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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: 1442 on January 24, 2017, 11:57:57 am

Title: Black gravel
Post by: 1442 on January 24, 2017, 11:57:57 am

found this rock in some local landscaping. Black is an unusual color in gravel so I worked my way to it and got a mostly black point, I'd a done better to git rid of the black cause the brown sure flaked better.

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: ---GUTSHOT---> on January 24, 2017, 12:11:09 pm

Nice

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: Stringman on January 24, 2017, 01:18:50 pm

I can feel the sore fingers from here! Nice work.

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: nclonghunter on January 24, 2017, 01:42:56 pm

Nice...I like the gravel

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: bjrogg on January 24, 2017, 03:14:08 pm

Nice 1442, looks like you where up to the challenge 👍
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: Trapper Rob on January 24, 2017, 09:04:35 pm

I like that it really looks old.

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: Chippintuff on January 24, 2017, 11:23:52 pm

That is a first class point in every way.

WA

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: 1442 on January 25, 2017, 08:52:00 am

Thanks much!
This is only the second piece I ever seen with black like that in it, but the black in this one was grainy where the other one was slick, which is why I went for the black in this one, thinking it would be slicker than it turned out to be.

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: GlisGlis on January 25, 2017, 10:37:02 am

you're really good
start making some video tutorials !!!

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: Hawkdancer on January 25, 2017, 12:53:11 pm

Was that gravel already broken?  Looks like "river rock". Nice work! 
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: selfbow joe on January 25, 2017, 02:21:18 pm

Very nice

Title: Re: Black gravel
Post by: 1442 on January 25, 2017, 10:52:06 pm

thanks
hawk dancer the gravel was already broke when I picked it up, and it is a river rock I guess you could say.
It is quarried out of ancient river beds to the west of here and way above the current river levels.

Glis Glis, I could make a vid I guess.
I know someone who has a one, he videoed me making something at the SW LA knap in this past November. It went real good and turned out nice and only took fifteen minutes.
I'll see if I can get a copy of that.