mjflinty
spending too much on rocks
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Post by mjflinty on Dec 23, 2011 8:41:54 GMT -5
Hi All, Ted (tandl) sent me a box of rocks he collected locally in Illinois to see if I could chip out some arrowheads for him. Much to my surprise he sent some Attica chert (aka Indiana Green) and some of it was good enough to knap. Here's a picture of the points I've made so far.  Happy Holidays, Michael |
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Post by tandl on Dec 23, 2011 8:58:08 GMT -5
Very well done ! They look authentic  Yeah , when the glaciers came , they left some of what is now the attica quarry here, is my best guess . |
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cabjunky
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Post by cabjunky on Dec 23, 2011 10:29:58 GMT -5
Nicely done on the arrow heads.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Dec 23, 2011 12:09:08 GMT -5
Nice arrowheads!
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Dec 23, 2011 21:53:11 GMT -5
Those are awesome! What are the measurements?
Nate
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Post by BuiltonRock on Dec 24, 2011 7:55:38 GMT -5
Very nice work!!
John
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mjflinty
spending too much on rocks
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Post by mjflinty on Dec 24, 2011 8:14:20 GMT -5
The center point is 1 1/2 inches long.
Thanks for all the good words everyone.
Michael
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Post by mohs on Dec 24, 2011 9:48:57 GMT -5
those are sharp, Man!
ed
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Post by beefjello on Dec 24, 2011 13:35:24 GMT -5
You have some great knapping skills Michael! Are they modeled after different known styles? Really came out nice!
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mjflinty
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Post by mjflinty on Dec 24, 2011 15:39:14 GMT -5
Yup, they are all replicas of types that were made in prehistory.
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dtcmor
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Post by dtcmor on Dec 27, 2011 1:34:38 GMT -5
Very nice points Michael! That chert makes them look so authentic. I have some chert material like that first point here in Ohio that I get from a local riverbed that gets ripped up during high water flooding -too many seasonal fractures and fossils to make many points from though. A knapping friend of mine refers to it as 10mile chert and sometimes knife-river flint - looks very similar to yours.
Great work!
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Post by tntmom on Dec 27, 2011 2:11:35 GMT -5
AWESOME! Very nice!!!
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Dec 27, 2011 16:54:12 GMT -5
Those are some great looking arrowheads!
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Post by frane on Dec 31, 2011 9:35:26 GMT -5
Great job!
Fran
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Yeah , when the glaciers came , they left some of what is now the attica quarry here, is my best guess . 
