Unfortunately I broke it clean in half this morning trying to get that ledge off.
mullet:
You should post this on the ABO thread at the top, since you are working with primitive tools. John will be able to help you with a lot of questions. That rock looks kinda like Novaculite, is it?
tward1604:
I'm not sure if its Novaculite...or what that looks like. How would I move this thread to the ABO topic?
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