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Offline mullet

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #60 on: November 03, 2016, 12:44:43 pm »
I do, I do. Everything I hit on had a nice "ping". ;D
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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #61 on: November 03, 2016, 02:39:52 pm »
Come on Eddie! You know the rule. Pics or you haveta send it back!  >:D >:D

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #62 on: November 11, 2016, 02:16:29 pm »
Just got a big box in from 1442
Lots of beautiful TX Rock & 2 beautiful bifaces.
I hope I can do them justice.  I'll post pics tomorrow

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #63 on: November 13, 2016, 12:36:02 pm »
Glad it made it Tower,
That box contained all raw landscape gravel from my local Taco Bell, hardware store, convenience store, and even the landscape suppliers around here.
The two bifaces is some I had skint and threw in there too.
Some people say it needs heat treating but I mostly work it raw.

I had pics of the rocks I got from Tracker0721, but I can't find them, I'll keep looking.
In the mean time, I got a new blade on my saw and figured I'd be smart to saw slabs and get the most I could from the big chunks he sent me. The one is mahogany obsidian and the other one is black with silver grey stripes. This is all I got sawed so far and I will try to work a point out of each kind today just for fun.
I done tried bifacing a couple of the dacite pieces he sent and they didn't survive.

Offline penderbender

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #64 on: November 13, 2016, 01:10:45 pm »
Those are some nice looking slabs! Can't wait to see some points! Cheers- Brendan

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #65 on: November 14, 2016, 12:43:25 am »
That's awesome! Those slabs look great!
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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #66 on: November 14, 2016, 03:08:41 am »
I worked a black slab. It broke multiple times before I finaly swaped to a fine abrader and real sharp pressure flaker and took a lot of care with it.
I got a point but I was wore out by then. I thought obsidian was supposed to be easy.

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #67 on: November 14, 2016, 03:16:37 am »
I rough shaped a preform out of the butt cut of the mahogany obsidian and went to work on it with a small bopper then switched to pressure to finish.
I don't know if I was just handling the obsidian better or if this stuff flakes better, but this point went pretty smooth and didn't give me no trouble like the black one. Well it did loose a ear off a notch like the black one, but this seemed like stronger material than the black stuff.

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #68 on: November 14, 2016, 09:39:37 am »
Looks good I like the color

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #69 on: November 14, 2016, 10:16:32 am »
Nice points I really like that striped obsidian. Cheers- Brendan

Offline Orrum

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #70 on: November 15, 2016, 08:45:53 am »
Obsidian can be easily bent went working snd snaps easily then. You have to support the back against your hand or leg or whatever method you use. The rainbow from Davis Ca is very shatter prone if from the wrong area. I am the king of bending my preform and therefore breaking it. LOL
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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #71 on: November 16, 2016, 01:00:55 am »
I turned the black slab in the saw and got some bigger slabs.
Worked this first one during breaks at work today
Bifaced it with a copper bopper then pressured with a ishi stick

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #72 on: November 16, 2016, 01:04:09 am »
cont.
This seems to work better. It's cut on a different plain than that first black slab.
Maybe

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #73 on: November 16, 2016, 09:23:09 am »
Now that's a beaut!!!
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Offline Orrum

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Re: Flint trade BITH?
« Reply #74 on: November 16, 2016, 10:14:39 am »
I aspire to knap with great form and flake scars like that!!!  Great knife!
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