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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Hillbilly on March 01, 2008, 11:15:18 am

Title: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Hillbilly on March 01, 2008, 11:15:18 am
Well, not really, but I thought it would be fun to look at some toiletite/johnstone points from some of our knappers as you get time and material to work on them, no rush, post'em as you make'em. Give that old toilet a more dignified existance-let's see some recycled crappers.  ;D We could come up with a particular point type to try to make, or just make whatever.
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Otoe Bow on March 01, 2008, 01:24:24 pm
This will be interesting.  I just hope this thread doesn't take the turn that most do and somehow turn to food.   ???

I'm going to start on another soon. 

Otoe 
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Bishop on March 01, 2008, 05:38:59 pm
oh man, i hope a bunch of wives dont come home to drained toilets with the tank missing...wait, that gives me a idea....
Bishop
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Post by: Otoe Bow on March 01, 2008, 06:53:03 pm
Alright, I'll get this started.  I've moved one of the pictures from my other post as my entry. 

Good ole Johnstone.  I've still got plenty more where that came from. 

Otoe

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Post by: nugget on March 01, 2008, 08:02:21 pm
Do have to use the tank? Or can you use the flat section from the bowl where the tank sits? Just curious . I have an old bolw on my work shop. Makes a nice stool.  :-X ( Pardon the pun) ;D
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Post by: cowboy on March 01, 2008, 08:10:23 pm
Aww, ya went and done it now Steve ;D. I can see this turning into one of those threads that keeps ya laughin :D. OK - git home next week, go to ole homeplace, locate old crapper out in woods. At least it's been out there a good twenty years, maybe I'll find a bonus rattlesnake in it..
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Post by: DanaM on March 01, 2008, 08:34:36 pm
Otoe thats a crappy point ;)  ;D Is that from a US Standard or one of them fancy French bowls ;D Oh this is gonna be fun.
Can I be the judge Hillbilly I don't know crap about knappin but I know sewage :D
Nice Point eh.
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Post by: jamie on March 01, 2008, 09:13:11 pm
i broke some of the wifes good plates the other day and saved em for points. now you want me to smash up the head. dude im gonna be in the doghouse ;D
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Post by: nugget on March 01, 2008, 09:22:59 pm
I guess I will take a hammer to the bowl and see what happens. I reckon I can get a few decent pieces out of the business end of that unit.
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Post by: nugget on March 01, 2008, 09:26:36 pm
Will try and squeeze out a crappy point ;) For ya 2morrow. Make do a little straining in the process.
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Hillbilly on March 01, 2008, 10:49:04 pm
I'll try to make one tomorrow if I get a chance.

Secret to knapping johnstone: Beat the *crap out of it.  :)
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: cowboy on March 01, 2008, 10:56:55 pm
I'll give it a shot, but when I get to the preassure work it may be hard to PUUUSH those flakes off :-X.
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Post by: nugget on March 01, 2008, 11:00:49 pm
I have almost worked up a sweat  ;D That is alot of pushing and beating and straining.
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Post by: mullet on March 01, 2008, 11:10:24 pm
  Save yourself some grief with the wife, go to McDonald's and take the lid off their toilet.  Steve, are we going for the thinnest, and prettiest thunder chert point?
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: david w. on March 01, 2008, 11:12:37 pm
I dont have any crap stone :'( if i take a piece of our thunder mug i bet no one would notice ;D
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Otoe Bow on March 01, 2008, 11:18:45 pm
Let's see, for those of you keeping score at home, that's:

2 crap jokes

2 "squeezing out" or straining jokes

and several  other defecation references, and we're still on the first page.

 ;D

I like it.  Way to go Steve.  ;D

Dana, You're killing me too.  

Otoe
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on March 01, 2008, 11:36:13 pm
well i was working a nice dalton about 6" long and just like my luck,  smacked it in half.    figures, well i managed a decent small point outa it but its not the one i want to show, so tomarrow maybe i'll give it another try to make a bigger one.- Ryan
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Post by: nugget on March 01, 2008, 11:38:11 pm
I think we should deduct points for splatter marks,clingons, streaks, and any other disturbing discolorations on the johnstone heads. LOL  ;)
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Post by: Keenan on March 01, 2008, 11:54:06 pm
  Oh this is good,just got home and can't quit laughing. I'm fairly sure that there is still some royal porcelin out in my pile of crap  :D behind the play house  ;D  Guess I'll have to go dig through everything to see what I can find. Hopefully the snow hasn't melted into a solid sheet of ice. I don't think I want to do any ice fishing out there. :D  Do we get deducted for inclusions in our work ??? What about pitting and staining ???
  Do we need to provide proof of authenticity of origin and a history of probable use. ???   
 I've heard that short quick stikes on the edge with your tool will produce random flaking. ;D     Keenan
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Hillbilly on March 02, 2008, 12:25:31 am
 ;D  Maybe I'll try to make a Morrow Mountain #2.  ;D
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: michbowguy on March 02, 2008, 01:43:16 am
heres my crappiest knife blade.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=213734659/PictureID=4570076738/a=121231216_121231216/t_=121231216

mbg
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Otoe Bow on March 02, 2008, 01:57:38 am
Way to go MBG.   :).



