stillalive
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by stillalive on May 7, 2012 6:35:09 GMT -5
Hi everyone! I thought you might like to see some of these ancient, palaeolithic flint worked tools.    . These were collected over a period of years,during the early mornings from the Libyan parts of the Sahara desert,by a guy who shall remain anonymous. Altogether he travelled over 1500 miles,on foot,alone,-apart from the odd wolf,through different areas,collecting these pieces and then smuggling them out, They recently came to me as part of a slab saw buy,with several other rocks/pieces of fossil wood from the sahara.see new/old 8" saw,in "slabs and saws on this forum. I have no idea what to do with them?But am open to suggestions/ideas. Hope you enjoyed,and thanks for looking,John. |
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on May 7, 2012 9:14:11 GMT -5
Very cool! I guess all that material looks pretty much alike no matter which culture it comes from. Flint quarry on my hill has almost identical material all over the ground. Unless being fashioned into a projectile point of fancy knife, most the flint was worked just enough for the specific purpose for which it was intended and no further. Flakes with a sharpened edge were plenty fine for simple cutting or scraping chores so why waste any more effort....Mel
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jcinpc
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Post by jcinpc on May 15, 2012 19:38:51 GMT -5
very nice, those are al product of spall reduction, reducing the bigger rock down to a workable tool or preform.like sabre says they allmake excellent workingtools, I have cleaned a deer with nothing but flakes I made from a head of coral
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cardiobill
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Post by cardiobill on May 15, 2012 20:27:26 GMT -5
Wow jcinpc. I feel like I lost my man card after reading your post. That is primative.
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jcinpc
has rocks in the head
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Post by jcinpc on May 17, 2012 23:21:39 GMT -5
this should make go out and buy yourself a dress then,lol I cut my youngest girls umbilical cord with a antler hadled coral blade knife I made. My other 2 kids found the coralhead I spalled it and cooked it and had a friend knap theblade and I fixed it on a handle. it is framed now with her piece of cord and it still has her blood onit, the Doc was amazed....she is 5 now and thinks that was cool    |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2012 7:52:46 GMT -5
Awesome story and what a beautiful child. You added a bond with her that few others have. I am really impressed with your involvement in her birth and life. She is a lucky girl and you are a lucky father.
Jim
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stillalive
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by stillalive on Dec 18, 2012 16:07:05 GMT -5
JCINPC-Many thanks for posting the pics of your simply gorgeous girl,and adding the reality of what life would probably have really been like in days gone by-I reckon that some of the tools in use today would have been spurned by the elder races-especially as most are now mass produced in China,+there is just so much more soul and personality in good hand made tools-things that not only last a lifetime,but sometimes many lifetimes!
Thanks again,John.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 18, 2012 17:48:10 GMT -5
Awesome tools!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 18, 2012 18:11:38 GMT -5
Flint artifacts from across the sea.Wow.Too interesting.Can not tell them apart from Tennessee materials,and tools.
Beautiful child jcinpc.A cutie.Talk to me about that blade sometime.i have probably driven these forum folks crazy posting photos of my amateur coral heat treatments.I hope you will show me some stuff.Old Florida fellow from Tampa sold his shop and had like forty 55 gal drums full of heated heads.He had a rock shop in Tampa many years.Has taught me some stuff.
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