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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: bowmo on July 06, 2017, 12:22:30 pm

Title: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: bowmo on July 06, 2017, 12:22:30 pm

A raw high grade piece of Kaolin I made into a Hardin. All stone and bone. Edges and notches were punched with antler.

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: bjrogg on July 06, 2017, 02:24:43 pm

That's so sweet bowmo. Really like that one a lot.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: oldsilver on July 06, 2017, 03:46:29 pm

sweet

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: nclonghunter on July 06, 2017, 07:36:11 pm

Love the punch knapping...beautiful point.

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: selfbow joe on July 06, 2017, 07:59:54 pm

Nice point! like the color.

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: Zuma on July 06, 2017, 08:35:20 pm

Fantastic point. Can you tell us more about the material?
thanks Zuma

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: Trapper Rob on July 06, 2017, 08:51:45 pm

Very nice.

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: bowmo on July 07, 2017, 10:37:00 am

Thanks guys!

Zuma...Kaolin comes from Southern Illinois. A lot of the artifacts the Cahokia culture made were made from Kaolin. It comes in a ton of different colors and grades and all will heat treat into glass, but I don't usually heat the real high grade stuff like this. It knaps great raw and Hardin's weren't made from heated stone anyway.

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: flungonin on July 10, 2017, 02:24:54 am

Looks like it will cut. Good job

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: Parnell on July 10, 2017, 08:39:50 pm

 Great looking and that material is interesting.  Whereabouts can that be found in S IL?

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: Bone pile on July 13, 2017, 05:33:12 am

sweet point, never got to play with that material
bone

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: bowmo on July 14, 2017, 11:24:44 am

What happened to that killer tan opaque biface I gave ya at the Classic last year Bone pile?? That was Kaolin...

Title: Re: Raw Kaolin Hardin
Post by: Bone pile on July 17, 2017, 07:21:41 am

Your right I do have a piece of it. All the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
When it gets down in the 80's I'll have to dig it up. Thanx again
Bone