Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: 1442 on July 28, 2019, 02:53:54 am

Title: Mastodon slayer
Post by: 1442 on July 28, 2019, 02:53:54 am

Made this one today from a raw Texas tab for a purpose other than slaying a Mastodon.

Title: Re: Mastodon slayer
Post by: bjrogg on July 28, 2019, 11:47:56 am

Very Nice 1442. Now you just have to halvt that baby to a spear and find you a mastodon.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Mastodon slayer
Post by: JEB on July 29, 2019, 10:11:40 am

You have some real talent going on. Outstanding looking point.

Title: Re: Mastodon slayer
Post by: 1442 on July 29, 2019, 10:24:43 am

Thanks BJ and Jeb
I'm a gonna stalk a mattress mastodon wid it

Title: Re: Mastodon slayer
Post by: Trapper Rob on July 29, 2019, 09:33:53 pm

Wish I could run flutes like that

Title: Re: Mastodon slayer
Post by: 1442 on July 30, 2019, 02:31:38 am

Trapper, the flutes are done with a Solberger jig that applies a massive amount of pressure.
I'm sure you could do it. This preform was thick and the contours weren't too good but the jig just blasts the flute right through it.
The second flute actually dove through and took an inch off the tip, so I had to reshape a tip on it after fluteing it.