Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: FlintWalker on May 28, 2012, 12:47:26 am
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For the most part...that's true :( About the only chert you can find in my neighborhood is a sedimentary conglomerate, of low silica content and so many freeze cracks one light tap usually sends it into a crumbled mess. Every once in a while I'll find a really small piece of good quality stone but never big enough for a point. While standing around my boss's truck last week, I noticed this chunk of chert laying in the truck bed. He said he got it out of a hay roller that had picked it up from the field. It was laying in a pile of maybe twenty other pieces of the same type stuff except this piece was WAY better quality and without fractures! Once I got it home and knocked some of the dirt and limestone off of it, the true beauty of the stone was revealed. :o I've never seen another piece like this one! It's composed of mostly agatized crinoids with dendrites laced all through it. No doubt on of the coolest rocks I've worked!
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Beautiful stone and fantastic points!
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DAMN,you make the sweetest point's man, Bub
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DAAAANNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG :o :o
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Words cannot express the beauty of those points!
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AHHA! I was going to dig around and find some of your points Shannon to study your serration's. Was trying to remember what you showed me in the pit that weekend, now i got it :).
Glad to see you posting a point now and then. Beautiful work as always!! Think i'd go hit your bosses hay field..
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OUTSTANDING looking point, especially with the crinoids.
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Shannon, I had to do some haying this week in one of my bosses field an the only thing I founed were 1800 bales of hay :( an one very lucky fawn that just missed going thru haybine :D :D Really cool looking points, How hard was it to knap with all the stuff in there? Later Bob
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Think of all the trouble that rock went through just to find you to have it's insides exposed to the world.Good points for sure.
Bone pile
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Rock found the right hands to turn into fantastic points! Great work Shannon, thanks for sharing!
Outback- I'm with you, never found rock bailing, just snakes, turtles and occasional bones and too many darn square bales!
Tracy
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That sure is some killer rock Shannon! You are an inspiration to us all fella! Great work ;)
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Wow....exceptional!!!! What beautiful pieces!!!!
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Great Points as usual Shannon. That rock got lucky finding you. Looks like it's time to hit the hayfield while the grass in low. dpg
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Thanks to all :)
Paul, I'm going to that area and take a look around. Surely that wasn't the only piece :-\ Boss did say he thought it was pulled up, when they cleaned out an old pond with a dozer. It may be from a vein down deep....I'll see 8)
Bob, it worked great! Wish I had more :'(
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those are awsome!! any elk should be proud to get shot with one of them
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Wow ! That is some beautiful and unique stone, wonderful looking points too ! ' Frank
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Oh, my! :o That is amazing, my friend. Thanks for posting it.
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Thank you all again :) I'll be looking for some more of that rock. The piece I got was busted off a bigger piece and since it came off the top of a ridge...the source can't be too far.
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Hey if you need any help finding the source give me a holler!! >:D All joking aside it wouldn't do any good to have that beautiful stone in my hand. You work magic on it!!!
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Beautiful!
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Them sure are purty! Nice form too!
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Very impressive Shannon!
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Fine points out of some beautiful rock. Nice.
Jim