The Beauty and the Beast

[Ron Kelley]

The Kentucky Hornstone rock is 6 X 4 X 1.5 inches. I hope I can find some good material inside this rock:

This is not very encouraging: There's a lot of punk rock.

It is still 5.5 inches long but I still have some punk rock to deal with: That punk rock doesn't flake well.


I had better switch to pressure flaking now before I break it.
Not pretty but it would work. The point is four inches long.

And then I knapped a piece of Obsidian. The Obsidian blade is five inches long.

[chase]

Nice

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Chase, Sometimes i have to sit back and knap a little obsidian just to remember that the rock controles things.

[willjo]

good work for what was there

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Johnny, i now enjoy a tough challenge as much as working with the top grade lithic materials.

[Kyflintguy]

Haha! I like the title! You did awesome work on that tough Hornstone and that obsidian knife is killer! Is the obsidian point from a slab? I couldn't tell but I love the flaking and style on that knife!

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Josh, Yes the obsidian was a slab. It knapped real fast.

[JoshinMO]

Both real nice, I actually like that rough material one.

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Josh, It does remind me of some of my rough ancient artifacts.

[Jethro355]

The point cut from the horn stone doesn't even look like the same rock....that's amazing.

the obsidian....I now know, without question, what my favorite lithic is. Good Lord....

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Jason, Obsidian is a good lithic to boost my confidence. After all it is a natural glass and glass breaks with ease.

[G10+]

Wow talk about pulling a rabbit out of the hat Ron !!!

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Everett, I wondered more than once, "Will I be able to knap a blade?"

[Havenhunter]

Love the serrations on your obsidian. It looks ready to bite!

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Deb, I have to be careful with that natural glass. It would be real easy to get a cut.

[2ndoldman]

I really enjoyed this post Ron. Thank you for sharing the progress from start to finish.
The obsidian point looks like it is ready for surgery.

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Bruce, It's tough to step back from the fun of knapping and take the time to take pictures. Many times I have finished a blade and thought, "Man I wish I had taken about ten pictures of this one." Too late. This time I plan to show all the steps and I struggle to find some good chert.

[Jethro355]

I showed the pics to my daughter and she sees the obsidian one and she almost screams..."DRAGON GLASS"
She's a "Game of Thrones" fan.
😊

[Ron Kelley]

Ha Thats funny Jason, Show your daughter this one: I think she will like the title: https://forums.arrowheads.com/forum/...7-black-dragon

[Hoss]

Nice work Ron

[SDhunter]

Nice work on both, but the second is awesome!