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Keenan:
Allen those are sweet man. Don't beat yourself up over the big guy, It must have wanted to be a true hunter and go onto an arrow and into some venison ;D That is one nice looking set of points. How do you like the gold sheen ??? Seems a little harder to work but sure is nice to drool over.
That info that Tiller gave is good info. End snaps have ruined a few for me as well.
Tiller; Bro you made some great kodos points for me with the wife on that soap. Some of the best quallity we've seen. ;) Everyone that has tried it is liking it and we are giving you some good recomemdations Bro, ;) Keenan
D. Tiller:
Thanks Keenan! Remind me of your wife's name again. I am the worst with names.
The soap recipe is one we really worked on perfecting. All natural too! Just made up 8 batches for a local in this last week. Something like 4660 small 1.2 oz bars. Pain in the neck to cut and rack for drying but good for business. The thing that makes it best is the amount of olive oil we put in it and the extra moisturizing oils. If you think the soap is cool wait till she tries the lotions!
Hate them end snaps! Do that allot myself. One thing I have noted is get the ends thin first before moving to the centers and getting them thin. Vibration is the killer here. Anything you can do to kill vibration without putting undue stresses on the bi-face the better. Also, platform, platform and more platform work!
Keenen, Dave, Allen you guys up for finding some of that black butter Dacite around Riley sometime? Its purdy! ;D
Allen7:
Well, I am not sure what black butter dacite is, so don't know. I do want to get back down there sometime this summer at Glass Buttes or maybe Riley. The gold sheen sure is pretty, but it was hard to work clean - without ledges. Thanks for the tips Tiller. I thought I was trying to support things. I think I hit that big blade towards the back on the side, when the tip broke off. I remember how many arrowheads I used to break in half two years ago, but then things gradually got better. I picked up some nice black obsidian just south of Riley once. We named our young mustang gelding , "Riley". I also named my little palomino mustang mare "Sheena", because she had such shiny golden hair. ---- Allen
Keenan:
Dave and I are going to make a few trips out there this summer when things warm up a bit ::) ::) However this morning I woke up and the yard is gone again :-[ :-[ everytime we think it's finely melted off and gone for the year "surprise" The real kicker is that the deadline for getting the studs off was April 1 :-\ Glad I don't have to drive around today ;D Keenan
cowboy:
Those are some sharp lookin points Allen - I love em! Them biguns are a whole different critter for me. Only tips I can come up with would be - always set up a good platform below center, good support (I've been playing with the spider hold). Use all your fingers and thumb on one hand to hold the peice supporting it on all sides, usually with your pinky finger on the end oposite of the one your hitting - squeeze in to apply pressure from all side then rare back and hit it - results will vary ;D.
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