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Offline Timo

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First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« on: May 31, 2009, 09:46:05 pm »
 Picked this rock up outa the creek yesterday and just had to hit it today.  After I got it thin I figured to try another CC. I've broke every one I ever tried. The notches need to be deeper on this one, but that crack had me scared,so I stopped. Punched it. (Jeff city nodule).

The graham cave is some heat treated burlington that I took out of the cooker last week.Perty stuff! It turned out real nice I think. Reminds me of flint ridge mat.

(The trying to stay up with Cowboy),"Timo"  ;D

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2009, 09:50:20 pm »
 :D :D ;D. Don't need to try to stay up with me Tim, your work is top shelf in my book. And mostly abo? That's something I've got to lean into more soon. That crack woulda scared me off too ::). Good lookin CC. I like the looks of those Graham caves you produce, think I'll try one when I get home.
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2009, 11:33:14 pm »
You make me SICK! Just pickin all that nice rock up like that! ;D  I could walk for days around here and not find a rock half as pretty as those.  That Graham Cave is beautiful.
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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2009, 11:47:45 pm »
Exceptional on both counts. That material on the GC is awesome.

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Offline jamie

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2009, 05:16:01 am »
wow tim those are beauties.
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Offline J. DEMPLER

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2009, 07:02:42 am »
Nice work Timo! Keep 'em comming! :)
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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2009, 07:22:52 am »
Just beautiful.Very nice. :)
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Offline DanaM

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2009, 07:50:46 am »
Great work Tim :)
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Offline Timo

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2009, 08:27:58 am »
Thanks all.

Paul, all my percussion work is antler, most of my  pressure work is with copper. I still fight with antler pressure flakers. ;)

Shanon,location,location,location. ;D Actually I was hunting a creek for native points and couldn't figure out where they got their mat, so I went searching. I found it coming out of a tall clay bank, but most was fractured. These piece was killer, so I now have to go back and look harder.

Pete, the burl mat doesn't always take that much color, This particular rock was an exception, and there is always a trade off. The color change areas flake different than the rest of the rock. Tends to be more brittle,so better ground platforms are needed. Didn't take long to figure that out.

Offline huntertrapper

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2009, 09:15:20 am »
Well done man, they look real good, awesome color
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Offline cowboy

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2009, 11:58:07 am »
Looking at it again Tim - that flake pattern on the GC is superb! I gotta start putting a little forthought into my knapping. Everything I do is more or less random.
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Offline redwasp

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2009, 08:40:17 pm »
wow, man those are nice, congrads on making it without it breaking. those have some sweet coloring
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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2009, 11:45:24 am »
Dude, that Graham Cave turned out sweet.  That rock cooked up cool.

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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2009, 09:27:01 pm »
WOW :o  That is some amazing work.   You are an artist in stone.
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Re: First calf creek..(sorta) :)
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2009, 10:46:54 pm »
Golly!!!  ;)
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