Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: BOWMAN53 on November 24, 2013, 09:01:32 pm
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Ok, after this ill wait untill I can share a group of points instead of singles. coors banquet 40 bottle
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8) Boy I'm liken those points .........You have really been knocking out some great looking points lately.
DBar
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Thanks Dan. I've really got a hang of jack craftys indirect percussion style now and it's made a huge difference for me.
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Your a machine. Look at the bright side you have to drink the beer to use the bottle for a point. ;D Nice work.
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Lol thanks Robbie, I do love that knapping goes along well with my love for beer
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Yes sir, those points you've been knocking out are great.
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Thank you Eddie.
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Hot dang, boy! that is a pretty one! Yep slicker than snot on a door knob! Ok, so where is the arrow for it?
Wayne
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Hot dang, boy! that is a pretty one! Yep slicker than snot on a door knob! Ok, so where is the arrow for it?
Wayne
lol nice graphic comment. arrrows are next on my "to learn" list.
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looks like that link I shared with you really helped. :)
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looks like that link I shared with you really helped. :)
sure did, thanks again.
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Can't wait to see the whole set. Lookin good!
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got a box of rocks today so i should have a set by the end of the week hopefully.
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that texas rock aint like glass and obs jordo
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i know, i figure two days to get the feel for the difference and three days for three points(hopefully)
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Dang. Now I got to drink some Coors forties. I am going to tell the lady you guys made me do it. Nice point!
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I DON'T HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM, IM JUST COLLECTING KNAPPING MATERIAL!!!
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I see your drowning all your sorrows at the bottom of a bottle jordo :laugh:
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yeah but something beautiful is coming out of it lol.
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i know, i figure two days to get the feel for the difference and three days for three points(hopefully)
Try like a week to get the feel and a month to get a single point. jackcrafty sent me some a ways back in a trade. That stuff is tough but makes a great points.
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i know, i figure two days to get the feel for the difference and three days for three points(hopefully)
Try like a week to get the feel and a month to get a single point. jackcrafty sent me some a ways back in a trade. That stuff is tough but makes a great points.
lol if you dont set the bar high you wont try hard enough
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my first chert point. Had to post this one cuz everyone said it would take me awhile to get one.
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There ya go. Chert ain't that much tougher than glass is it :). I can see that your determined and will go far. The sky's the limit man, go for it!!
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ask him how his finger feels Paul, only guy I know got hurt worse on chert than glass >:D
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thanks cowboy. ill post some pics of the damage.
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Great job. Looks like you need a bandaid
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I think I need a tetanus shot instead, I think it's infected.
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Nice one.
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Thank you sir
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That is a dandy leak, oops. Pesky more than anything...
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yeah i think its worse than i originally thought it was lol
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The self inflicted wounds of flint knapping. :o
Nice points.
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Yep, you're a knapper. Is ya ain't bleedin',ya ain't makin'. >:D
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dang bowman!! looks like your blowing the learning curve out...been bangin rocks for a year and just now getting usables...i cant stand you young bucks!!!! lol....lookin good,,, havent yet cut myself that bad though ..maybe thats the prob.. ::)
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Thanks Erik, i know wear gloves lol.
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I am with 4dog! Take a break for about four or five years, then come back on, and we should be on an even level of skill by then. I am just now getting to be able to run longer flakes, and I am just now able to percussion out preforms pretty well. Yes you have to sacrifice, or donate a bit of blood to the Lithic Gods, to show them you are sincere, and willing to bleed, in order to learn the art of knapping. Also tape, or paper over the finger tips, and taped down, will help to keep flakes from being embedded in the tips of your fingers. I am just now healed from a shard of Obsidian that was driven into the tip and edge of my middle finger, on my left hand. I was percussion flaking a large piece and was getting quite proud of myself, at how well, I was reducing, and the nice long flakes, I was making, then the Lithic Gods showed me they didn't like too much pride. ;) It went almost 3/4's the length of the finger nail. I had to pick out several pieces that had broken off in there. Fun time. This was about three or more weeks ago. Unlike chert, Obsidian likes to shatter, on entering your finger, because it is such a thin flake. So you have a lot of little parts to remove. So if it hasn't healed by now, you might still have a bit of chert in there. Just put some Hydrogen peroxide on it, daily, and see if anything can be seen that is rising to the top. I had a piece of Obsidian in the bottom side of the joint of my left big toe, that had gotten in my shoe, and found my toe joint and embedded itself deeply. Took about a year for it to finally get to where I could get it out. It was in such a spot as I had to contort my body just to see it, let alone try to get it out. Others came out on their own sooner. Not this one though. You are definitely on the down slope of the learning curve for sure. I am still stuck on the bottom side of the upwards part, but still hanging in there. Great points. Lets see some on some arrows!
Wayne
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Thanks Wayne. I just pulled out a small piece that night lol.