Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole!

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Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 7, 2024 12:31:16 GMT -5 RWA3006, RickB, and 14 more like this

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Post by rockbrain on Jan 7, 2024 12:31:16 GMT -5

After looking at jamesp glass block post for the umpteenth time I went to Facebook and joined the site he mentioned, The Art of Flint Knapping. I still have to wait for approval but when I went back to my feed I had a link from a site showing these points that I'm just completely enamored with.

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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 35,032	Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 7, 2024 12:36:20 GMT -5 RickB, jamesp, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Jan 7, 2024 12:36:20 GMT -5 RickB has some kick ass work, too.

Pat misunderstood rock expert Member since February 2012 Posts: 11,840	Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 7, 2024 13:03:29 GMT -5 via mobile RickB, hummingbirdstones, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pat on Jan 7, 2024 13:03:29 GMT -5 Enjoy the trip down the rabbit hole! Those points would make lovely cabs!
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parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,619	Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 7, 2024 13:28:39 GMT -5 RickB, opalpyrexia, and 5 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Jan 7, 2024 13:28:39 GMT -5 Bookmatched points, that’s a new one. Wouldn’t’ve wasted them on a wooly mammoth.
	Last Edit: Jan 7, 2024 17:47:29 GMT -5 by parfive Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 7, 2024 15:02:00 GMT -5 RickB, jamesp, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on Jan 7, 2024 15:02:00 GMT -5 That is a slippery slope of some seriously talented folks.
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Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 7, 2024 15:48:05 GMT -5 RWA3006, rockjunquie, and 4 more like this

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Post by RickB on Jan 7, 2024 15:48:05 GMT -5

Colorful Indian bullets. I know some guys that make their living selling beautiful knapped points. Go for it rockbrain , go to the dark side and take the plunge. You will enjoy it.

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rockhoundingwithkids starting to spend too much on rocks Member since April 2020 Posts: 125	Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 7, 2024 16:12:45 GMT -5 rockbrain likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockhoundingwithkids on Jan 7, 2024 16:12:45 GMT -5 Ha! I saw that post... that was amazing work on those.

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Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 7, 2024 23:13:47 GMT -5 jasoninsd and rockbrain like this

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 7, 2024 23:13:47 GMT -5

May as well, rockbrain. What's the difference if it's 1 rabbit hole or 10?

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Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 8, 2024 8:52:46 GMT -5 RickB, rockjunquie, and 3 more like this

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Post by jamesp on Jan 8, 2024 8:52:46 GMT -5

You should delve into making points rockbrain.

Best to search "heat treating flint"(or agate, chert, jasper) to increase 'knap-ability'.

If cooking rock in soil it is best to do it on low wind days so the fire burns at consistent heat and to avoid temp spikes.

Or talk to master knapper RickB. His points are to cry for.

Cooking Native American(tenets of Shem) style

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jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,618	Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 8, 2024 12:31:30 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Jan 8, 2024 12:31:30 GMT -5 Jan 7, 2024 15:02:00 GMT -5 MsAli said: That is a slippery slope of some seriously talented folks. Lol.

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,618	Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 8, 2024 12:38:57 GMT -5 RickB, hummingbirdstones, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Jan 8, 2024 12:38:57 GMT -5 Unique Horse Creek chert in cobble form NE AL/SW TN.
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realrockhound Cave Dweller Chucking leaverite at tweekers Member since June 2020 Posts: 4,536	Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 8, 2024 13:21:04 GMT -5 via mobile RickB, jamesp, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by realrockhound on Jan 8, 2024 13:21:04 GMT -5 Pretty cool. My grandpa made some like that. Guy was always Knapping interesting material.

jasoninsd can identify rocks - even green ones I Wish I Knew Half The Stuff I Thought I Knew 30 Years Ago! Member since July 2020 Posts: 18,436	Trying not to go down a new rabbit hole! Jan 9, 2024 22:10:24 GMT -5 RickB, hummingbirdstones, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jasoninsd on Jan 9, 2024 22:10:24 GMT -5 I seriously look forward to seeing what you come up with on this venture rockbrain!!
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