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PeteDavis

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Kirk Points Please...
« on: August 16, 2008, 03:19:58 pm »
...around western Virginia, the Kirk tradition is by far the most abundant early Archaic point found, especially in the mountain sites. Here's my little take on it, you can be a kid again, just make your own! From left: stemmed, serrated and corner notched. C'mon fellers'(and gals) show your Kirks, please!
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Offline sonny

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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2008, 03:55:47 pm »
those are cool !! what material did you make them from ??

I especially like how you thinned the base of the stemmed point. would make hafting a little simpler it seems....
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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2008, 04:08:57 pm »
texas flint on the left two, flint ridge on the right

The F.R. is waaay easier!

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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2008, 12:49:06 pm »
Here's one from Cowboy. It's out of some of that tough Texas stuff too.   Saw Filer

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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2008, 07:14:56 pm »
I'm happy to get a pointy end and a broader end.  I've a lot to learn before I classify them as a particular style. 

Great job there Pete.

Mike
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PeteDavis

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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2008, 08:57:46 pm »
Awwright...here's another'n....thinner and more refined...

Texas flint, heat-treated

James, this is what you had on at the Schiele if memory serves me correctly-I think I am pretty close...

Looks like a good hunting point...worked for thousands of years!

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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2008, 09:33:05 pm »
very nice pete,and very close to mine.....james

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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2008, 09:55:33 pm »
That's a really nice kirk there Pete.

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PeteDavis

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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2008, 11:36:09 pm »
Thanks fellers.....of course, I started out with a bigger piece!

Just joshin, y'all. I stuck that one, in a wall~
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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2008, 11:46:58 pm »
You guys are killin me with alll  the fine points, I've been so busy getting my bows and arra'a made that I've not had the time to knap. Great work Pete and Shannon!!
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Offline Otoe Bow

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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2008, 12:22:49 am »
Nice point there Pete.  You going to hunt with it?

I know how you feel Paul.  Busy, but not making bows or arrows.  I promise I'll at least hunt with something other than FG this year.  I promise not to hunt with FG.  I promise not to hunt with FG.  I promise......

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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2008, 01:00:23 am »
I'm happy to get a pointy end and a broader end.  I've a lot to learn before I classify them as a particular style. 

Great job there Pete.

Mike
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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2008, 01:32:26 am »
Very nice points brothers, they look even sweeter with a little crimson on them  ;) Hawk a/ho
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« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2008, 08:46:36 am »
Good looking points, Pete.
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Re: Kirk Points Please...
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2008, 09:45:54 am »
Beautiful points- you in western VA? I'm in shenandoah co. (Mt. Jackson) there's a ring of rocks  "hut site" next to one of my improvised ground blinds in the GW Nat'l forest. Love sitting on stand imagining what it was liike back in the day. What else can you tell me about western VA tribes? 

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