3 ½ " Tiger Point from Ancient Spall

[Ron Kelley]

This 3 ½ " Tiger Chert Point was knapped from an ancient spall. I know that people heat treat tiger chert but I prefer knapping the raw rock.

[Scorpion68]

Beautiful point Ron. What would heat treating that material do for it, sides maybe making it more brittle, maybe??

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Chuck, When modest heat of 450 F is used this rock flakes a little better. When high heat is used on this rock the material does become brittle and does not flake well.

[Jethro355]

That's another beauty...how's the shoulder holding up??

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Jason, I did some exercises with little three pound weights and the next day it was hurting again so i had to back off a bit on the reps.

[Kyflintguy]

Nice Tiger point Ron, that stuff was a pleasure to knapp! Thanks for sharing that one!

[Hoss]

Nice one Ron

[G10+]

That’s awesome !!! Nicely done !!

[Havenhunter]

What a beauty! You just get better & better. I developed a frozen shoulder last winter & quickly learned any shoulder dysfunction or injury creates excruciating pain that affects just about every aspect of daily activity. Hope you get better soon!