Fluting Flakes Please

[MAMucker]

If anyone has legit Fluting Flakes (Ancient or Modern) please post pictures of good examples with a summary statement of what we are looking at.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who would like to study some great examples.

Please and thank you!

 

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[Kantuckkeean]

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Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[Older The Better]

I wouldn’t recommend eating either.

 

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[MAMucker]

That’s Corny

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I always figgered ole Kantuck was a little flaky but now I know fer sure!! lol

 

[Tdog]

I aint got naren.

 

[joshuaream]

The late, great Tony Baker had an amazing collection of Folsom material and lots of channel flakes.

I have a few Clovis channel flakes I'll see if I have pictures of, but they are shattered fragments. I wouldn't have picked them up normally, but on request I collected a bunch of small flake fragments from my site and an archaeologist picked them out of the stuff. I've studied flakes and they were hard for me to identify properly.

Tony's page still has some great pictures up as part of the Folsom knapping sequence.

Channel Flakes

 

[ToddsPoint]

I had a box of them I saved from my fluting days. I'll see if I still have them. Gary

 

[Charl]

I can show you this reattached partial channel flake from the Sugarloaf, Ma site, excavated by Mike Gramly. They found a fluted Point workshop at Sugarloaf, with scores of channel flakes and broken points. The fluted style at Sugarloaf are Bull Brook points.

 

[Kantuckkeean]

In all seriousness though, you might check BenjaminE's posts in the Modern Flint Knapping forum or PM him to see if he'll post here. He posted some videos in there and I'm sure he's sitting on a pile of flakes. I've got his email address if you need it...

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[arrow86]

I can show you this reattached partial channel flake from the Sugarloaf, Ma site, excavated by Mike Gramly. They found a fluted Point workshop at Sugarloaf, with scores of channel flakes and broken points. The fluted style at Sugarloaf are Bull Brook points.
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Was hoping somebody would post pics of that .... that’s got to be one of the coolest things iv seen .... to not only find a fluted point but to find the channel flake as well is unreal

 

[Charl]

Was hoping somebody would post pics of that .... that’s got to be one of the coolest things iv seen .... to not only find a fluted point but to find the channel flake as well is unreal

I don't recall the exact number, but Gramly and his crew were able to reattach a great many channel flakes.

 

[dognose]

I found this larger flaked relic in 1988, in Henry County Indiana. I think its a large flute flake that has had the edge chipped to use a tool.

My relic hunting buddy, who was with me when it was found, had talked about it many times over the years since found.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I found my box of flute spalls. 22 yrs. worth of knapping fluted points. There are probably 3 or 400 in this box. Anything in particular you want to see? Gary

 

[MAMucker]

I found my box of flute spalls. 22 yrs. worth of knapping fluted points. There are probably 3 or 400 in this box. Anything in particular you want to see? Gary

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Love to see a few good ones laid out from multiple angles. The sides and ends would be much appreciated. Also, if you don’t mind sharing/describing the method used.

Thank you!

 

[MAMucker]

I can show you this reattached partial channel flake from the Sugarloaf, Ma site, excavated by Mike Gramly. They found a fluted Point workshop at Sugarloaf, with scores of channel flakes and broken points. The fluted style at Sugarloaf are Bull Brook points.
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That displays beautifully! Really love that match.

 

[joshuaream]

Gary,

How often was the flute flake left intact in your experience?

We are up to 70 bases from my fluted point site (a quarry) and no intact flute scars. They seemed to flute early & often on my site, so the fragments are really thin.

Joshua

 

[ToddsPoint]

Love to see a few good ones laid out from multiple angles. The sides and ends would be much appreciated. Also, if you don’t mind sharing/describing the method used.

Thank you!

I'll get some pics for you this week. Gary

 

[ToddsPoint]

Gary,

How often was the flute flake left intact in your experience?

We are up to 70 bases from my fluted point site (a quarry) and no intact flute scars. They seemed to flute early & often on my site, so the fragments are really thin.

Joshua

I lever fluted all of mine so there are plenty of intact flutes. I'll post some later this week. Gary