Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: juniper junkie on November 21, 2010, 09:25:23 pm
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just came in from making this blade. it is 12.5" long. it is made of dacite. I had a few trouble spots that could have proved fatal, but they held up and I was able to get it thinned down and shaped without breaking it. all percussion using antler billet. then copper bopper.
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Ooooooh don't you hate those spots like in the middle. ;) Nice Job!
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got too deep with the one flake, had a hard time thinning because I was worried about the weak middle. it is by no way perfect, but it is large ;D
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very cool.
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Nice work. :)
Pappy
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Nice. Still have not made one that big yet. Thos espots in the middle always get me too.
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Nice....now lets go kill something big with it.
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Looks like you are loaded for bear!
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got too deep with the one flake, had a hard time thinning because I was worried about the weak middle. it is by no way perfect, but it is large ;D
Nice blade Dave, Got a chuckle from the headline: "Size matters" Your not compensating for anything are you? LOL :D :D >:D
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no, Keenan. do you feel intimidated?? :D
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That is really a nice blade are you going to mount it?
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:o :o :o ;D
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thats a great blade..and if i am right that is your biggest one...i am staying out of the size thing..LOL...john
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Nice one! I can never get that far, without ending up with three or four arrowheads...... :P
Dang Keenan, I think you owe him a " Touche' " on that snappy come back. Ooooh, there are so many ways a sick mind could take these last statements...... ::) ;D ;D Eddie must be biting his tongue...... ;D
Wayne
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trust me...you dont want to get keenan started... John, thanks for the reply, yes this is the largest one. I was inspired by the point you gave me. I like working with the dacite.
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Wayne, I' not even gonna comment on mounting anything 12.5 inches. :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X ::)
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;D ;D I'm still Shocked cause I know what Dave thinks is 7 inches. :o :o >:D Did you use a real tape measure this time? :o Sorry Dave the Temptation was just to much. O:)
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Ask his wife. ::) >:D
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Juniper Junkie, did you ever see Emory Coons Big one? ;D It takes two hands to hold it! :o :o
It is the 42 inch Pumpkin Obsidian blade. I don't how the heck he does it. I would love to watch him spall them out. He is definitely a master at it. You could Put your blade side ways, and make a tomahawk out of it ! See, I didn't say mount it. ::) I guess Eddie being a Moderator and all, he had to back away from it. I know he likes BIG adventures..... Like chasing water buffalo, in his plaid skirt, with a pink bow ! But none the less, that is a nice point, and like I said, I keep breaking them. I get so mad, I will have a nice blade going and plink, I now have three pieces! >:( >:( I haven't tried any more yet, I haven't been able to spall any flakes of any decent size. I left my heavier bopper in Montana with my other tools. Didn't intend to, but that is my style lately. ::) Again nice blade.
Wayne
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Wayne, did you hold Emory's Big One with your two hands?
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Wayne, Now that you mention it I think Dave did get his hands on Emory's big one. :o :o Oops, sorry Dave, that sounded bad didn't it? O:)
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Oh Eddie,,,,,he was so excited that he called me later that day and told me all about it! :o >:D Said that drive up north to visit Emory was worth every hour and was the best time he'd had in years...... :D :D
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no Wayne, I didnt hold emory's big one, but anything that takes two hands to hold has my respect. he spalled out this Dacite for Keenan and I this year, then let me use his big bopper and instructed me on where to hit. it is really cool to see those large slabs come off. but you have to do it correctly. hopefully keenan is paying attention, because it doesnt do much good to have a big tool, if you dont know how to use it correctly. >:D a problem develops, such as wayne describes when you get in too much of a hurry and accidently use the tool incorrectly which causes premature breakage ::) you need to take your time, you have the blade coming together, just a few more flakes and you're done ;D then you get all excited and end up with just some chunks in your hands >:( :P such a waste ::) >:D
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:o
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Quote from Dave; "then let me use his big bopper and instructed me on where to hit. it is really cool"
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Oh no.....
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Quote from Dave; "then let me use his big bopper and instructed me on where to hit. it is really cool"
well, the only one around to hit with it was keenan, but he dont really remember much :D he did have a lot of lower back pain on the way home ??? ???
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No Eddie, I didn't hold Emory's big one, but I did take a picture of it, just for proof of size ! :o ;)
I didnt even get hold his big bopprt ! :(
Wayne
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ahhhhh,,,, just thnk of the lost memories. ::) ;)