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assuming proper matching of spine weight, shaft mass, point mass and symmetry, exactly the same as with a modern arrow. it's up to the shooter, not the arrow.

you got it down better than i did when i started knapping bottles.

well, you won't [shouldn't] be doing percussion with an ishi stick, as that is a pressure flaking device.

for percussion implements copper and antler are both great for use on glass and obsidian....

straight shoots of california bay [if you can find them] make great shafts.
willow and alder make mediocre shafts, but there's no reason not to use them if they are what's handy. they like to grow...

looks like a rose quartz, and it looks like it's got some nice banding [i guess that would make it an agate?]. i think i've still got one small rose quartz point.

i use whatever i can get my hands on, and i just try to let the rock become what it's inclined to, rather than pursuing any particular form or style, lest it seem forced.

i'll learn to do more...

yeah, it's just a flaker with a stout handle, long enough to brace the piece against your thich, and brace the flaker against your forearm, so you just push your arm and the leg supporting the...

it's taking me a while too, but it's working out much better on my wrist.

i've also gotta recommend the ishi stick. having such a long lever allows you to do the pushing with your forearm and thigh, and your wrist needn't move at all.

some materials are better suited than others [the obsidian axe was more of a decorative item], but basalt is hard as all get out. stone axes are generally used much more gingerly, to to make smaller...

preach: i used both techniques. i roughed it out from a large spall [over 12x8"] that i knocked off of a boulder.

the thinner i had it, the worse the flake angles seemed to get, and by the end of...

here's some stuff i happened to have handy in the same album [amazingly, i am organized from time to time].

this is a pendant i made. i believe it was a swiller's lowlife bottle bottom:...