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Offline sailordad

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im so cheap
« on: March 14, 2010, 01:14:09 am »
im so cheap,or so i have been told,that i dont like wasting my material.
this is partly why i liked slabbed material,less waste
although i do really like working with spalls.
well i like to warm my knapping muscles up wheni start a session
so i usually grab a piece of whatever jsut to beat on and make some flakes untill i get my groove
well i week or two back when i got box of mixed material from jesse i found a spall in there that was mostly all cortex
so grabbed that to use as my warm up,i snapped it in half (on purpose) and went to town on one half
i was really surprised at how ell it turned out considering it was more cortex than rock
it actually knapped quite well too,and took a decent edge

heres a pic of my waste not want not point  ;D





thanks for peeking

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Offline DanaM

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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2010, 07:43:59 am »
Thats cool 8)
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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2010, 09:51:16 am »
nice. i really dig cortex points. some of the cortex knapps better than the chert itself.
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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2010, 10:10:42 am »
  It's Georgetown, that's why. I've made some nice points out of the cortex. By the way, that is a nice point you made, Tim.
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Offline TRACY

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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2010, 11:28:22 am »
Quote from: jamie on March 14, 2010, 09:51:16 am
nice. i really dig cortex points. some of the cortex knapps better than the chert itself.

I agree and really like this point, good work!

Tracy
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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2010, 09:01:08 pm »
Is it Georgetown or some of that Ky stuff? Turned out nice either way!
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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2010, 09:06:36 pm »
 That's some of your Georgetown, Paul. Spot that stuff a mile away. I made a turkey tail out of it that is almost identical to Tim's.
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2010, 10:02:43 pm »
Betcha a beer it's Ky Blue :P
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Offline sailordad

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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2010, 10:04:46 pm »
personaly i dont know what the material was
i just know the cortex is amazing

if ya had it in your hand would you be able to tell the material from so little chert thats there?
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2010, 10:09:45 pm »
Yep!   I say that because a lot of that Ky blue I picked up last weekend has a thick cortex that will work pretty good.  One of the last pine trees I made had a cortex tip on it.  I think the rock is too dark for G-town. :-\
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Offline Timo

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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2010, 11:24:47 pm »
That is what you call useing the rock to it's full potential!
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« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2010, 10:21:44 am »
Very nice work. :)
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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2010, 11:17:51 pm »
I'm leaning toward that Ky stuff. It could go either way but is a little dark for Gtown that close to the cortex and the bark looks a little different besides. Mail it to me and I'll inspect it a little closer ;D.
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Re: im so cheap
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2010, 02:54:37 am »
Looks great to me.Phillip
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