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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => ABO => Topic started by: iowabow on December 09, 2015, 06:54:24 pm

Title: Spirit Hunting Point.
Post by: iowabow on December 09, 2015, 06:54:24 pm

I found this flake while I was heading out to hunt. It looked like a real nice thinning flake from bifacing. I decided to see how it worked and  what it might tell me about how it was heat treated. It was really nice stone and I have worked this kind before. The platform seemed like it need to be a little stronger but it worked nicely.
It is going to be fun to enter the woods with this point. I choose a 3 year old dogwood shaft to make make the arrow from.

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Post by: iowabow on December 09, 2015, 07:01:29 pm

Here is a side view from the day I found it.

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Post by: le0n on December 09, 2015, 08:24:18 pm

nice.

who do you suppose made the initial flake?

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Post by: iowabow on December 09, 2015, 08:31:52 pm

I have no idea if it's 300 or 8000 years old.

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Post by: nclonghunter on December 09, 2015, 09:47:34 pm

You did honor to that flake.....well done

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Post by: helmet on December 09, 2015, 11:30:42 pm

Nice!

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Post by: Josh B on December 10, 2015, 07:43:40 pm

Cool!  Josh

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Post by: Patches on December 11, 2015, 09:16:32 am

Best of luck!

Neal

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Post by: GlisGlis on December 11, 2015, 10:52:09 am

real good start for a story of a mighty hunt!

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Post by: Sasquatch on December 11, 2015, 11:29:44 am

Man I love your posts keep up the info.  Its fun looking at your nicely made points