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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: flecha on April 08, 2008, 02:00:47 pm

Title: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: flecha on April 08, 2008, 02:00:47 pm

Seven inch obsidian blade.  Glass Buttes obsidian.  From hard hammer percussion to final pressure flake, all "abo" tools. 

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Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: buck1 on April 08, 2008, 04:47:11 pm

Awesome man!! Buck

Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: Otoe Bow on April 08, 2008, 09:26:38 pm

Ditto. 

PS Is that snow in the picture?  Man don't you guys know spring was last month.  8)

Mike

Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: hawkbow on April 08, 2008, 10:22:52 pm

very nice blade brother.. Hawk a/ho

Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: david w. on April 08, 2008, 10:26:20 pm

thats great! you are a great knapper

Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: cowboy on April 08, 2008, 10:26:58 pm

That's a killer blade flecha! Just love it! Now you need to haft it to a stick and go stab something ;D >:D.

Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: mullet on April 08, 2008, 11:21:36 pm

  Very nice! ;D I like it.

Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: flecha on April 09, 2008, 12:39:59 pm

Yeah, it's snow.  I'm grateful for it, but ready for green grass.  In February the long range NOAA forecast was for a warmer than normal spring.  As luck would have it, it is still snowing.  We're supposed to get another 12-18 inches today, above 8,000'. 

I hafted one of these blades with milkweed cordage and pine-resin when I was a kid.  I grew up in Oregon, where it rains once in a while, and wanted something to carry with me that would handle the moisture.  I used it when the neighbor's dogs would chase me >:D

Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: Sparrow on April 10, 2008, 02:36:33 pm

Nice knife ! Looks like you got you a good bunch of glass buttes,I really like the stuff too. Frank

Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: flecha on April 11, 2008, 01:40:28 pm

Yeah, I love Glass Buttes stone.  It is hard to beet the homogenous techture.  The only stuff I've found that comes close to touching it is from the Malad, Id. area.

Title: Re: 7 inch blad PICs
Post by: Marvin Campbell on April 11, 2008, 11:23:36 pm

That is a beautiful blade.