Haven't Knapped in a While...

[jstefans]

Haven't knapped all year...mainly due to excessive heat and even worse mosquito pressure. Weather has finally cooled, buzzers are gone, and rocks shall be banged out. Here's a few recent points I made. Getting better with indirect, really helps thin a piece. First one is G-town, second is Flintridge.

[Ron Kelley]

Nice blades. I like the black and flesh colored one.

[jstefans]

Thanks Ron!

[Kentucky point]

Very nice work! Georgetown has a favorite for bifacing, but not pressure flaking, at least for me. I've never tried FR before.

[jstefans]

Thank you! G-Town is a bit difficult to pressure flake, as evidenced by the many hinges in my point above! FR is a great material, more delicate but way more workable IMO.

[Kentucky point]

I'm beginning to get addicted to Paleo knapping, I.e bifacing, and percussion work until it is good and thin. The problem is, I haven't practiced enough, and I've broken all of them trying to get them just a bit thinner.

[oldrocks2]

Super job on them. The black and flesh one looks like a tat.

[Kentucky point]

Ouch.

[Lindenmeier-Man]

O2 , now that’s funny ! LOL
Wait ! You might of started something !

[jstefans]

way too adventurous for me.....I'll stick with the pointy needles and ink....

[redrocks]

Nice work

[Dannygroves74]

Flintridge is absolutely one of my favorites to work. The downfall of it is I tend to buy Roy Millers high end/ high dollar green colors and then put it away for the future.

[jstefans]

I am guilty of the same thing. Been hoarding a stash since last year, just now getting around to taking a whack at it...it's just so darn nice I hate to break a piece during production...

[beatup1354]

nice stash Danny

[oldrocks2]

Really trying to get my mind around that flaking. How the heck do all the flake scars are outlined so perfect. I just can't figure it out ?

[Dannygroves74]

A lot of it is the material in my opinion oldrocks. Also pressure, spacing, angle, abrasion and what the pressure flaker is made of plays in to it. Whether the scars are made by a pressure flaker, indirect or direct percussion.

[oldrocks2]

Still confused. No knapping tool I know of or used will produce outlines of each, both percussion and pressure flakes as on this point. Outline is on flakes that are over previous flakes. ???