Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: chertle on May 25, 2012, 06:01:11 pm
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So I have been pressure flaking and using indirect percussion that Patrick has been trying to help me on. Today in the pit I thought I should move on because neither one of those were working well for me so I asked my husband to help me with some direct percussion. Started out really well....learned a lot about the differences and taking off some mass. Decided to try a rock mostly on my own with just some ideas given to me and not exactly what to do. It went really well until I hit some impurities in the rock. Learned a lot and looking forward to breaking more rock!!!!! Some day I might actually make a point worth showing ;) and not all this screw ups that need all of your help :D
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Looking good Chertle. Don't be afraid to hit the rock, it's just a rock until it's thinned and notched :)
Tracy
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Take those four pieces and make four points. Mike Smyth
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The journey of a thousand points gets lighter with each ton
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Wow, that was a tough one to learn with or maybe a good one to learn. With that squared off side it had you did really well. Right before it broke as i see it you probably should have started stitching the edges to create platforms all around rather than continue spalling. Anyway, hard to see exactly what happend from here. Drive on - the tonnage thing ya know ;).
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Thanks for the support!! I have learned a lot this weekend from the rock I have been breaking >:D I hope to have something to show all of you sometime so you can see that I listen.....and learn :P