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Title: knappin again
Post by: jamie on June 25, 2007, 10:25:48 pm

always seems like i start knapping this time of year. after really screwin up some rock for a couple days i remembered how. heres a few points all mahogany or whatever ya call it from o.t.. started some others from some texas chert i got from another fella. peace

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/may07018.jpg)

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: 1/2primitive on June 25, 2007, 10:27:47 pm

Great points, don't you love it when you remember something like that? :)
      Sean

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: david w. on June 25, 2007, 11:25:56 pm

wow, great job!

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: Hillbilly on June 26, 2007, 07:40:55 am

Fine lookin' points, Jamie.

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: Marc St Louis on June 26, 2007, 08:05:27 am

Very nice Jamie.

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: Pat B on June 26, 2007, 10:45:32 am

Nice Jamie. It's just like riding a bicycle...I'm still on training wheels! ;D    Pat

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 26, 2007, 11:58:11 am

Your points are inspiring. I need to remember how.  I may be past training wheels, but I still ride a big 3 wheel bike.  ;D Justin

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: jamie on June 26, 2007, 05:14:29 pm

thanks alot guys. the thing that kills me is i get a lot of steps at first. then once i cure that i always manage to break the tip trying to go too thin. then it sort of all clicks. peace

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: Hillbilly on June 26, 2007, 06:11:29 pm

Jamie, that's pretty much the same method I use  :)

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: cowboy on June 26, 2007, 09:35:48 pm

Yep, that's Mohogany. Nice lookin points, and fun to make - if you have the time. I've learned just like everything else that if you break a few you just have to put it down and come back later. I see by that one laying on the ground there you persisted.

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 26, 2007, 10:51:09 pm

I break the tips off of plenty.  I work the tip back to a point and save them in my tool box to give to kids when they stop to watch.  Justin

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: jamie on June 27, 2007, 05:46:09 am

i do the same for the boy scouts. they ask every year if i could make arrows for an awards ceromony. so the underweight go to them

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: Pappy on June 27, 2007, 06:32:16 am

Very nice points jamie,you do some fine work.
   Pappy

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: DBernier on June 27, 2007, 12:41:04 pm

Nice points Jamie, and I certainly do sympathise with you. BTW be up in you area in a few weeks.

Dick

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: jamie on June 28, 2007, 08:28:02 am

heres what i did this week. now i think im done for a while . lol. . the odd looking thing i usually dont make cause i wont use em and i usually break em anyway but that one was screaming for me to do something different. some of the bigger ones will be taken down so i can hunt with em.  peace dick give me a ring when your coming up.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/coyotebow/knapping/may07028.jpg)

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: cowboy on June 28, 2007, 10:47:12 am

Looks like you got a regular amunition factory goin on around there - lots of fun ;D

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: TRACY on July 01, 2007, 09:02:04 am

Fantastic points! Do you have any words of wisdom or advice for beginners who don't have access to a mentor to learn the trade? Thanks Tracy

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: jamie on July 03, 2007, 11:32:57 pm

yup, your in the right place. if one of us doesnt know something the others will so ask anything you want. peace

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: PeteC on July 17, 2007, 10:08:23 pm

Great lookin' points Jamie! What weight do you shoot for in your hunting weight points?

Title: Re: knappin again
Post by: jamie on July 18, 2007, 02:04:53 pm

pete i dont shoot for a given weight. i just match the head to the shaft. weak shaft light head, strong shaft heavy head. then i cull out my arras by how they shoot. if they dont hit or fly well they go in the gift quiver. i give em to shoots for trophies and kids and scouts. peace