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Offline YosemiteBen

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Freehand flute
« on: May 23, 2014, 08:25:01 pm »
Afternoon all -

Got cloudy and muggy this afternoon. Supposed to be around 90 at 4000 feet tomorrow! pretty quiet here in Yosemite for pre-Memorial Day!

Was working on this point the yesterday in the museum. Was percussing it and......

managed a decent flute on it free hand!

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2014, 08:28:46 pm »
Careful you don't cut your lip on that flute....something tells me it may need to be tuned, it sounds a bit (hehehe) sharp!
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Offline bubby

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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2014, 09:47:26 pm »
funny you say that JW, ben plays the hell out of a flute
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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2014, 10:11:09 pm »
Looks like you play all kinds of flutes! That's a gooderin :).
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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2014, 10:49:17 pm »
That is cool, and a nice point.

 Now, don't think I'm weird and I promise, I haven't smoked anything since the early 70's ::) 8), but look at the top of the flute in the first picture; It looks like a face with a beak nose to me and the second picture has a face below the flute but kind of fuzzy.

The wife says it looks like a buffalo. What do y'all think?
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2014, 10:52:35 pm »
That is cool, and a nice point.

 Now, don't think I'm weird and I promise, I haven't smoked anything since the early 70's ::) 8), but look at the top of the flute in the first picture; It looks like a face with a beak nose to me and the second picture has a face below the flute but kind of fuzzy.

The wife says it looks like a buffalo. What do y'all think?

How do you stay so thin eating all them brownies, then?

I went back and did a little looking, I definitely see the beak face in the top photo.
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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2014, 10:55:05 pm »
Staying active and still think I'm in the 70's :D :D
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2014, 07:36:00 am »
Nice job Ben! Flutes aren't easy for me.

Mullet, I see both and the buffalo looks cool. Ben must be a knapping impressionist ;D

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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2014, 08:53:00 am »
I can see both figures, I missed it at first. The beak faced figure is very clear and the buffalo has its head facing to the left. It is ashamed you did not notice it prior to fluting that would have been one awesome point to display with those figures showing in them!!! Unlesssss it was just your reflection? LOL.
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Offline stickbender

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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2014, 10:31:12 am »

     Eddie said that hasn't smoked anything since the 70;s, but ....... he does uh..... look for wild mushrooms......
Actually it is indeed a neat face, sort of like an Eagle woman, and the buffalo has a calf at the upper right, and on the last picture, there is an eagle in the upper right corner.

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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2014, 11:50:17 am »
Baying wolf second pic top right.
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Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2014, 10:52:03 am »
Nice flute and point  :)

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Re: Freehand flute
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2014, 10:55:40 am »
Will someone pas me the LSD please?
Ha no really
Ok I did see them also but wasn't telling anyone
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