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Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
ok, i think i have planed off now.  i can make points with regularity, all from flakes or spalls.  all i ever use is a hammerstone for percussion and an antler tine for pressure. i dont like to use "modern" tools. i like the idea of only using stone and antler (stuff i would likely find in a primitive setting)  question is. how many others here just use stone and antler exclusively?  can i get much better with the tools i am using? or is the only way to get those sweet looking points by using copper? if you only use stone and antler i would like to see your points aswell. maybe i should expect to get much better with what i am using. just  looking for some insight i suppose.   here is a pic of some of the stuff i have knapped in the last few weeks in-between turkey hunting. - Ryan

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Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
obs and keokuk

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El Destructo:
Ryan....from the Quality of Pictures you posted....it is hard to tell...but i think that they look really nice and uniform....I like the Blade also....keep it up...

Sparrow:
  I do'nt understand the  ?  You look like you are making great,functional points.The knife blade looks good too.A guy can make points too fat in the middle and they won't sharpen up real good,Also a guy can make them really thin and while sharp,they snap pretty easily. Through trial and error,I have found a 5 or 6 to 1 ratio on obsidian to be about right.I can get them cut you now sharp and they seem to hold up right to the time I shoot them into a rock.I'm doing 6 or 7 to 1 ratio's now on some flint points and I think those are going to be killer.Flint does'nt seem to get as sharp as the obsidian edges but,I was cutting up my steak the other night with a flint blade,no problem.Looks like to me your doing good.I use antler exclusively on obsidian but have been doing a little fine flaking on the flint edges with a thin piece of copper wire so I am not constantly regrinding my antler point.(Just being lazy) I do use rocks for percussion on really big stuff but I have gotten me a moose billet about done,so.....
Thats all I got !   Frank

carpenter374:
native americans used copper flakers long before we came along.

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