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Did a little knapping
- Thread starter razorsharptokill
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What does that black head weight and what is the material? It doesnt look quite like obsidian to me.
One is black obsidian and the other black one is dacite( close obsidian relative). I haven't weighed them yet but I'd guess that they are around 125 gr. The large grey one is too big for an arrow but would be a good atlatl point.
I plan on putting some stone through a deer this fall. I just ordered a dozen 5/16" hickory shafts from Mike Yancey at Pine Hollow Longbows. Great guy!
I plan on putting some stone through a deer this fall. I just ordered a dozen 5/16" hickory shafts from Mike Yancey at Pine Hollow Longbows. Great guy!
Those look really cool...
*have to admit, somehow I (mis)read the title of this thread as "Did a little kidnapping" and wondered WTH is this about!
*have to admit, somehow I (mis)read the title of this thread as "Did a little kidnapping" and wondered WTH is this about!
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I agree Mike is a fine fellow. I played with some 11/32 hickories years ago planning to make some serious hog arrows. Didnt exactly have a target weight but missed badly anyway lol. Finished arrows with 125 snuffers were 915 grains. Had a heck of a time getting them straight'ish. Ended up putting some zwickey's on them and used them for snow goose arrows for a few hunts. They lobbed in really well when accuracy wasnt the goal.
Great looking points, Hope to see a report post hunt this fall.
Awesome, man there are some talented people on this forum. How long have you been knapping? By the looks of it... A while.
Do you use antler, copper or something else for
Pressure flaking that nice serration?
Pressure flaking that nice serration?
Wow. Really nice. Robert Carter on youtube shoots stone points as well. Good luck!
Ryan Gill on Hunt Primitive has some very interesting videos on using stone points, I think his points are very small like 40-50 grains most of the time. I think his explanation is that there is so much more resistance to stone than steel that he needs a very small sharp head to get penetration.
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Horseshoe nails work really well for nottching and making micro serrations. Very narrow and pointy. Just soft enough to grab and flake. I use copper for most of my percussion and pressure work.
120 grains. I plan on hafting this one to a hickory shaft and fine tune the serrations for this fall
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Something I've always wanted to do, but never tried.
Nice work.
Nice work.
DUDE ! That is awesome. I hope you are able to harvest some deer this fall with it. I'd love to do that kind of stuff, maybe one day when i dont have 4 kids that need to go to sports all over the state.
I've seen a guy somewhere on Insta that brings a bucket with his stuff and knaps while he watches.
I'm not that organized...lol.
Hickory shaft that will hopefully pushing a stone point through a deer this fall. With 125 gr. point they weight right at 680 gr.