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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Allyn T on April 14, 2022, 04:49:01 pm

Title: My first
Post by: Allyn T on April 14, 2022, 04:49:01 pm

This is my first point made all the way from a spall. Learning direct percussion has been tough. I have a lot of thick preforms and ones with massive hinges or steps. This rock was actually one I had set aside because I wasn't doing well with it and I picked it up yesterday after I broke a different one and started working through it and kept at it. I kept my head the whole time and made good decisions. There is a bulge at the base on one side and that made my notch bottom out so I turned it into a stemmed point. This is heat treated Burlington I found and heated myself.

(https://i.imgur.com/ToGfcD1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/05M9bgj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4IoOQqk.jpg)

Title: Re: My first
Post by: Trapper Rob on April 14, 2022, 08:12:08 pm

Nice work. Looks a lot better than my first.

Title: Re: My first
Post by: bjrogg on April 14, 2022, 10:34:24 pm

That’s great Allyn.

Really cool you did everything from picking the stone. To spalling, heat treating and flint knapping.

Keep at it. As you said. Keep your head. Try not to get frustrated and work at solving the problems.

Well done

Bjrogg

Title: Re: My first
Post by: Allyn T on April 14, 2022, 10:40:18 pm

Thank you, it's been a big learning experience trying to get direct percussion down. I think I'm starting to understand it a little better. Just gonna keep breaking up rocks trying to improve.

Title: Re: My first
Post by: Tower on April 18, 2022, 08:33:40 pm

Outstanding that Looks great!

Title: Re: My first
Post by: soy on April 18, 2022, 10:09:00 pm

Knapping in the western star...nice!

Title: Re: My first
Post by: Parnell on April 19, 2022, 10:53:46 am

Good for you!

Title: Re: My first
Post by: bjrogg on April 19, 2022, 11:26:15 am

Quote from: soy on April 18, 2022, 10:09:00 pm

Knapping in the western star...nice!

Always wanted a Western Star.

Like our 1985 KW a lot though.

Good to see you here Soy.

Bjrogg

Title: Re: My first
Post by: Allyn T on April 19, 2022, 03:25:54 pm

Thank you guys. Yes soy about the only time i do Knapp is in the cab of my concrete mixer at work. Eventually I'm going to have a very strange knapping form from swinging around the steering wheel lol.

Title: Re: My first
Post by: bjrogg on April 19, 2022, 04:22:16 pm

Quote from: Allyn T on April 19, 2022, 03:25:54 pm

Thank you guys. Yes soy about the only time i do Knapp is in the cab of my concrete mixer at work. Eventually I'm going to have a very strange knapping form from swinging around the steering wheel lol.

Give em a decade and they won’t have a steering wheel.

Bjrogg

Title: Re: My first
Post by: Allyn T on April 20, 2022, 10:09:09 pm

Lol probably true, then I'll need a new job