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Offline soy

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« Reply #45 on: October 10, 2015, 11:04:12 pm »
I'll try to get the video of you with the antler billit in sd...
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« Reply #46 on: October 11, 2015, 09:46:55 am »
Track: Once you get the hang of abo and the proper edge prep your points shouldn't end up any thicker. I can take the same pressure flakes with antler as copper, you just have to press a little harder and dress your tools constantly.
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« Reply #47 on: October 11, 2015, 09:54:40 am »
Well I happen to have a point to show you from the stand this morning. Everyone who does ABO has different techniques in my case I never ever dress my pressure flaking tools now that I use a large and small ulna for notching. The ishi never ever gets touch until I make another one. I just made 40 points never dressed a tool. Zero maintenance other than replacement.
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« Reply #48 on: October 11, 2015, 09:56:35 am »
The point shown was built from coring not from a flake.
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« Reply #49 on: October 11, 2015, 10:00:25 am »
Forgot to add my process is not better just different from bowmo. I have seen his work good stuff. The only difference is I have a better PA name.  >:D
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« Reply #50 on: October 11, 2015, 12:13:11 pm »
Hahaha!  ::)

Yea, I use a much more tapered piece of antler on my Ishi stick. Annoying to maintain but I like the size of flakes it takes better. Rfateally I've just always had trouble with fat pressure flaking tips, even with copper.
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« Reply #51 on: October 11, 2015, 05:28:02 pm »
I hear ya but I don't use the tip the same way as with copper I push in rather than down and the platform is reversed and I am above the center. I will have my son video  me doing it for you.
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« Reply #52 on: October 11, 2015, 05:41:34 pm »
Now on the other hand I bet your getting real nice flake patterns with smaller scares
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« Reply #53 on: October 11, 2015, 05:47:43 pm »
I'll take extra butter on my popcorn. I know I'm a copperhead, but I started this addiction abo.   I switched because of high tool Matainence with abo. My opinion.   With that said I Prefer to spall with hammer stones.   I can produce more useable flakes & less debitage  with a hammer stone.   Again my opinion.   
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« Reply #54 on: October 11, 2015, 05:59:30 pm »
Haha......funny you put it that way. I prefer plain air pop any day.
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« Reply #55 on: October 11, 2015, 06:37:07 pm »
All this talk about maintenence there is no need for it. Oh wait you're one of those Texas knappers. Not sure about that Texas flint. I am going to pull out some of that Texas flint and give it a try
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« Reply #56 on: October 11, 2015, 06:43:26 pm »
I'll give you some raw Mill Creek to play with and you can see what hard stone does to antler shape you use. My guess is it would eat the thing up but maybe not. That heated Burlington you use is like the definition of candy rock.  ;)
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« Reply #57 on: October 11, 2015, 08:58:56 pm »
It is candy rock for the Palace Elite. I shot that short movie for ya it is talking forever to upload
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« Reply #58 on: October 11, 2015, 10:03:40 pm »
Making my ABO toolkit this week. Figure obsidian will be pretty easy on my tools. My raw texas rock eats even my copper at a scary rate.
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« Reply #59 on: October 11, 2015, 10:35:41 pm »
Raw Burlington will eat antler so I try to work it with hammer stones.
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