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a nudder clovis and preform

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I looked on lithics casting lab and saw them clovis preforms like bifaces with overshot flakes and that's what I was gonna try to make tonight.
Well! it didn't work out so well.
The first attempt just wasn't working and I couldn't get overshots so I just called it a preform and quit on it.
The second attempt was going real well and I had big flake scars spanning most of the width and a few big overshot scars covering most of both faces. I needed one moe across the base and man did it turn out to be a doosy. Instead of going straight across, it fanned out up towards the tip and took off a good portion of the far edge, and left an awfull divet too.
After that I kinda changed my direction and just went for what I could get after straightening out the damage.
I missed the second flute again and had to settle for a weird double flute attempt on the second side.
I'll probably come back and touch up the shape with pressure and try to get it in line with the good flute a lil better.

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here's few process pics o the clovis

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mo processes

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And a side profile
I hit the flues indirect with a 3/8 copper rod under the knee with te point wraped in leather wih tip pressing into leg and preload some pressure into the rod before te strike.

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