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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: PAPI on January 01, 2007, 12:34:00 AM
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Hey Everyone,
I don't or can't Flintknapp at this time & always wanted a Primitive looking,Flintknapped type of Knife.
Here's what I just received in the mail as a " Christmas / Birthday Present " to " Myself !!
It looks just like " Flintknapped Obsidian ", but its made out of " TOOL STEEL " !!
http://theblademaker.com/sitemap.htm
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/A-PAPI/th_IMG_0404_edited.jpg) (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/A-PAPI/IMG_0404_edited.jpg)
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That is a beauty!!
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That's quite a piece of work..... I wouldn't have guessed tool steel from the pics..... :thumbsup: Terry
PS..... I just read his process on his site..... Very Impressive....
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Hey,
Check out the other items that I haven't decided on what to do with next... Along with two very modern Broadheads as a comparison
(150 grn Silverflame & 125 grn ?).
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/A-PAPI/th_IMG_0396_edited.jpg) (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/A-PAPI/IMG_0396_edited.jpg)
The Arrow/Broadhead Shaft (Rt hand) is a real " Flintknapped Obsidian Arrow/Broadhead " just to give you how the "CAST POINTS " compare !!
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/A-PAPI/IMG_0408_edited.jpg)
1. Atlatl Clovis Point:350+ grns
2. Arrow / Broadheads :250+ grns
3. Silver Flame Broadheads : 150 grns
4. Atlatl / Spear Clovis Point : 400+ grns
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/A-PAPI/th_clovisonmammothtusk004.jpg) (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/A-PAPI/clovisonmammothtusk004.jpg)
All of the ferroulithic points, to date, are cast in dendritic D2 tool steel tempered to Rockwell 58 ".
http://theblademaker.com/index.html
L.M.