old looking new piece

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

i didnt have a run in the semi today
so i decided to take some time to do a little flint knapping

i started off with a piece of blue fiber optic glass
i was going for an eared eden
it was 4 inches long,a bit more than 5/8ths of an inch wide,perfect lenticualr shape,and no hinges or anything on it
a perfect blade going
then on my final pass it broke,but not near where i was taking a flake from.it broke about an inch behind the spot i was working smh

then i grabbed a tab of a some nice pdernales flint and tried a little direct percussion
had it nice and thin,then one hit just a smidge to high and it broke in half too

so i said "screw this",grabbed a blocky twisted piece of rainy buttes from my debitage pile and went to town on it
not caring if i broke it or not since it was just debitage any how

after a bit more than an hour i had a finished piece
an eared eden

rainy buttes always makes for some old ancient looking pieces'but it is new,fresh off the pad today

this piece is nearly flawless,so i will show both sides of it
usually i have a hinge or step on one side and only post the good side

like most of my pieces,it still needs edge work
and eventually will get it,but not today





thank for looking


tim

[Kentucky point]

That's cool! You may break some, but the ones you don't look pretty cool!

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

why thank you very much

ive been beating rocks for around 15 years or so now,but i dont get chance to do it as often as i would like
being a truck driver leaves me little free time,plus trying to get my own business going on the side has been eating up what little free time i do get
but once in awhile i just make time to hit some rocks.
you know what they say
even a blind squirrel gets lucky and finds a nut once in a while lol

[Lindenmeier-Man]

I’d like to have seen the blue glass ....JJ

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

well i can take a pic of the two pieces

[Lindenmeier-Man]

Plz do & post

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

as requested heres a pic of the broken blue fiber optic glass piece

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

yes it does,needless to say i was a wee bit p.o.'d when it broke.had over an hour into it at the time.

[Broken Arrow]

That is a real bummer. On the other hand, I see a nice arrow point and a small knife just waiting to be made...

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

yup, i was looking at it after i took the pic and seen the same things laying there

[willjo]

Nice new old looking piece, I sent all my rainy butts to a friend in New Mexico, it did not work good for me

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

ya it can be tricky stuff to work. i dont usually get this nice of a piece from it but got a bit lucky with this one

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Tim, Nice work on the blade. When I go out to knap I just say, "I'm gonna go bust some rock."

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

thanks Ron.
thats usually my mind set too,but i have been tying to make a couple of perfect or near perfect blades to go with some killer knife handles i got in Mo at the b'ois dark knap in this year.
i guess i just have to quit trying and just let it happen

[Tam]

I love that blue , very Paleo

[Ron Kelley]

Lol :-)