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Offline billy

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March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« on: February 26, 2010, 02:14:09 pm »
Since the flintknapping challenge seems to have kinda fizzled out, I thought I'd grab it by the horns, give it a good shake, and resurrect this fun part of the flintknapping challenge.  Since I'm an arrow point nut, I figured we could make this one a bit more open.  Make an arrow point, whatever kind you like and post a pic of it.  You like Cahokia points?  Then knap a few and post 'em. How about side notched points?  They have a place here too.  Clunky or refined, crude or exquisite, we want to see everybody's work.  Some people on here are intimidated by other knappers, feeling their work isn't up to par with what other, more experienced knappers produce.  Well....DON'T BE!! 

Wherever your favorite arrow points are found....western or eastern, northern or southern, if you like it and it is considered an arrow point, then make it and post it here!

I'm gonna start this one off with some Gunther barbed points I made, as well as one Perdiz point. As a lot of my true arrow points reflect, these are kinda "abo" looking, with some asymmetry and a kinda "rough" appearance.  These were made on small waste flakes that would have otherwise been thrown away.  Enjoy...now get to knapping!     

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Offline boo

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2010, 02:20:36 pm »
Wish i could do that. Maybe someday. Love that largest one in the center Billy, great job.
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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2010, 02:33:32 pm »
great work bill. wheres the proton sized reference.  ;D ive been ruining rock cause after watching marty on you tube ive been trying to master getting clovis points nocked out. not breaking em i just cant figure out when to flute without having to clean up the edge and removing the flute at the same time. peace
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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2010, 06:16:22 pm »
 Nice points, Billy. I really like that style. Looking forward to seeing everybodies points. Wish I could play.
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Offline billy

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2010, 06:50:07 pm »
hahaha...yeah, sorry bout that jamie.  I realized afterward that I didn't have a flea sitting next to the points so you could tell how big....uh...I mean... how small they were! 
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Offline sailordad

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2010, 07:21:31 pm »
billy, i was just thinking the other day "what ever happened to the point of the month challenge"
glad im not the only one whos been missing it ;)

nice points too, by the way

that top left point,is that mookite jasper?
i like the looks of that one
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Offline Timo

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2010, 12:03:54 am »
 Nice group of points.slowly getting my swing back. :-\ Gonna try to do this one.

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2010, 03:54:47 pm »
im amazed that trying to make an average sized hunting point was so damn hard to do today. ive gotten so accustomed to larger blades i had a bear of a time keeping this one clean. its my version of a levanna. i just notch em so i dont have to repeatedly wrap the head. the levanna is the northeastern version of a late woodlands triangle so its what ive come to use.



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Offline venisonburger

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2010, 09:18:35 pm »
Wow Jamie that's some beautiful rock
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Offline Timo

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2010, 09:21:15 pm »
Cool rock Jamie! Nice and thin also.

Got a few made today, but my usb port is down. Can't upload. :'(

Offline DanaM

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2010, 08:49:22 am »
Great point jamie and some purty rock also :)
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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2010, 09:56:02 am »
Got my usb working this morning.  material  lft to rt: raw burlington,cooked burlington, Bowling green.

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2010, 10:40:53 am »
great work tim, im diggin that purpleish stone.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2010, 02:55:26 pm »
well heres mine,i made these yesterday late morning.
i havent been doing much knapping as of late since just before vacation a few weeks ago
been having some family stuff to do deal with,but thats better now so i found time to sit again and try these
the one is talahata the other is peacock obsidion.
the photo does not do the obsid one justice.its got cool colors to it

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Offline DanaM

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Re: March Flintknapping Challenge: Arrow points, your choice!
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2010, 03:18:25 pm »
Nice points Tim that Talahatta is fun eh :)
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