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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: cowboy on July 11, 2007, 07:07:18 pm

Title: Just finished some skinning blades.
Post by: cowboy on July 11, 2007, 07:07:18 pm: Haven't had much time in last few weeks to relax, but was able to sneak away and make some knives in what little spare time I had. Purty simple to make - if you knap :). Just make a blade, glue it to something, and sinew wrap it - the sinew is artificial of course and does nothing other than to add to the aesthetic's (at least the way I did it). Had fun makin em - just thought I'd show em around.

The first one is made of a peice of obsidian sent to me from Justin Snyder - thanks Justin! Second one is Novaculite.

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Post by: DBernier on July 11, 2007, 07:39:19 pm: Wow :o That is cool Cowboy. Neat stuff. That short one is a cutie. Good job.

Dick
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Post by: D. Tiller on July 11, 2007, 08:30:10 pm: Cowboy that is fantastic work your doing! I still know I owe you that odsidian. I've not forgoten seems like one thing after another is just comming up and keeping me from doing anyting.

David T
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Post by: Pat B on July 11, 2007, 10:27:59 pm: Nice skinners, Cowboy. Pat
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Post by: Hillbilly on July 11, 2007, 11:03:12 pm: Sharp looking blades, Paul (pun intended lol)
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Post by: Pappy on July 12, 2007, 05:28:41 am: Very nice,They should do the job. :)
Pappy
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Post by: jamie on July 12, 2007, 08:03:15 am: very nice . you should send those to that molly hatchet dude on the horn bow post. lol
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Post by: GregB on July 12, 2007, 08:19:11 am: You're a talented knapper! Nice work. ;)
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Post by: Dane on July 12, 2007, 02:46:13 pm: Man, those are great. And Jamie is right, Dark Lord now has a bow, but no edged weapons.

What do you recommend a newbie-never-done-before-person like me do to get started knapping? Any books you would suggest, maybe?

Dane
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Post by: DanaM on July 12, 2007, 02:56:50 pm: Dane there are a bunch of free videos on Youtube, at leats you can get some idear of whats involved.
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Post by: Pat B on July 12, 2007, 04:02:00 pm: Dane, One book on knapping I would recommend is...FLINTKNAPPING, Making and Understanding Stone Tools. By John C. Whittaker.(U of Texas Press, Austin TX... John Whittaker is a professor of Archeology and a knapper and he discusses not only how to make arrow heads but the process on how to start with simple stone tools and work your way to arrow heads, etc. Very informative, easy to understand line drawings and explanations. Pat
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Post by: mullet on July 12, 2007, 07:12:22 pm: Very nice looking blades Paul.I need to chip some rock,but it's just too hot.
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Post by: cowboy on July 12, 2007, 08:53:56 pm: Thanks guys! yep their sharp, at least sharp enough to skin and scrape, and cut yourself if'n you miss ;D. Your right the Dark Lord does need a knife to go with that outfit, something big and eccentric with more than one horn sticking out of it.
Dane: their's one book I studied on when I was beginning - went over it several times and got me on my way. Don't know if it's at horsefeather's or not (they have several) but it's DC Waldorf's The art of Flintknapping. I did set in with a guy once and he learned me about the Ishi stick, other'n that it's a matter of tonage ;).

Couple of you guys are goin to get a surprise in the mail ::)..........................................
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Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on July 13, 2007, 01:13:44 am: Real nice knives Paul.......bob
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Post by: Dane on July 13, 2007, 10:32:18 am: Quote from: cowboy on July 12, 2007, 08:53:56 pm
Thanks guys! yep their sharp, at least sharp enough to skin and scrape, and cut yourself if'n you miss ;D. Your right the Dark Lord does need a knife to go with that outfit, something big and eccentric with more than one horn sticking out of it.
Dane: their's one book I studied on when I was beginning - went over it several times and got me on my way. Don't know if it's at horsefeather's or not (they have several) but it's DC Waldorf's The art of Flintknapping. I did set in with a guy once and he learned me about the Ishi stick, other'n that it's a matter of tonage ;).

Couple of you guys are goin to get a surprise in the mail ::)..........................................

LOL. Call it the Blade of Adamant, with lots of spikie things.

Thanks, Dana, Pat, Cowboy. I'll check out all those sources, and begin to learn yet another skill :) This stuff is addictive, ain't it?
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Post by: Hillbilly on July 13, 2007, 12:34:17 pm: Dane, I'll second the recommendations on the Waldorf and Whittaker books, both were very helpful to me and helped me understand a lot of things that it would have taken years to figure out on my own. Waldorf now has a companion video that goes with the book, too.
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Post by: Dane on July 13, 2007, 01:50:34 pm: Thanks, Hillbilly. The one with the video is available online at 3 Rivers. Amazon or my local bookseller can get me the other. Then I can get stoned.

Dane
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Post by: DanaM on July 13, 2007, 01:54:02 pm: Dane check yer messages, I have the book and DVD I am willing to trade
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Post by: jamie on July 13, 2007, 01:57:29 pm: dane you could also just get together with me and break some rock. let me know if ya got time one weekend.readin and doin are 2 different things. i definetly reccomend the books but being with somebody that breaks rock helps put it all together. peace
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Post by: Dane on July 13, 2007, 05:57:57 pm: Quote from: DanaM on July 13, 2007, 01:54:02 pm
Dane check yer messages, I have the book and DVD I am willing to trade

Thanks, Dana. Got the message. You have one as well now.

Dane
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Post by: Dane on July 13, 2007, 05:59:06 pm: Quote from: jamie on July 13, 2007, 01:57:29 pm

dane you could also just get together with me and break some rock. let me know if ya got time one weekend.readin and doin are 2 different things. i definetly reccomend the books but being with somebody that breaks rock helps put it all together. peace

That would be awesome, Jamie. The rest of July is totaly filled, but August and beyond looks good.

Dane
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Post by: cowboy on July 13, 2007, 10:13:00 pm: Glad to see you guys are gettin together on this :), wish Id'a known about this site long ago.
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Post by: koan on July 13, 2007, 10:31:54 pm: Cowboy, those are real beauty's.....Brian
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Post by: cowboy on July 14, 2007, 08:30:10 am: Thanks Brian. Do yo knap? Their's ton's of folks in MO that do, that's where I got the novaculite - come's from there and Arkansas somewhere, plus lot's of other good flints hid off in them mountains.