Gona give it a try

[Mojavehunter]

Well I bought a kit and thought what the heck I live in Oregon, theres tons of obsidian so I may as well try it out. I know its rough but here is my first.

 

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[robertk]

That looks pretty good to me! Nice job!

 

[ToddsPoint]

Obsidian is a good way to start. Easy chipping. I hope you have plenty of band aids. Obsidian cuts are so clean at least they heal quickly. This mahogany is the last obsidian that I worked. I made this 20 yrs ago. No more for me!

 

[Mojavehunter]

Dang! that's a great looking piece, nice work

 

[russau]

Well I bought a kit and thought what the heck I live in Oregon, theres tons of obsidian so I may as well try it out. I know its rough but here is my first.

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It appears to me you did a fine job !

 

[russau]

GARY ,someday I'll get there! Beautiful point !

 

[russau]

Well I bought a kit and thought what the heck I live in Oregon, theres tons of obsidian so I may as well try it out. I know its rough but here is my first.

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This morning I got my first piece of deer antler . It is a short piece but it's my first one and I'm going to make something from it. It was removed from the skull with a piece of the skull & only about 4 inch's length. It'll make a nice knife handle , maybe a knocker

 

[mjb Mike]

looks good to me

 

[russau]

I've been knapping point's for some time now( Not the best result's ) and I have not been given any instructions at all until now .ToddsPoint has shown us all the proper way in lots of video's and I want to achieve this ability by practicing until I get it ! I was in the process of acquiring copper rods of different diameter's to assist my knapping ability's (limited as they are) and decided to try the old school method of using what God has given us naturally ! My knocker's and knapping point tools will be deer antler's ! I have the "other tool's" ava. if and when I get a good feeling of working with Antler tips for my knapping , then I'll try the copper tool's again ! I decided to try it this way after reading a post here on "How to see if that flint point is real or NOT" ! and it all made sense to me and thought I'd give it a try ! I bought LOT'S of band aids for this! I tried to contact the Mozarkite club in Sedalia , Mo. to see if they have any Mozarkite for sale OR do they do escorted trip to dig your own. I haven't heard back from them yet ! But I'll have to try again !

 

[ToddsPoint]

So you’re going to try “all abo”. Or “aboriginal”. The first thing you will need is two hammerstones. One softball size, and one tennis ball size. You’ll need the big one to knock a spall off a nodule. A big nodule requires a big hammerstone. After you detach a suitable spall, you switch to the tennis ball sized hammerstone and use it to make a biface. Once you have a clean biface with a width to thickness ratio of 3:1 or 4:1, then you can start using your antler billet for the final thinning. A whitetail antler is not near hard enough or heavy enough for major flake removals, especially with raw MO flint. If you can acquire a moose antler billet, you could skip the tennis ball sized hammerstone. Good luck!🍀

 

[russau]

Just yesterday I picked up 2 fist sized Hammer Stones OR what I'm going to use as a Hammer Stone . these are river washed Granite rocks that are heavy and well rounded. BUT I will keep a eye out for a larger one as well ! THANKS FOR THE GREAT TIPS YOU HAVE PASSED ALONG TO US I sent you a PM a little while ago !

 

[ArfieBoy]

Looks good for a first attempt!