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Outbackbob48:
BJ, real nice lookin point and obsidian can be so transluscent, always nice to get a point on a pc that is just so-so. When I first started knapping I always picked out the nice flat tri angle looking stuff first, thru all the square blocks in a bucket. Soon out of easy stuff and start on the blocks, My personal knapping improved once you start trying to make something out of the odd pcs. Looks like you are well on your way :KN :KN Bob

bjrogg:
Thanks Outback, I agree completely on the odd difficult pieces improving my knapping. Didn't take long when I started to turn all my nice stuff into gravel. When I started turning gravel into points I started to get the hang of it. Don't know if I'd of figured it out with out the odd stuff. Sure wasn't going to keep buying rock to learn with all good stuff.lol. Still hard for a farm boy to pay money for rocks.
Bjrogg

mullet:
Nice one, Brian and looks sharp, too. I know what Bob is talking about. I was working in Texas once and bored to tears. I had a pressure flaker in the truck, found a chunk of river rock for a hammer stone and scrounged a couple of small pieces of chert in the parking lot. I ended up with two really nice points just trying to get something out of the two marginal rocks I found.

Chippintuff:
Fine chipping.

WA

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