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1442:
Bens posts on overshots inspired me to try something I've thought of forever and never tried until tonight.
I have very limited experience with antler work or hammerstone work, but I've seen photos of antler cylinders assumed to be used for knapping.
I made a cylinder about a inch in diameter and three inches long and grabbed a couple quartze rocks for hammerstones and a large flake of grainy tough material as an abrader, made a short bout 4" handle to tie to the cylinder to make a antler hammer type percussion tool.
I started out with the hammerstones and broke the end off pretty quick, but once I got the edges worked I swapped over to the antler hammer and managed to get three overshots and the fourth on stopped just short. But then I proceeded to have all sorts of problems trying to set up anything  and get flakes like I wanted. I sanded the end of the antler and started getting flakes again but I was pretty worn out by then and couldn't hit quite where I wanted.
I experimented with different things just trying to learn more about how antler works and made a small point out of it in the end.
I'm gonna get a better rock and try again next chance I get, but I figgered I'd post some quick pics for now while overshots are popular,

1442:
That's where I knocked off the end with the hammerstone, and here's where I started with the antler hammer

1442:
I got the third overshot and the fourth one stopped short by 1/4"
then just shows to a preform sorta stage. I took more pics but am real short on time to post them now.

1442:
well here's four more for now.
at this point I was struggling to get any kind of flake with the antler cylinder and pressure flaking with a tine wasn't working either. I eventualy got it going again by sanding the working surfaces of the antlers but it sure was tough from there on out.

bjrogg:
Nice to see you back here 1442. I've been wondering how you've been. Hope your hands are doing ok yet.
Bjrogg

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