theonlinefisherman
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- Aug 10, 2012
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- I am a digger of stone, bone, coral, and shell.
Hey all. Today was a day of gathering and organizing my collection. I like myself today. And so, too, does my wife. As the collection grows my small piece of (big) house my wife allows me to use as museum shrinks
I am writing a story. I need your help to make it better.
Tell me how you know a point is a kill. I have had pieces killed that were authentic. I am also a pretty good knapper, and am working my way through the Overton book. I love to work with original and point-accurate materials. But I know my work. I have friends that know points that I could fool. So could any decent knapper. And if you see the work of guys like paleomanjim on YouTube, they do freaken Daltons and can push flutes all the way to the point of raw flint.
So here is the help I need. How do you know a point is real? I hate to say my gut is as important, and so, too is any of the COA masters we all know. Those guys have their stuff papered by each other.
What are the three things you look for that tells you something is fake? Or real? Patina is obvious. Copper marks are obvious (Daltons cannot be made with antler). What else? What do you us to look? A loupe? A microscope? Digital macro cameras?
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I am writing a story. I need your help to make it better.
Tell me how you know a point is a kill. I have had pieces killed that were authentic. I am also a pretty good knapper, and am working my way through the Overton book. I love to work with original and point-accurate materials. But I know my work. I have friends that know points that I could fool. So could any decent knapper. And if you see the work of guys like paleomanjim on YouTube, they do freaken Daltons and can push flutes all the way to the point of raw flint.
So here is the help I need. How do you know a point is real? I hate to say my gut is as important, and so, too is any of the COA masters we all know. Those guys have their stuff papered by each other.
What are the three things you look for that tells you something is fake? Or real? Patina is obvious. Copper marks are obvious (Daltons cannot be made with antler). What else? What do you us to look? A loupe? A microscope? Digital macro cameras?
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