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Knapp a long Clovis
leapingbare:
I know some of you have been asking how to knapp a clovis point, so last night i tuck my GF's camera out my knapping pit and tuck pics. so here go's!
The 1st 5pics are your basic reduction and thinning, (note, i used a more acute angle so to have a more defined cross section) also i tyred hard not to have any unevenness of steps or henge's.
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leapingbare:
these Pics show how you set up your platfor for your fluting flack (AKA the nipple)
1st flack the back of the point at a sharp angle to raise your center line.
2nd presher flack your guide flacks.
3rd isolate your platform
4th abrade your platform, (note. i also abrade my ears)
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leapingbare:
The next 3 pics show how to hold your point to give it support when removing the flut.
i squeeze the point tightly on both sides and press it into my leg pad, i take a few practice swings with my billet and yell "make it or brake it" and wack it.
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leapingbare:
i then use my presher flaker and bring my center line up to the other face, than i grind it and shoot my guide flacks (shown in the 1st pic)
2nd i isolate the nipple, and grind it just like the 1st one and support it the same.
after the 2nd flute i dress up the end of the point some with my presher flaker, than i abrade it , than i sharpen and straiten my edges with a presher flaker, and i abrade the end of the point by the flutes. and then your done.
Hope this helps some of ya, good luck and happy flaking!
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leapingbare:
Its not the best example of a nice Clovis point, my 2nd flute did not travail as far as my 1st one, i was chicken S#$t to hit it that hard, after taken all the pics. ;D
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