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  1. Every good point requires a little "blood...

    Every good point requires a little "blood sacrifice"!

    Seriously, though, even the tiniest puncture or cut from the tiniest splinter of glass, obsidian, or similar material will produce a...
  2. I would love to see more pieces produced by other...

    I would love to see more pieces produced by other members. I would especially like to see points that you have set into shafts, with a tutorial if possible.

    Everybody get out there and GET...
  3. After the new baby and pushing to graduate on...

    After the new baby and pushing to graduate on time, I am starting to get back into knapping again. Here is some of my more recent work.
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  4. Good work. See - maker_of_fire is the guy I...

    Good work. See - maker_of_fire is the guy I learned from!
  5. Finally, I am back to knapping! ...

    Finally, I am back to knapping!

    http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=197&pictureid=1714
    Two glass points and an obsidian point. I liked how the middle point turned out...
  6. Very, very good work. You are inspiring me to...

    Very, very good work. You are inspiring me to get back to knapping. I had to take a couple weeks off of knapping because I have been extremely busing with work. Anybody who thinks preachers work...
  7. Looking at that serpentinite, I wonder if that is...

    Looking at that serpentinite, I wonder if that is the same stuff of a different color that I made the orange point in post #38 with?

    It looks extremely hard, but also very durable.
  8. That is a very nice skull cracker, ycc! Thanks...

    That is a very nice skull cracker, ycc! Thanks for the tutorial on the straw and coal method. I will have to try it. I really want to make a tomahawk, but I don't have any material big enough yet....
  9. ycc, thanks for the tutorial on percussion...

    ycc, thanks for the tutorial on percussion flaking. I am doing it quite differently. I will have to try your method. It seems way more precise. Now I understand what you meant about having to pad...
  10. I did three more points today. My hands are...

    I did three more points today. My hands are getting a little sore. Here's to hoping they will toughen up soon!

    http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=197&pictureid=1676
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  11. Here are the points I knapped yesterday. I am...

    Here are the points I knapped yesterday. I am running low on good material, and it shows. I mostly have very small flakes and some hard and crumbly stuff. I need to stock back up on some good...
  12. To percusion flake the glass I rested my wrist on...

    To percusion flake the glass I rested my wrist on my leg and struck downward with the hammerstone, with a bucket underneath to catch the shrapnel. That worked pretty good. For tougher stone I...
  13. Today I made a little more progress. I worked...

    Today I made a little more progress. I worked with a hammerstone for the first time. I used the hammerstone to percussion flake two glass points and a point made from some very hard chert-like...
  14. That particular point looks like that more...

    That particular point looks like that more because of the shape and nature of the stone than because of anything I did. It was a thicker piece of quartz with a big lump on it. I chose to work with...
  15. I would really like to learn how to percussion...

    I would really like to learn how to percussion flake. I know that the basic principle is to whack the stone with another stone or tool. But something tells me that there is an art to it.

    Would...
  16. A half dozen new points

    I sat down yesterday and knapped a half-dozen points, and boy is my left hand and wrist sore! I'm still getting used to the awkward way you have to hold your wrist. And even with a doubled layer of...
  17. ycc - Okay, now I get the "straw and coal" thing....

    ycc - Okay, now I get the "straw and coal" thing. I thought you meant the other kind of straw - dried grass.

    Desire to be "primitive" aside, that method seems painfully tedious. I could see...
  18. Man, it looks good to me, I bet it would make a...

    Man, it looks good to me, I bet it would make a very functional stone axe. I have always had my doubts about how useful a stone axe would be, but from the looks of that it would work very well.
  19. Crash - I really like the blade in the handle. ...

    Crash - I really like the blade in the handle. Nothing fancy, just functional. I have seen some "show piece" knapping work that didn't seem functional at all. Those long, thin blades look great -...
  20. Candid - Wow! That is some really excellent...

    Candid -

    Wow! That is some really excellent work! I especially like the first "pendant" point. I can see some really good pressure flakes that go all the way across. Looks like you really know...
  21. Great pics ycc! Good ideas and a good mini...

    Great pics ycc! Good ideas and a good mini tutorial. That is what I want this thread to be about - to help people learn and improve upon skills in knapping.

    My style is a little different, as...
  22. Okay, I'll make the first contribution. About...

    Okay, I'll make the first contribution.

    About 15 years ago my Dad started knapping. Back then I never really tried it myself, but by watching him I began to understand the basic concepts. Very...
  23. The Knapping Thread - Show your projects, Discuss techniques, Give and receive advice

    So, there seems to be a handful of us here that are quite interested in flintknapping. Perhaps it would be good of we could roll the topic into one comprehensive thread. It might be useful for...
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