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Offline Bear Claw

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Knife blade for a friend
« on: May 27, 2012, 12:56:10 pm »
Finished this one up last night. It is knapped from basalt ( black butter ). I love working with this stuff. Blade is for a friend that wanted a new knife.

http://i.imgur.com/Kew7l.jpg

Thanks for lookin.
Aaron from northwest Arkansas.

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Re: Knife blade for a friend
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2012, 01:07:08 pm »
Looks good Aaron! Should make a dandy knife..
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Re: Knife blade for a friend
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2012, 08:39:18 pm »
Sweet indeed! That's a beauty. Tower
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Knife blade for a friend
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2012, 11:33:51 pm »
Good looking blade. I didn't know basalt could be so glassy like that, very cool.

Tracy
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Offline Bear Claw

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Re: Knife blade for a friend
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2012, 12:35:44 am »
Thank you cowboy, tower and Tracy. This basalt they call black butter and it is very smooth, works somewhere between obsidian and stone. I really like the way it works. It tends to like a pretty beefy platform, kinda reminds me of novaculite in that respect. I really like the way flake scars show up on it, it just seems to look old the instant it's made, if that makes sense. Lol
Aaron from northwest Arkansas.

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Re: Knife blade for a friend
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2012, 05:55:20 am »
very nice
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Re: Knife blade for a friend
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2012, 01:15:24 pm »
Nice !   Where does the "Black butter" come from ?  '  Frank
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Re: Knife blade for a friend
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2012, 01:53:46 pm »
Good looking blade BC!  Well done! dp
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Offline Bear Claw

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Re: Knife blade for a friend
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2012, 02:58:20 pm »
Frank, from what I understand it comes from Oregon. Not sure exactly where, got this from a friend. Thanks to all for the kind words.
Aaron from northwest Arkansas.