What I do when I want to escape this crazy world

pronghorn · Sep 17, 2009

Just a small sample of what keeps me sane. Sorry the pictures aren't that good. I love to grab an antler or rock and start banging or chipping on another rock, or glass, it calms me. And nothing makes your worst problems disappear like a sharp piece of flint or glass embedded in your hand. Sorry, no pictures of blood spurting from a fresh wound.

Tnmountains · Sep 20, 2009

Nice stuff well done. I tried it once. Studied it and started trying it.In no time I had flint flying. I was barefoot and stepped on a flake and drove it into my left foot. I thought I pulled it out :help:

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Xrays showed nothing, foot doctor scheduled surgery,,,, enscapulated now way up in between all the tendons. Been a year some days it hurts more than others. I wonder if the ancients had the same woes. Maybe someday I shall try again until then I enjoy seeing your work. :thumbsup:

TnMtns

Th3rty7 · Sep 20, 2009

pronghorn said:
Just a small sample of what keeps me sane. Sorry the pictures aren't that good. I love to grab an antler or rock and start banging or chipping on another rock, or glass, it calms me. And nothing makes your worst problems disappear like a sharp piece of flint or glass embedded in your hand. Sorry, no pictures of blood spurting from a fresh wound.

Nice work pronghorn. I know what you mean, there's something about knapping that just eases my mind. The sounds of the flakes coming off a spall, the instant results, very satisfying hobby. It's also piece of mind knowing that if tshtf you can make your own survival tools like the ancients once did.

chong2 · Oct 22, 2009

TN, are your serious?

Tnmountains · Oct 22, 2009

chong2 said:
TN, are your serious?

Yep very serious. After hiking a couple of miles or a couple of bouts of Sabre I walk with my toes curled to keep the pressure off it. Miserable crazy. :dontknow:

chong2 · Oct 23, 2009

omg, thats horrible, well not to be rude at all, but u know what alot of people think about modern reproductions, bad juju
wow, im sorry

coinshooter · Mar 23, 2010

Your absolutely right the pictures aren't that good. Especially that avatar!

pronghorn · Sep 8, 2010

coinshooter said:
Your absolutely right the pictures aren't that good. Especially that avatar!

I ignored your insult for so long I can't remember what
my avatar picture was, must have been obama in a
turbin, actual picture, not doctored. Offended a lot
of people, how's that hope and change workin for ya?
what a great country where you can say what you
want eh?

Rockiologist · Sep 9, 2010

Tn thats crazy. They could not get it all out in surgery?

Mr.T · Sep 29, 2010

Savage!!! Love the green one.

Rory

Get-the-point · Oct 13, 2010

TnMountains said:
chong2 said:

TN, are your serious?

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Yep very serious. After hiking a couple of miles or a couple of bouts of Sabre I walk with my toes curled to keep the pressure off it. Miserable crazy.

Wow that stinks TN!!! I would be going crazy to get it out. They could not remove it? I would have told them to freakin remove it just don't hit the tendon...................lol...........Man I know that would make me crazy!!! So is there any damage or chance of damage?.................GTP

Tnmountains · Oct 14, 2010

Pronghorn are you still Knapping? Anything recent? I do not want to hi-jack your post but flint still in the foot. Surgeon I had was a quack. Wanted duck hunting rights to a creek I have and wanted to do an xray for the flint and he seemed like a kid. Hopefully after hunting season I will take time and have a cat scan and schedule surgery.No way you will see flint slivers in an x-ray in your foot,lol idiot : )
Keep knapping pronghorn.
Later

pronghorn · Jan 14, 2011

TnMountains said:
Pronghorn are you still Knapping? Anything recent? I do not want to hi-jack your post but flint still in the foot. Surgeon I had was a quack. Wanted duck hunting rights to a creek I have and wanted to do an xray for the flint and he seemed like a kid. Hopefully after hunting season I will take time and have a cat scan and schedule surgery.No way you will see flint slivers in an x-ray in your foot,lol idiot :
Keep knapping pronghorn.
Later

Hello TnMountains
How are you doing? Ever get that flint sliver taken care of?
Did you have surgery?

Haven't done hardly any knapping since I first started this
thread, had to take a real job along with my part time job so
free time is precious and I love to hunt and fish. Plus we
rescued another dog.

MrT
Care to guess what the green one is made from?

It's from the base of a Jagermeister bottle.

Don't worry about hijacking, let the thread go wherever it goes,
doesn't bother me.