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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Mike_A on March 30, 2008, 06:45:51 pm

Title: First pressure flaked point
Post by: Mike_A on March 30, 2008, 06:45:51 pm

This was my first attempt at pressure flaking. Overall I'm pretty pleased with it, it's about an inch and a quarter long and about seven eighths wide. Almost legal and seems to be pretty dang sharp. I made this out of some glass I had in the garage that I had picked up from a broken plate glass window. Hope you like and any advice is appreciated. Thanks. Mike

P.S. It started out a lot bigger ;D ;D ;D

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Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: Mike_A on March 30, 2008, 06:49:36 pm

nother pic

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Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: DanaM on March 30, 2008, 07:46:24 pm

Looks ok mike well done eh.

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: Cromm on March 30, 2008, 08:04:24 pm

Hi, 1st time and looking good!!!

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: david w. on March 30, 2008, 08:13:00 pm

great nothing wrong with that. i love knapping glass but i have a bad relationship with it right now. lol

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: Mike_A on March 30, 2008, 09:13:56 pm

I'm doing good so far. I haven't lost too much blood. ;D Of course I have good leather work gloves courtesy of the army and I learned first hand the dangers of flint knapping when I went to the perdenailes knap in to watch Bill Metcalfe work. I was standing back about 20 ft and got nailed right in the forhead by a flying chip of flint. Thankfully it only hit me in the head so no harm done, but I did get the point. I'm really enjoying working this glass and learning a lot. Not too mention the weird looks I get from all the neighbors.  :D ya'll have a good one. Mike

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: Otoe Bow on March 31, 2008, 01:29:10 am

Good job Mike.  I'm right there with you. 

Otoe

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: Sparrow on March 31, 2008, 12:20:23 pm

 Side notch that beauty and get it mounted into a shaft, you got you a good small game arrow.Good work ! Frank

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: hawkbow on March 31, 2008, 08:58:04 pm

ou got it now bro.. good lookin point.. Hawk.. a/ho

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: huntertrapper on March 31, 2008, 09:05:55 pm

looks good. thats will kill something i bet.

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: Mike_A on April 02, 2008, 12:01:42 am

Thanks for all the encouraging words. It seems like my individual flakes are getting better, at least till I break the tip off. Oh well. It's still a lot of fun. Hope you all have a good one. Mike

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: TRACY on April 04, 2008, 10:05:34 am

looks good mike. Just started myself and having fun with it.

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: redwasp on April 06, 2008, 02:37:28 am

looks better than my first point. And you made it out of clear glass too. good job mike

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: Mike_A on April 06, 2008, 05:21:42 pm

I don't know if there is a difference in the way different colors of glass work, but I do know that the clear stuff will about make you go cross eyed if you look at it too long.  ;D Mike

Title: Re: First pressure flaked point
Post by: david w. on April 06, 2008, 07:24:12 pm

i made my first out of clear glass and i would much rather knap colored glass now. its much easier to see were the flakes come off