Otoe
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: nugget on March 02, 2008, 02:05:52 am
Very cool MBG.
 I am gonna try and push one out  tomorrow. Hopefully it is somewhat as elegant as yours.
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: DanaM on March 02, 2008, 08:35:53 am
After this you will all will no longer be knappers but hence forth you shall be known as Crappers ;D
Important safety tip be sure to flush first :o
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: jamie on March 02, 2008, 10:16:14 am
nice knife
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Hillbilly on March 02, 2008, 10:17:33 am
Good looking knife, Jamie.
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Hillbilly on March 02, 2008, 03:14:15 pm
I got one roughly bifaced out, figured I'd take pics before I break it  :) I haven't decided yet whether to break it while fluting it into a Clovis, or break it while  notching it into a dovetail, or break it some other creative way.  ;D



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Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on March 02, 2008, 04:00:27 pm
Nice work y'all. Really like the point Steve and the knife Jamie !........................bob
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Hillbilly on March 02, 2008, 06:10:30 pm
OK, here's the finished product. I decided to make it into a Dalton, one of my favorite types. The johnstone kinda looks like the Burlington chert that most of those Sloan daltons were made from, but it's a heckuva lot tougher. I'd forgotten how much fun it is to try to run long pressure flakes on that stuff-I've now got a big blister on my Ishi finger.  :) It's a little shy of 6" long x about 1 1/4" wide. A little thick, but not bad for the point type and this crappy material-I think it would do the deed on a longhorned bison or a stray mastadon. Sorry for the crappy pics, hard to get flake scars to show on a white point.

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Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on March 02, 2008, 06:12:24 pm
Nice finished product Steve...bob
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Hillbilly on March 02, 2008, 06:13:49 pm
Thankee, Bob.
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: nugget on March 02, 2008, 07:26:08 pm
Very nice point Hillbilly. I will have to get you to give me some help at the CTA shoot in May. I definetly need it.
nugget
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Post by: Keenan on March 02, 2008, 08:03:19 pm
  Way to go Hillbilly,  With one that good I think I just gave up ::)
 I've never even tried this crapy material until now and now I know why.  Cut my teeth on obsidian and with plenty of it around here I never ventured to get myself in trouble with the the royal throne.  Beat the crap out of a few pieces this afternoon but ended up breaking everything eventually.  Is it normal for that stuff to give off various oders while napping it ???  Keenan
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Post by: DanaM on March 02, 2008, 08:05:29 pm
Depends did ya flush first :o
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Post by: Otoe Bow on March 02, 2008, 08:34:42 pm
Great Job Guys. I was on the road today, so no Kappin' for me.  Maybe I'll take some to work with me tomorrow and sneak off at lunch and make some flakes.  I think I'll make a hatchet.  After all, I still have the handle..... ;D

Otoe
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Post by: cowboy on March 02, 2008, 09:00:42 pm
Nice knife Jamie! Well I'll tell ya Steve - looks like you been on the john awhile :D. That's one hell of a nice lookin Dalton!! I have yet to get around any Johnstone but will give it the dickens when I get home - have patience ;D.
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Post by: Hillbilly on March 02, 2008, 09:56:47 pm
Thanks guys. One thing about johnstone, it's crappy stuff, but it'll teach you to build good platforms, it has no tolerance for bad ones. If you don't get the right platform built, the flake will step or hinge,  or the whole piece will break. Oh, and a disclaimer: the stains on the preform are blood, not something else.  ;D
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Post by: cowboy on March 02, 2008, 10:45:15 pm
Oh yeah, meant to add that I saw some blood on there - I had a leak myself today ;D.
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Post by: Otoe Bow on March 03, 2008, 10:43:08 am
I thought that was blood.  I cut myself hauling my tank out of the dump.  I feel official now.   ;)

Otoe
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Post by: jamie on March 03, 2008, 11:22:06 am
wicked nice piece steve
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Post by: Otoe Bow on March 03, 2008, 03:16:43 pm
Come on guys, based on the number of entries, I'd say I'm in second place.  ;D.  We need more.   8)

Otoe
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Dingleberry on March 05, 2008, 08:14:18 pm
Steve, that point is craptastic!  Allright, I'm gonna get to gettin!    I'm gonna go there; blood from your hand or blood from your????? (rhymes with cool).....sorry ;D
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Post by: mullet on March 05, 2008, 09:27:28 pm
 I'll get one on here this weekend, Turkeys are starting to take over my life for awhile.
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Post by: nugget on March 05, 2008, 10:33:41 pm
My Johnstone attempts have been CRAPPY! Everytime I try and make one it turns into Crap. No luck yet will keep trying.
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Post by: Otoe Bow on March 06, 2008, 12:48:13 am
Eddie, lucky you.   :D.  I've made a deal for a place to hunt, just getting time to do a little scouting is hard, seeing that it's about 45 miles away.  Based on what I've seen you guys do, I feel the silver (and bronze) slippin' away.   8)

Otoe
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Post by: leapingbare on March 07, 2008, 12:59:15 am
i'll try to get one on here this week end. i just gt to find a toliet  ???
Title: Re: Toilet knapping contest- become famous and win fabulous prizes!!!
Post by: Bishop on March 07, 2008, 03:18:21 am
Was at Home Depot a couple days ago and i saw the toilets they have for sale and i had one of my "brilliant" ideas, i found a employee and asked if they had any broken toilets in the back that they wanted to get rid of, i thought he was going to call security....lol..so i explained why i wanted to know..needless to say i left without any johnstone.... :(
Bishop
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Post by: FlintWalker on March 07, 2008, 03:32:29 am
At this point, it looks like Hillbilly's the man on the "Throne".
  Come on men, step up and start squirting out some points. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Otoe Bow on March 07, 2008, 10:48:47 pm
Hey Michbowguy, sorry man, I forgot about your knife post when I made my comment about Hillbilly and I were the only ones that had posted pics so far.    :-[  Yours is awesome. 

I tried making an ax or tomahawk last night but it just kept breaking.  And my hands were getting cold.

Otoe