Knapping, all around general discussions.

[bassmatt72]

Going out to knapp, general plans....maybe a corner tang knife?


maybe some bird points out of these?


work these down into some finished rough bifaces?

Work this "turtle" down into a better biface?

[bassmatt72]

Well.....No bird points today! I worked and got some bifaces done with lots of good workable flakes.

Here is one at the beginning and what it finished up as.

[bassmatt72]

I started on a really good piece but was messing it up so I switched to a different piece of lower quality, raw uncooked, tough central Texas chert. Not the best work but this raw chert is tough!!!

[Jon Stewart]

been gathering dead/weather cholla for knife handles. Got 70 handle stock so far. Got to get them while I can as cholla doesn't grow in Michigan, lol

[bassmatt72]

been gathering dead/weather cholla for knife handles. Got 70 handle stock so far. Got to get them while I can as cholla doesn't grow in Michigan, lol

Cool! That's the same material as in your avatar?

[Jason Fry]

They graded the road in front of my house again. Went for a stroll and picked up some more rocks Too bad it got dark before I could bust any of them up.

[Jon Stewart]

It is the same material bassmatt. Need some? Jason Fry, you have access to alibates in your neck of the woods?

[Jason Fry]

It is the same material bassmatt. Need some? Jason Fry, you have access to alibates in your neck of the woods?

No alibates nearby. It's usually further north up in the panhandle.

[bassmatt72]

It is the same material bassmatt. Need some? Jason Fry, you have access to alibates in your neck of the woods?

I might trade some central Texas chert for a couple of pieces! Don't make too much of an extra effort but throw a few in the bucket for me just incase we can get together!

[bassmatt72]

They graded the road in front of my house again. Went for a stroll and picked up some more rocks Too bad it got dark before I could bust any of them up.

Is that your only source of rocks? Send me a PM with your address and I'll send you some of what I have!

[Jason Fry]

Is that your only source of rocks? Send me a PM with your address and I'll send you some of what I have!

Yes and no. I had a buddy bring me a bunch from the Concho river as well. About 1/3 of the stuff from the road knapps well, and about 1/2 of the Concho stuff. I also bought some Keokuk, dacite, heat treated Texas, and obsidian from Neolithics at Christmas. I've got plenty of rocks to play with, and I can be a bit discriminating on only using the ones that work well.

[Jon Stewart]

Hope we can get together next month. I will give you some cholla if we do. The knife in my avatar is sitting on a metate that I found here in New Mexico years ago and the antler drop is a matched set 6 point that I found next to the RV Park we stay at in Texas. The owner gave me permission to walk around the vacant land next to the park and pick up anything I wanted and I found 18 antler drops in two days.

[bassmatt72]

Hope we can get together next month. I will give you some cholla if we do. The knife in my avatar is sitting on a metate that I found here in New Mexico years ago and the antler drop is a matched set 6 point that I found next to the RV Park we stay at in Texas. The owner gave me permission to walk around the vacant land next to the park and pick up anything I wanted and I found 18 antler drops in two days.

Cool!

[muzzlebrake]

I have been known to make a little gravel from time to time. Arthur-itus don't like it when I do this anymore.

[bassmatt72]

Nice work Muzzlebrake!