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Knife/spear point
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Nice work Jim!!
Thanks for sharing.
God bless,Mudd
Very nice!
Nice Job!!!! Do you sell them?
what are these made from? odsidian? a goal for me this year is to try and hunt with and kill a deer with a knapped head. what would it take for me to get one?
Those look really nice Jim. My son is wanting to get into knaping and I can not wait until he can make some up for me.
Dax
Those are soooooo sweet! Knapping is on my short list of new skills to master. I hope to get to it over the winter. If I could do near as good as those I'd be a happy knapper! :notworthy:
Are those for shooting or just for looking through?
Thank you all. Yes, the arrowheads are Obsidian and the knife blade is Keokuk. Ha!Shbne reminds me of Chief Dan George in Outlaw Josey Wales. I'll likely mount all these on Rivercane shafts for this deer season.
Awesome work.
you do fantastic work.
Wow man, impressive. Amazing to watch your skill level improve with each post. I miss knapping...need to find time to do it again.
Jim, that is some strong medicine! Outstanding work... :notworthy:
Looking forward to a post with a pics of a bloody point on a rivercane shaft!
beautiful work. good luck with hunting with them.
QuoteOriginally posted by razorsharptokill:
Thank you all. Yes, the arrowheads are Obsidian and the knife blade is Keokuk. Ha!Shbne reminds me of Chief Dan George in Outlaw Josey Wales.
Your ability to knap beautiful heads is matched by your finely tuned sense of humor. :D
Can I ask you guys how you practice with these heads?
You have to use a sandpile I'm guessing, and I would think you have to sacrifice a certain number of heads just for practice.
How hard is it to get them within 100grns of each other?
Not too hard to get them within 100 grains but 10 grains is a different story.
I use a piece of soft foam that some of our bomb fins come in. Before hunting a run some small flakes on each edge to sharpen them up.
:thumbsup: Very nice work!
Very nice, I've said it before...
I need to learn this art..
Awesome work Jim. I would love to have some to put on bamboo arrows.
Jim, you know those points remind me of a coral snake ... at the same time both beautiful and deadly. Great job knapping, that knife/spear blade is really thin! What is keokuk? Where is it from? Is it like that alibates banded flint from up Amarillo way? :clapper:
those are awesome buddy!!! :thumbsup:
JEJ, I think it's more like a Chert but could be wrong. It has to be cooked. That blade started out over two inches thick and bigger than my hand.
It's common in Oklahoma and Kansas I believe.
Jim, Chief Dan George came to my elementary school and gave us a presentation and talk about Indian History and traditions etc. I loved it and he was just so cool. I'm 52 now and it's the only thing I remember much about those days. I use his great line from that movie all the time. "Endeaver to Persevere".
those heads are beutiful.i have three bamboo arrows i made with trade points.trade points because if i had the talent you do,i would make some heads like that and trade mine right off those arrows.lol
Jim, thanks for the info about the OK and KS chert. I have heard of something I think is called Kay County (?) flint from up your way. I'm in DFW area, and I usually am happy to get any of the Georgetown flint from about 200 miles south of here to knap. I have not got to the "point" of making those beautiful "thinning" flakes you guys who are so skilled can make. Sure is fun breaking rocks though. Keep up the good work! John :thumbsup:
There is some nice flint called Perdenales from along the river by the same name. Down around Fredricksburg I believe.
Just got back from a rock run on the Pedernales about 2 hours ago.
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