To Restore Or Not To Restore That Is The Question

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I would probably leave it but it's your call. However, you may want to revise the tip a bit. I don't believe I've ever seen a snyders with a needle tip. Most are rounded off and not even particularly sharp any more. But that's my opinion to make it a bit more anatomically correct.

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Personally I would not restore it, to me a restored point is no longer a true relic, it has been altered in modern times. I have had a chance to buy many authentic restored points over the years, but did not buy any.....I have put clay pots back together, but you can always tell they were broken and re-glued, I will not have one restored though....
 

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That's the restored version correct? Do you have a before shot?

Ultimately it's your rock, and your call. From a financial point of view you might get a couple of bucks more with a professional resto job, but usually it just doesn't make financial sense to restore average to nice grade flint.
 

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I have only done it to a couple of points. I never restore them where you cant tell with more than a quick glance and I would never sell one anyway. It just seems a shame for them not to be displayed close too what they would have looked like. Just my thoughts on the subject.
 

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But its got character. Nothing wrong with that being a centre peice in a frame or even in its own frame.

Just my 10 cents..

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ya what molly said
leave it
i can't believe hippy would ruin it and think it's ok
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"i can't believe hippy would ruin it and think it's ok"
lars

And just how did hippy propose to ruin it Lars?

The needle tip he mentioned is a bad restoration job on that point, it isn't the original tip.

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Buckhunter said:
Wow!!! guess I suck at restoration.

I think you did a great job. I would display that as a center piece and be proud of it. :thumbsup:

I don't think everyone realized just how bad it was broken. This was junk until you repaired it. Now it's a beautiful repaired point. :)

PS...You may want to go thru your brokes and repair some more. :wink:
 

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Thanks R.P.G. I was about to kill myself. Ha just kidding I got skin thick as a Friggin Rinos :sad11:
 

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Buckhunter said:
Thanks R.P.G. I was about to kill myself. Ha just kidding I got skin thick as a Friggin Rinos :sad11:

You're welcome. You did such a good job restoring this one that everyone didn't realize it had already been restored. If you look closely at the pic, you can see that over a 3rd of the point was gone before you repaired it. :D
 

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So if approx 1/3 of the point is reproduction or restored, what ever it is called, where is the line drawn between being authentic and a reproduction? How much of a point can be repaired or restored and still be considered authentic, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 3/4?

If only the base and stem of a point is original what is it then?...............Where does it stop being an artifact?
 

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Its always an artifact. Yes, its just a restored artifact. Am I trying to pass it off as anything else? NO I am not. Am I trying to deceive anyone? NO I am not. Am I trying to show what it would have been? Yes I am, poorly I might add, but it is the best this poor farm boy can do. And as far as how much to restore, I feel there should be enough of it left as be sure of what it is your trying to restore is typologically correct. And if you want to draw a line make mine crooked cause I cant draw. Bottom line is its broke always will be broke, but just looks better to ME. :BangHead:
 

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Buckhunter said:
Its always an artifact. Yes, its just a restored artifact. Am I trying to pass it off as anything else? NO I am not. Am I trying to deceive anyone? NO I am not. Am I trying to show what it would have been? Yes I am, poorly I might add, but it is the best this poor farm boy can do. And as far as how much to restore, I feel there should be enough of it left as be sure of what it is your trying to restore is typologically correct. And if you want to draw a line make mine crooked cause I cant draw. Bottom line is its broke always will be broke, but just looks better to ME. :BangHead:

Buck, I never thought, said, nor implied you were trying to pass it off, or to deceive anyone at all, I am certainly not attacking you in any way, I simply asked where the line is between artifact and reproduction.

It is just my own opinion, but when points have extensive restoration they become less of an artifact and become more of a reproduction......
 

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