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Offline seminolewind

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I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« on: March 30, 2014, 08:44:52 am »
I have always wanted to try one of these eccentrics so today I sat down and gave it a go for the first time...4 hours later this is what I came up with. I used a picture of an original artifact (attached) to do the head piece on the top of the dagger. This came from a spall of georgetown flint. I had a lot of fun with it and will be hopefully making a few more in the future trying to get them more and more complex.

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Offline Bone pile

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2014, 09:14:34 am »
Very well done ,Can't wait to see the next one
Roger
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Offline Zuma

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2014, 09:54:14 am »
Outstanding!
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Offline caveman2533

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2014, 10:05:59 am »
Wow, Super Job! Is there anything you can't do?

Offline seminolewind

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2014, 10:35:44 am »
Wow, Super Job! Is there anything you can't do?

Yeah I cant make bows worth a crap !.....Yet.

Gonna try and remedy that this summer tho !
"Those that beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who do not." Thomas Jefferson

Elijah,
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2014, 12:46:33 pm »
Very nice work there Elijah!

Offline bowtarist

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2014, 01:21:04 pm »
AWESOME!! One of my Buddies was just at the Smithsonian and sent me a pic of some of these eccentrics. Your's is killer!! dp
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Offline warpath

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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2014, 02:26:48 pm »
That is beyond awesome!!!!! Great job!!!!

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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2014, 02:31:48 pm »
Gadzooks!  Id almost be willing to offer my still-beating heart to a Mayan princess for one of those daggers!
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2014, 03:29:44 pm »
I don't think there's anything you can't chip out of stone.
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Offline Tower

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2014, 08:21:34 pm »
You Sir, have out done yourself.   
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Offline adb

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2014, 08:55:46 pm »
OMG!!! I don't know what to say! That is amazing. How in the H did you do that without the rock breaking??

Offline TRACY

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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2014, 10:32:10 pm »
Nailed it! That's awesome work right there.

Tracy
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Offline Outbackbob48

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« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2014, 08:45:32 am »
Excellent

Offline NeolithicMan

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Re: I made a Mayan eccentric dagger today !
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2014, 09:40:56 am »
Woah! that is so kick@$? !!!!
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