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Clovis and Folsom
DanaM:
--- Quote from: xin on September 10, 2008, 10:03:31 pm ---As Mullett pointed out, the most desired nipple will be well delinated and not diffusely spread over the rest of the piece. The hue and texture will be dependent on the rest of the body with firmness usually being the most sought after characteristic. A failuire to be fully extended will usually end in a failure of the entire piece.
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So yer saying they need to be perky ;D ::)
xin:
St M, That's 10-4 good buddy! Without sounding didactic, let me briefly recapitulate the transfornation of a Clovis pt preform to to a well fluted Clovis pt. Gently push the material away from each side of the nipple being caqreful not to disturb the nipple itself. Once this has been done the nipple will usually present itself standing alone and firm. Before proceeding with the fluting, the nipple should be checked for firmness as any flaccidity could cause the fluting to end in failure. I usually do this by tweeking the nipple between the thumb and forefinger. Once firmness has been established the piece can be given a very satisfactory fluting. After the fluting a little clean-up of the distal end is usually necessary, but this can usually be accomplished wth pleasant memories and great anticipation of future fluting. Pappy, glad to see you got a chuckle. You and 3 or 4 other guys are the real backbone of this website. Really apprciate your work and contrbutions.
Pappy:
As I said before you are killing me.I don't know weather you are serious or not ,but that last post made me spit my Tobacco out. ;DNice thread on a kind of somber day. ;) ;D Thanks for the complaments but I don't do much around here but add moral support. :)
Pappy
leapingbare:
;D
xin:
Pappy, It has been raining for two days here in North Tx and it looks like with Ike in the Gulf it may well rain on through the weekend. I was beginning to get a little cabin fever,couldn't ride my motorcycle, when I came across this post. It struck me that ouir hobby lends itself to come clean but naughty humor. Hope I was able to tread the line between naughty and lewd and keep it clean. You're really too modest about your contributions to the website. Without you and others like you offering help and posting pics of your work the whole thing would just go away. Hope you were amused and thanks again for your contributions.
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