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Offline Pat B

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Re: working hard on the flint knapping exhibit
« Reply #15 on: March 27, 2016, 04:53:35 pm »
y nice, John. Are you using ABO tools to build it?  ;D
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Re: working hard on the flint knapping exhibit
« Reply #16 on: March 27, 2016, 09:07:39 pm »
Hats off to you for supporting a museum.  Museums are like windows that help us see into a world much bigger than the world that we know.  Along with the lithics you may want to consider showing photos of flakers, and hammerstones, that are routinely found in American archaeological sites.  I have a few flaker photos around, if you need some.  The records of flakers span from the advent of the archaic era, in many areas, right into the proto-historic era.  Some flaker types are commonly recognized, and some are not.  By the way, the woodwork is amazing.  I could never use handtools, very well...Lol.       

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Re: working hard on the flint knapping exhibit
« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2016, 07:18:09 am »
y nice, John. Are you using ABO tools to build it?  ;D
they ask for an ABO exhibit of points. Most of the stone used for making the points came from my creek and the wood trim, reader boards, and cabinets are made from that lumber that I cut with the chain saw mill three or four years ago.
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Re: working hard on the flint knapping exhibit
« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2016, 07:24:55 am »
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Hats off to you for supporting a museum.  Museums are like windows that help us see into a world much bigger than the world that we know.  Along with the lithics you may want to consider showing photos of flakers, and hammerstones, that are routinely found in American archaeological sites.  I have a few flaker photos around, if you need some.  The records of flakers span from the advent of the archaic era, in many areas, right into the proto-historic era.  Some flaker types are commonly recognized, and some are not.  By the way, the woodwork is amazing.  I could never use handtools, very well...Lol.     
Thank you A.T. I cut, planed, sanded, and stained all of the wood work and made all of the trim and reader boards and my friend Matt, who is also a member and bow maker built the 8 foot tall cabinet from this Wood also. The projectile points in this exhibit took me  1 1/2 years to make and will include the works of many other knapper across the USA.
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Re: working hard on the flint knapping exhibit
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2016, 06:33:42 am »
Little more progress
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« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2016, 07:50:09 am »
Read the article.  Looking real good, very interesting project!
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« Reply #21 on: April 04, 2016, 08:12:29 pm »
Beautiful...getting close I think
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Re: working hard on the flint knapping exhibit
« Reply #22 on: April 11, 2016, 10:31:25 pm »
Fake dirt. I am almost done.....two more days
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Re: working hard on the flint knapping exhibit
« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2016, 10:32:51 pm »
Lookin good man.

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« Reply #24 on: April 13, 2016, 06:42:24 am »
Thanks Daniel, the fake dirt was finished last night. Tonight the glass gets installed and the arrowheads will be released to the museum on Thursday. This will bring to a close the project. I will take some more finished pictures with everything installed next week..
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« Reply #25 on: April 13, 2016, 07:54:19 am »
Really looking forward to seeing it all put together, John.  Bet you are really excited to wrap it up.
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« Reply #26 on: April 13, 2016, 09:50:22 am »
Your work is top notch. That looks like a really nice museum from the pictures showing the other displays in the background.
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« Reply #27 on: April 13, 2016, 08:43:56 pm »
 I  agree your a good carpenter.
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Re: working hard on the flint knapping exhibit
« Reply #28 on: April 13, 2016, 08:47:42 pm »
Your work is top notch. That looks like a really nice museum from the pictures showing the other displays in the background.

I wonder who painted the background in the diorama that you can see in that photo?   O:)
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« Reply #29 on: April 14, 2016, 08:02:32 am »
Jw here is a sample/closeup of the diorama
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