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PeteDavis:
I want to start a discussion of suitable stone hunting points. I will be hunting with stone points and knapping, for the first time this fall. I have sorta decided on a shallow corner-notch point, 7/8ths wide at the shoulder, 1 1/2 long in the blade, and thinned to just over 1/8th in the core. Using these on some cane arrows I picked up. I'd really appreciate seeing other's hunting points and explanations of choices. Hoping this thread does not die out. Knapping is great to be sure, and I am getting better I like to think. But hunting with this stuff is what it's really all about for me. Show us what you got!

Here's some of mine. The ones I prefer so far are Indiana Hornstone and are the three nearest my finger tips.


Thinning:


Someone please follow.

PD

Same style blown up for illustration purposes. I would not hunt with a point this big (pardon me James!), but I do like the proportion and style.

mullet:
 I'll take pictures of mine tomorrow.

sailordad:
persoannly i dont knapp,however those points look fabulous to me.
the three closest to your fingers are sweet, and the perfect knickle to use for scale ;D



                                                                      tim

Otoe Bow:
I've got two almost ready.  I may be able to photograph them in the next day or so.  I also plan on putting them on cane arrows as well. 

Mike

Those look positively deadly.   >:D   They ought to do the trick. 

Hillbilly:
I like triangular points with shallow side notches, also corner-notched points like the ones in your photos. We have to watch the no-barbs law here with the corner-notched points, though. Here in NC they have to be  7/8" wide, so I like to make them about 1"-1 1/4" wide so that I can get a couple resharpenings out of them before they get below legal width. Material and sharpness is more important to me than style, though. Rhyolite is my favorite material for hunting points, but I also use hornstone, Texas and other good, tough cherts, even obsidian sometimes. A lot of my hunting points are this general style but a bit longer in comparison to the width:

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