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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Muskyman on December 16, 2023, 04:51:26 pm

Title: First point
Post by: Muskyman on December 16, 2023, 04:51:26 pm

My wife had ordered me 5 lbs of mahogany obsidian for an early Christmas present that arrived yesterday. I got working on it this morning and got this out of first piece.. far from perfect but I’ll take it.

Title: Re: First point
Post by: Muskyman on December 16, 2023, 04:53:30 pm

Had a flake pretty good but broke it trying to notch it. Turned it into this.

Title: Re: First point
Post by: YosemiteBen on December 17, 2023, 01:21:57 am

stop sooner!

Title: Re: First point
Post by: bjrogg on December 17, 2023, 10:22:25 am

That’s how it’s done. Notching is another whole ballgame. You are improving.
Bjrogg.

Title: Re: First point
Post by: Muskyman on December 17, 2023, 11:26:30 am

Thanks Ben & BJ. Just to be clear those are two different points. The bottom one was from a flake that was from the top piece. I figured I’d use it to practice pressure flaking. It had a step fracture in it that caused a chunk to fly off so I just tried to make it the same on both sides. Still need to get much better at thinning

Title: Re: First point
Post by: Muskyman on December 17, 2023, 02:25:04 pm

Got another one. Still need to work on thinning.
No no notches yet. Decided to quit and let it rest a while.

Title: Re: First point
Post by: White Falcon on December 17, 2023, 02:48:38 pm

Good Work!

Title: Re: First point
Post by: Muskyman on December 18, 2023, 12:30:07 am

Wouldn’t say good falcon but, thanks anyway.. it is however a start.  On second thought it is good for me. Still a long ways to go. I’m learning, slowly.

Title: Re: First point
Post by: Muskyman on December 18, 2023, 04:20:35 pm

Had a pretty good bi-face going, probably 2 1/2 wide x 3 1/2 long and getting pretty thin. Made the mistake of trying to thin the middle before the ends and ended up snapping it into. So I took the larger piece and turned it into this. Also tried my first corner notch. Not good but, at least with this obsidian I’m not just making gravel.

Title: Re: First point
Post by: JW_Halverson on December 18, 2023, 07:11:44 pm

Well, when someone asks you "what's your point", you can laugh and pull one of these out!

Good work, fishy guy!

Title: Re: First point
Post by: Parnell on December 18, 2023, 07:30:36 pm

Well done!  You’re doing great!

Title: Re: First point
Post by: Muskyman on December 18, 2023, 10:32:46 pm

Thanks guys long long way to go but,at least they kinda look like an arrowhead.

Title: Re: First point
Post by: Allyn T on December 19, 2023, 07:08:43 pm

Those are great starts, you are making fast progress.

Title: Re: First point
Post by: YosemiteBen on December 20, 2023, 01:07:22 am

Off to a good start!

Title: Re: First point
Post by: Muskyman on December 20, 2023, 01:34:28 am

Thanks gentlemen. I’m hoping to get better at thinning, also symmetry. I’m finding the obsidian easier to work than the Georgetown. Not sure why that is but seems to be the case for me.