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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: 1442 on March 21, 2016, 01:33:09 am

Title: Raw gravel hook
Post by: 1442 on March 21, 2016, 01:33:09 am

 made another hook from a raw gravel flake with sinew string

Title: Re: Raw gravel hook
Post by: 1442 on March 21, 2016, 01:35:03 am

Here's the flake and the preform

Title: Re: Raw gravel hook
Post by: bowmo on March 21, 2016, 11:28:59 am

That little guy is rad. So, that's the same flake that made the hook? The stone color and your glove color like flip flop in the pictures haha.

Title: Re: Raw gravel hook
Post by: Electricfrontporch on March 21, 2016, 01:19:05 pm

Very nice work. Have you ever tested them to see how much weight they can withstand?  Noah

Title: Re: Raw gravel hook
Post by: Aaron H on March 21, 2016, 01:42:50 pm

Very cool, now let's see it with a fish wrapped around it!
Great work 1442

Title: Re: Raw gravel hook
Post by: 1442 on March 21, 2016, 02:17:17 pm

Bowmo, it's all the same cept the gloves, I couldn't hold it with the leather gloves as it got smaller.
Took me about forty five minutes on this one.

Electric...  I have tested them,  they are stronger than they look like they would be.
I bet I could place a piece of leather strap to pull directly on the point, hooked to a scale and pull ten pounds pressure on a string tied to the shank. That's plenty strong to catch some pretty good size fish with.

Biggest I've caught so far is about two and a half pounds, but I've hooked and fought a couple four pounders that tried to pull me in before they come unhooked. I paused 1/10,000 of a second on the second four pounder right before I swung him in and he used a portion of that time to get off and splash water in my face.

We have had some major spring flooding going on but when the water settles I hope to be having fish in the pictures along with a fishing report
I hate posting hook  pictures with no fish  ???

Aaron, I'll git er done!

Title: Re: Raw gravel hook
Post by: Outbackbob48 on March 21, 2016, 02:24:15 pm

1442, great lookin hook , I need to try one of those, wonder how many hook flakes have I thrown away :( :o Bob

Title: Re: Raw gravel hook
Post by: JEB on March 21, 2016, 09:10:17 pm

Very nice. The ultimate would be to catch a fish with your hook.

Title: Re: Raw gravel hook
Post by: 1442 on March 21, 2016, 10:32:04 pm

Thanks!
I've caught a few fish on the stone hooks.
Here's a pic I found on photo bucket of a goggleye caught on one.
Most fish pics I had where lost in a computer crash.