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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: JEB on June 12, 2015, 07:14:49 pm

Title: been practicing
Post by: JEB on June 12, 2015, 07:14:49 pm

Here are some points and knife blades that I have been working on.  The small arrowhead in the middle of the points is the first point I have ever made.

The photo with the preforms in it has a dark preform in the middle.  That is an artifact that my wife found on the desert.

Like most beginners the notching has been an issue.

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: JEB on June 12, 2015, 07:16:38 pm

knife blades and knife

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: JEB on June 12, 2015, 07:17:28 pm

points

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: JEB on June 12, 2015, 07:18:17 pm

preforms

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: Trapper Rob on June 12, 2015, 09:12:39 pm

Dang Jeb you do some nice work.

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: Zuma on June 12, 2015, 10:31:02 pm

Very nice looking and quite a variety of material.
Zuma

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: JackCrafty on June 12, 2015, 10:32:59 pm

Look great to me!  Nice work.   8)

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: TRACY on June 12, 2015, 10:50:28 pm

Quote from: jackcrafty on June 12, 2015, 10:32:59 pm

Look great to me!  Nice work.   8)

Good work JEB!

Tracy

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: Chippintuff on June 12, 2015, 10:54:51 pm

That is quality work including the cholla hafting.

WA

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: soy on June 13, 2015, 01:42:54 pm

Wow!!!

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: mullet on June 13, 2015, 07:53:44 pm

Those are nice! I like that green Jasper point. I have some of that and have done nothing but fight it. Tough stuff to flake.

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: JEB on June 13, 2015, 08:52:33 pm

Eddie, that is Jafar Jasper from India. My knapping instructor, Mike Cook has the heat treating of that stuff down pat.  A couple of the other points, the small one and the one that is not notched yet is Polychrome Jasper from some island.  Mike cooks that up and it knaps like butter.

The trouble is I see what you guys do on here and I just shake my head hoping to get half as good as you folks.

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: Stringman on June 16, 2015, 12:00:43 pm

We've all been at the head shaking stage. You're doing great, just keepin hitting that rock! Sounds like you have a good mentor!

Title: Re: been practicing
Post by: JEB on June 18, 2015, 07:34:47 am

I am not too good at picture taking but the preforms in one photo are all  4" or larger.  I got them to that stage and then set them aside.  But as I stated the one in the middle is an artifact find that my wife found while we were hunting arrowheads on the desert  .  As far as I can tell the rock has been heat treaded and you can see thru sections of it.  Not sure what it was made of but it was not from that area.

Thanks for the kind words.