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Woody Blackwell platforms

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aaron:
Well, I'm sitting here with flintknapping on my mind and 4 fresh stitches in my hand from a knapping accident, so I thought I'd share some stuff. Not too long ago I acquired two "teaching casts". These are plastic copies of some points made by Woody Blackwell to show how he sets up his platforms for clovis-style knapping. The point shown  has several prepared platforms ready to strike a series of large percussion flakes.

aaron:
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turbo:
Good stuff, he is the most meticulous knapper I have seen, and especially when setting up isolated platforms. Taking time to set them up is one thing that separates the 'men from the boys'... hah

bjrogg:
Yes a person could learn a lot from that.
Bjrogg

1442:
Nice!

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