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[quito]

I know most here have seen this, but I just had to show off this nicely patinated Knife River Flint Dovetail Piece on a black background.

It is one of my best pieces.

 

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[larson1951]

very nice quito!

gets a hint of a real light blueish hue sometimes

 

[GaRebel1861]

That's a sweet heart of a point.

 

[painterx7]

Yes very nice

 

[redbeardrelics]

Thanks for re-posting, the original post must have been before my time on Tnet. I love the patina on that point, and the extremely deep and narrow notching. It amazes me how they got the notches so deep while also keeping them narrow. Are the notches also ground or smoothed to their full depth to keep the binding or lashing from being cut? (By the way, what is the correct terminology for the sinews/strings that points were hafted with?) How does everyone suppose smoothing/grinding was accomplished in deep notches such as these, I can't imagine it was done with a coarse abraiding stone?
Awesome dovetail, was it a personal find? HH

 

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Beautiful piece, thanks for sharing again

 

[Americus]

That is an amazing artifact. Is it a personal find?

 

[joshuaream]

That has to be one of my favorite KRF artifacts, awesome piece.

 

[quito]

That is an amazing artifact. Is it a personal find?

Yes, it is an amazing piece, specially because of the far west location it was found. I found it in a small frame of 9 points at a nearby farm sale/auction. I got to talk to the farmer who found it, and the neighbor who had been drooling over,(and wanting) it for a couple decades. Good thing his wife gave him a strict (and low) dollar limit on what he could bid on it.

 

[old digger]

That sure is an exquisite point!

 

[Sheperdess]

That is beautiful. Can we see the back side?

 

[quito]

That is beautiful. Can we see the back side?

Sure Thing! Good to see you are still checking in!

This side doesn't show as well on the black background.