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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jamie on January 28, 2010, 08:13:51 pm

Title: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: jamie on January 28, 2010, 08:13:51 pm

i may get real used to this cooked texas rock. gonna get spoiled  ;D

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Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: sailordad on January 28, 2010, 08:19:46 pm

that is sweet dude
you definatly got the "thin" thing working for ya

can ya believe i havnet touched a rock in 2 days :o

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: jamie on January 28, 2010, 08:44:23 pm

2 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! id freak

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: mullet on January 28, 2010, 08:48:13 pm

 Those look good, Jamie. The ends of both of my boppers came off today beating that stuff raw.

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: jamie on January 28, 2010, 08:52:18 pm

ed i started using hammerstones cause i ruined a very nice moose billet on the raw stuff. just ordered some boppers gonna see if i can get used to em again. ill definetly use em for spalling so i dont destroy my billets

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: mullet on January 28, 2010, 08:54:57 pm

 Know what you mean, I switched to my hammer stones after I knocked the ends off.

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: FlintWalker on January 29, 2010, 01:52:20 am

I love Texas rock...heated or not.  Ya never know what kind of colors/patterns yer gonna get from it.  Plus, it's usually tough.  When yer aim is as bad as mine you need something tough.
  Nice job on both of those.   That knife is slick!

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: Pappy on January 29, 2010, 09:18:51 am

Very nice jamie,both of them. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: Bone pile on January 29, 2010, 10:45:54 am

Thems some slick looking blades,goog job with the thinning too.
Bone pile

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: jamie on January 29, 2010, 10:51:16 am

thanks guys. shannon i love the unheated texas too, but after working this stuff .................... ;D

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: II BYRDS on January 29, 2010, 11:42:53 am

just remember that the heat treated stuff flaks nice and Makes sweet looking pattern and makes my work look like i know what i am doing. but for arrow heads the none heat treated stuff holds up Lot better. i do wish i could see these pics i cant view anything in photo bucket.

II Byrds

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: DanaM on January 29, 2010, 12:09:17 pm

Dang you've been making some beauties jamie, much better than smoking eh :)

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: jamie on January 29, 2010, 02:59:36 pm

Thanks dana.I'm still sneaking one here and there though

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: DanaM on January 29, 2010, 03:23:10 pm

Quote from: jamie on January 29, 2010, 02:59:36 pm

Thanks dana.I'm still sneaking one here and there though

It happens but next time ya get the urge take your biggest hammer stone and smack yerself, should knock the urge right out of ya :D

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: sailordad on January 29, 2010, 07:48:41 pm

Quote from: DanaM on January 29, 2010, 03:23:10 pm

Quote from: jamie on January 29, 2010, 02:59:36 pm

Thanks dana.I'm still sneaking one here and there though

It happens but next time ya get the urge take your biggest hammer stone and smack yerself, should knock the urge right out of ya :D

i agree with Dana  ;D

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: cowboy on February 01, 2010, 09:49:16 am

Doing some good works there Jamie! So did ya cook that stuff in the ground?

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: jamie on February 01, 2010, 10:12:10 am

thanks paul. i picked this stuff up on ebay. now im spalling out the rest of my raw rock for cookin. any ideas on cookin this stuff when its cold. i may have to wait till it gets warmer. little worried about it cooling down too fast.

Title: Re: cooked texas knife and point
Post by: cowboy on February 01, 2010, 10:37:53 am

Yeah, I've been meaning to cook some here myself. I don't think the cold would hurt as much as the moisture and the ground has been saturated here for months. I did try it once and even after pr-heating the ground to get the moisture out it still steamed the rocks and fractured most of em. Dunno though, try it with a couple of spalls and see what ya get..