From Brown to White to Gray

[Ron Kelley]

This hornstone nodule was quite small and I was curious to see if I could get to good chert:
See that chip? Under all that cortex and chalk is a piece of Kentucky Hornstone.
From Brown:

To White:

To Gray:

And here is the blade that was hiding inside that rock:

[Hoss]

Nice work Ron love the photos.

[Scorpion68]

Ron, I love those transition pics. I'm gonna assume that of those last two pics, the color of the one on the right is the natural color. How long did it take you to peel off the outer layer down to the core chert? Again, as usual, we see another awesome blade, compliments of Ron Kelly. ...Chuck

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Chuck, This was a quick one for me. About an hour of knapping total from start to finish. The picture taking probably took another hour.

[Ron Kelley]

The sky picture is too dark. The one on the left is real close to the actual color except for the sunshine glow.

[Scorpion68]

I'm glad cause I really liked the left photo better. The color and detail are more vivid.

[BabaORiley]

Ya know I wonder just how many so called ugly field stones/rocks that I tossed back to the Earth might have had that underneath...

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Frank, All of the hornstone nodules that I have been knapping just look like big field stone. This one was unusually small and flat.

[Kyflintguy]

Wow Ron! That's one heck of a job, an ancient knapped would be very proud of you on that! Hard to believe that was in there! Nice looking corner notched knife!

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Josh, I was happy that I didn't lose much length or width. The blade shape is pretty much a result of the shape of the rock.

[rock ON.]

Always amazed how you turn a plain old ugly rock into a knapped work of art. Great before and aft pics. Keep up the great work love to see more.

[willjo]

Nice job you used almost all of the length and width of the rock, neat.

[JoshinMO]

That's a nice point, love the edge work!

[p kurt]

Thanks for taking us on that knapping adventure .

[Hi-Lo]

I too really appreciate the transition photos of the toolstone. Thanks

[CoachG]

That sure is a beaut Ron.