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lenght of hunting points?
bjrogg:
I really like this one. It just looks like it wants to slice thru something.
It’s 2 3/4” tip to end of steam
1” wide and thin but with spine up the center.
It’s also very sharp
Bjrogg
M2A:
Not late at all Tracker, thanks for the input. I'm still working on this and suppose I will be for a good long while. Its just too easy to carry a few flakes in my jacket and work on them during the day. Finished one over the weekend at 2 3/8 in length final weight came in at 133g.That did seem a bit long but still think I'll eventually haft it and try out for experience. But got me thinking that 2 "+ or - is a good lenght so set that as my goal. So was good to see you and Gutpile are in that general ballpark. For whatever reason I have liked to make simple triangle points but figured it would be in my best interest for now is to side notch them. Worked on 2 yesterday but need to notch yet. Hope to get a few more pics on here later in the week. I suppose this is old hat to many folks here, if so ignore my ramblings. Im just having fun, It has been my goal to hunt with equipment I made, never thought it would take as long as has but I keep adding things to the list. Maybe this year, maybe next who knows. For now the hunt is making the best equipment I can. Need to re watch a Ryan Gill video again on sharpening also Im pretty sure Jackcrafty has one as well.
Thats a good point BJ. looks razor sharp. I broke a couple obsidian pieces over the weekend pressure flaking :). I need a little lighter hand when working on that stuff.
Mike
Allyn T:
I'm in the same boat, I thought I'd be hunting with stone points this year but that didn't happen. Need to get my flintknapping good enough to make hunting points and then I need to make another bow that is a little better than my first one. I'm too heavy handed with obsidian as well, I think I've hit too much chert.
Tracker0721:
I was one of the ones that responded when Ryan Gill was looking for knappers to make him preforms, he gets overwhelmed with bow/arrow/knife/point orders so he buys sets of preforms at times and then finishes them himself, and he sent me a casting of his preforms before sharpening so I use that as my go to size. It’s a little over the 2 to 1 ratio, which my knapping stuff is covered and under a foot of snow currently though or i’d gladly send it to ya! It’s nice having a 3D reference. Once it melts out I could send it to ya though if you’d like!
bjrogg:
Mike I don’t mind the rambling at all. Nice to see some one besides myself rambling on. I really like seeing as many on here as we can get. It feels kinda lonely around here at times.
Obsidian is definitely a different critter than chert. I struggled for a long time making sharp points. It isn’t all the same either. I can do percussion good on it, but I’ve had a lot of trouble with my edge not being strong enough and crumbling with pressure flaking. I generally get pretty close now with percussion and then abrade lightly but enough to remove weak lose stuff. Then I use either pressure or indirect to sharpen them up good try to take a nice flake that doesn’t crumble leaving a good sharp edge.
Bjrogg
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