freehand or off the leg ?

feeds@yuku.com (caveflint) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:55:12 GMT

Just curious as to who all knaps in the air or free hand I call it or off their leg ?..I myself knap off my leg that how I was taught.However Ive notice that some of the best knappers Like jeff G and Marty Horn,Ron Fuller,Jim Spears and a lot of the really thin knappers that Ive watched knap in the air.Whats the advantage of knapping in the Air?And when you do how do you keep from end snapping the points?
I make a decent point most of the time But I spend a lot of time squaring up...

Overshot video

feeds@yuku.com (Paleoknapperjim) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:11:47 GMT

Just downloaded part 6 in the series. There is a short section of this video demonstrating overshot technology....enjoy....jim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r06lBZC8T_w

Headed to Quartzite for the month of JANUARY

feeds@yuku.com (copper bop kid) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:05:32 GMT

Hello knappers, flakes, and hammerstones, I'm making my first trip to Quartzite from Burns Oregon to Winnamucka, Battle Mountain, Beaty, Bullhead city then to Quarzite. I just hope 500 blades and a coulpe hundred points is enough to sell at the big show and making a few along the way. I will leave a day or two after christmas and be located the 1st of January around the roads 95 and interstate 10 cross so stop by say hi if your in the neighberhood. I sure hope it's warmer than -12...

Coal For Christmas

feeds@yuku.com (White Coyote) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:56:16 GMT

Here's proof I actually shot one of Santa's sled pullers....guess I won't be getting that flint I asked for this Christmas.

Have a Merry Christmas to all of you (before I get busy and forget).

Mike

First FOG work

feeds@yuku.com (White Coyote) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:52:09 GMT

I've never done any FOG work, so here's my first attempt on a ground lenticular slab. Not the best scar pattern, but it is parallel. It's tough to see with the wild striped flag design. I had a special present to make for someone and had to use a flag slab to do it. My thought are that it seemed quite easy so long as you keep it clean and remove all the ground work. I'm also glad I didn't try FOG work early on or I may never have learned percussion.

christmas neck knives

feeds@yuku.com (rwaterman00) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:25:34 GMT

here are 3 of them
almost done
the sheath is even sewed with the sinue i got tendon from pet store.
and the one displayed i even got the antler at the pet store. ( buckaroos are the name of the antler dog treat)

jasper + old hammer handle =

feeds@yuku.com (daddio) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:26 GMT

This little number...

It's raining today so I had time this morning to take this pic... The OAL is 6" , blade is unknown variety of jasper ( mook maybe?) handle is an old welding slag hammer handle that was on the bottom of the gulf of mexico ... it is hickory and after a lot of whittling and...

rainey buttes?? who ..

feeds@yuku.com (sandhills tracker) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:22:44 GMT

has anyone on here worked any rainey buttes?
the stuff i saw was nice--looked like some killer dark glossy texas,,but w/ some yellow blended in--and the point was amazing w/ more colors...-i believe this particular one was from north dakota..

also what stone out there comes blood red -right out of the ground w/ no heating--and isnt all grainy.,,i know u can turn alot of whites,pinks,greys etc. --red thru cooking thinned spalls,,even using rusty nails when cooking,,or a acidic...

just shareing knife pics

feeds@yuku.com (knap123) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:18:30 GMT

i put my name in a k.i.t.h. on another site and my steel blade wasnt what i wanted, so i sent this instead. texas rootbeer from curtis, sinew, and pitch. and gift wraped as well, hope he likes it.

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Small Caddo Blade made today

feeds@yuku.com (CurtisSmith) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:06:03 GMT

Here is a pic of an average Caddo blade I made today. This is just an average piece. Not one of my super thin isolated platform pieces.

snow day!!

feeds@yuku.com (NVstonebreaker) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:01:09 GMT

it snowed about a foot today. so school was canceled hear is what i made so far.

Here`s a few to check out, Hope ya like `em

feeds@yuku.com (Lobo69ss) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:09:22 GMT

more new

feeds@yuku.com (rockbob1) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:21:04 GMT

Cahokia agate
Jasper corner notch

what material is this?

feeds@yuku.com (princetonBC) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:45:26 GMT

hi there
i found this cool knife in the interior British Columbia and have no idea what it's made of

if anyone knows what type of rock it is... or where to get some (cause i'd like to try a piece) please let me know
thanks everyone
harley

Gransdon made a stone Ulu

feeds@yuku.com (rhymeswithwhat) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:36:54 GMT

My grandson Colin, a 13 year old, has sat through some of my failures at trying to make an Onondaga Ulu blade this year. I have whined about those failures here too. Colin has pressure flaked a few points from some of my larger thinning flakes and has fun at it. This was a surprise when he told me he made an Ulu. It is local shale and haft in a wood handle with stone wedges. The blade is 3 inches across.

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