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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Tile work
« on: April 19, 2016, 10:23:24 am »
I got bit bad by the knapping bug.  An hour of work on a floor tile produced a super crude knife full of steps, and lots of scrapes and nicks.

I had an elk antler billet and a short 4" whitetail deer antler tine to work with.  I set it up to use indirect percussion, holding the tine against the top of my thigh with my foot and striking it with the billet after much frustration.
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Tile work
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2016, 12:27:35 pm »
I got bit and it still hasn't healed..lol

You got some good flakes on that tile....steps are usually a result of not abrading well.
There are no bad knappers, only bad flakes

Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: Tile work
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2016, 08:53:41 pm »
A quick pic of how my setup fell together.

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Offline le0n

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Re: Tile work
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2016, 10:09:01 pm »
^^ i'd be bruised to no end if i did that.

what billet are you using?

I got bit and it still hasn't healed..lol

You got some good flakes and blood on that tile...

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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: Tile work
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2016, 09:08:34 am »
^^ i'd be bruised to no end if i did that.

what billet are you using?

I got bit and it still hasn't healed..lol

You got some good flakes and blood on that tile...

^^ fixed.

Yeah my thigh was black and blue the next morning.
I'm using a maple stick about 2" diameter and 10" long for my striker.

Also made a couple honey locust billets to work on direct percussion.  Run what ya brung
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