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mullet:
here are some of mine mounted on Tonkin shafts. The small ones by the penny are going to be mounted on foreshafts. I'm going to try them on hogs on private property, along with the 3 head shooting shafts on the left. The other unmounted points are back-ups. These points were made by myself and several different people from this board.
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D. Tiller:
Eddie, did you make the Folsom on that shaft? If so, did you use bipolar flaking to flute it? Tell me more! Tell me more! I really would like to make some points up like this since they would be legal here in WA to hunt with.
Guys, I'm going to be trying to hunt some hogs one day with Gunther points! I love them swallow wings on them and I bet they hold onto the hog if they don't penetrate all the way but swing back and forth in the piggy making huge wounds. I also like parallel notching on the base of a triangular point. Its easy to haft and makes for a long smooth edge without any interuption in the cutting surface. I will try and get some pictures tonight.
David T
mullet:
David the Folsom in the second picture was made by one of your Washington state Brethen, Brian Melton. It's made from some of that Glass Buttes Obsidean. The gray one on the bottom left is actually fluted on both sides. Claude VanOrder made it and fluted it by setting up the platforms and pressure fluting it.
D. Tiller:
Lots of talent there! I always wondered if the smaller Clovis points where not done by pressure flaking. Just seems like if you use a wide enough flaker with enough pressure you could get the flute to run well. Nice points! I will be trying more bipolar Folsom flaking in the future. I tried it a bit last night and it works really well!
David T
mullet:
I've done most of my fluting on short Folsom style points by setting up a REAL good platform and using a pressure flaker. You would be suprised how far it would run when you get the angle and grind correct.
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