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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: mullet on March 08, 2015, 04:56:15 pm

Title: Tailgate points
Post by: mullet on March 08, 2015, 04:56:15 pm

This job I'm on is making an Old Man out of me quick, but I did find the time last Saturday when all of the Safety Inspectors were gone to work on some 2015 Bullets.

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: cowboy on March 08, 2015, 05:49:06 pm

Them are lookin good Eddie, makin me wanna do some chipping! I too have been immersed in work and have only had time to look lately.

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: mullet on March 08, 2015, 08:30:53 pm

Dang, Tex! :D, good to see you're still around. I've been on this job for 4 months, 70-80 hour weeks, and just heard it might drag on for another 6 months. You know it's bad when I'm begging to go to Saudi.

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: TRACY on March 08, 2015, 08:42:16 pm

Nice mess of points Eddie !


Tracy

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: mullet on March 08, 2015, 08:47:41 pm

Thanks, Tracy. The thick one in the middle I made to head shoot a hog. I've done it twice now, and they fall down quick.

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: Parnell on March 08, 2015, 08:53:40 pm

Glad to see you've found some time to do something fun.
The points look good.  I'll be off next week, we are going camping up at the Suwanee and I might check out the O'Leno park, also.

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: Trapper Rob on March 08, 2015, 09:04:01 pm

Sweet bunch of points Eddie.

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: mullet on March 08, 2015, 09:57:00 pm

Steve, if you go into White Springs there is a boat load of cane growing there.

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: JEB on March 08, 2015, 10:01:42 pm

Hand full of Michigan  white tail killers there. Very nice

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: soy on March 08, 2015, 10:37:09 pm

Them dont look a bit like tailgates ;D
Nice work!  ;)

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: mullet on March 08, 2015, 11:00:30 pm

And for everybody looking; here's a tip from Brian Melton, The background that looks like wood is actually a big, long piece of tile from Home Depot. It is in the section called Porcelain Tile. And what he told me is true, it chips and pressure flakes like Dacite or Obsidian.

The one in the picture is about 12"x 6" and cost $1.99. I'm waiting to put it on one of my saws but did hit on it some.

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: vinemaplebows on March 09, 2015, 12:03:22 am

Hey...get back to work! ;D Those are some great points!! Tile is pretty cool....look at different pieces, some are grainier than others...but find the right stuff, buy a stack! Great for guys wanting to learn. Stuff from Italy is pretty good, should say on the back of the tile. :D

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: Bone pile on March 09, 2015, 07:58:12 am

well at least ya got a knapp in at work 8)
Roger

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: beartail on March 09, 2015, 08:16:32 am

dang bro! lookin good! you are like me.over half the points I make are just triangles.for some reason I love a triangle point.there quicker and don't break as easy and they get the job done. ;D

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: JEB on March 09, 2015, 01:29:07 pm

There  was  vendor at Flintridge that sold porcelain preforms.  I think he also picked some of the nicer points from the better Knappers and made porcelain casts of them.

Title: Re: Tailgate points
Post by: Sasquatch on March 09, 2015, 01:29:21 pm

You have been chipping for sure! Nice collection of killers there.