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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: cowboy on April 19, 2014, 10:22:02 am

Title: Recent stuff.
Post by: cowboy on April 19, 2014, 10:22:02 am

Apologies: don't come around as much as I'd like. Anyway.....
  Been home from work chipping on rocks and finally built one of those sollberger contraptions. It works great but these are pretty much hail Mary's. Need to bop out lots more and fine tune this process. Very interesting.

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Post by: bubby on April 19, 2014, 12:54:09 pm

those look mighty fine Paul, better in the bigger pics

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Post by: Outbackbob48 on April 19, 2014, 06:53:19 pm

Paul, I made a gullotine type but thinking I need a solberg. I,m just itching to get one of the cumberlands made, You got some beautiful flutes going on, they look great especially the cumbys. Bob

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Post by: Stringman on April 19, 2014, 08:03:05 pm

Nice display of your work there, Paul. I've used a jig only once a couple years ago and, you're right, the flute is not a foregone conclusion. Your success is a credit to your skills. Glad to see you posting again!

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Post by: mullet on April 19, 2014, 08:10:03 pm

Well, there's a reason you were crowned the Thunder Chert King I at the Classic ;D. It was an epic day in History when you were crowned the First. I'm glad to see you getting some free time chippin', Bud.

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Post by: Trapper Rob on April 19, 2014, 10:28:43 pm

Awesome flutes.

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Post by: Wolf Watcher on April 20, 2014, 05:26:26 am

Paul:  I have a collection of Sollberger fluted points he gave me many years ago.  I also have a copy of a two hour video showing MAKING FLUTE POINTS WITH THE SOLLBERGER JIG by Woody Blackwell.  Some where in my shop I have a jig that I never assembled.  I used to send him elk and moose antlers and he would send me points.  He sent me a bunch of hand written notes on his work and to tell the truth those notes are a little too complicated for me to understand. Looks like you have it figured out.  I finally sold my pipeline welding machine and that was hard to do but at least I don't have to go around fixing the neighbor's problems! Always appreciate your posts!  Joe

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Post by: TRACY on April 20, 2014, 06:43:13 am

That's a mess of awesome points Paul! Good to see your work and you here!

Tracy

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Post by: Tower on April 20, 2014, 09:40:37 am

Outstanding!   I'm too chicken to attempt that point.  Great to see points from you again. 

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Post by: cowboy on April 20, 2014, 09:41:43 am

Thanks guys! I love learning so this has been fun so far.
Eddie, man that was quite the honor and a very fine memory ;D.

Joe; that is very interesting! Sounds like you've got some authentic, original, heirloom pieces to hold onto there. I'd like to come up there and dig around in your barn sometime, ha.

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Post by: Knapper on April 20, 2014, 05:16:45 pm

Wonderful looking point indeed! many hours of knapping there.
Knapper

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Post by: hunter12 on April 20, 2014, 06:58:33 pm

man u make some slick stuff one day it will all sink in what u showed me lookn good paul

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Post by: Zuma on April 20, 2014, 08:21:14 pm

Nice looking blades. I had the pleasure of watching Woody demonstrate the jig quite a while back.
Zuma

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Post by: Sasquatch on April 21, 2014, 12:32:21 pm

Love to see that many awesome points in one spot.  Are you going to the Johnson city knapp in?  You live in Texas right?

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Post by: seminolewind on April 21, 2014, 02:17:06 pm

Man real nice work !!! Thanks for showin!

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Post by: cowboy on April 24, 2014, 09:57:01 am

I refered to Woodys pictures to build mine. I am in tx, yes. Doubt I'll be making any knap ins due to time constraints. Thanks again.

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Post by: gstoneberg on April 24, 2014, 11:16:54 pm

Hey Paul, beautiful points there!  Wow.  If you ever get over my way stop in and we'll chase an old boar out at the hog lease.

George

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Post by: soy on April 25, 2014, 06:49:22 pm

Always a great mess o points! Nice work ;)

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Post by: bowmo on May 07, 2014, 12:12:33 pm

Can't say that I condone jig fluting, but those are awesome! It's crazy how the tips of the two folded points look like finished Adenas.

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Post by: OneOneNiner on May 07, 2014, 10:42:47 pm

Very nice work Cowboy.
Those are some dandys!