Auger with hole

Below is a dacite Auger needle with a hole through it for the threading of sewing material. In the past Bill has put bigger holes through knife blades(which I need to get pictures of on here) but he has never tried it on an Auger needle. These needles are very delicate and getting a hole through without breaking is not easy.

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Dan Nicholas Jubilee

Here are a few pictures of our table at the Dan Nicholas fall jubilee.

Clovis

This clovis is made of english flint. It is 8 inches long 2 1/2 inches wide and I estimate it ranges from 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick.(did not measure it with fowler gauge). It is fluted on both sides, one is 3 inches and the other is 2 inches. The top picture shows the flute spalls. It was fluted by free hand percussion using the atlatl method.

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Tried to get a picture where flute is easier to see with this one.

Mammoth Clovis #2

Below is another Mammoth Clovis Bill recently made. This Clovis is 10 3/4 inches long, 4 inches wide and fluted on both sides. Both flutes are 3 1/2 inches long and one is 3 inches wide and the other 2 3/4 inches wide. The blade is .76 inches thick and at the end of the flute it is .425 inches thick and .29 inches thick at the beginning of the flute. So the W/T ratio's are 5.3/1 normal, 9.4/1 at end of flute and 13.8/1 at the beginning of the flute.

To better view this blade you can watch a video of it at our YouTube channel at the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OGNw7CWNHs

Mammoth Clovis fluted on side 2

Here is the other side of the mammoth clovis which was fluted today. Bill wasn't satisfied with the flute because it only ran about 2 inches. We have a video of the fluting on our YouTube channel.

 

Here is a picture of the platform.

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Mammoth Clovis with flute platform

Below is a 11 inch long 4 inch wide Clovis with a 3 1/2 inch flute. The other picture shows the platform for the flute. This flute was done by percussion.We are considering fluting the other side, what do yall think, should we go for it?

Type 1C Danish Dagger

Back in 2009 I posted about Greg Nunn's Edge to Edge flaking. After viewing Greg's video Bill also made some edge to edge pieces at that time.Since then Bill made a Type 1C Danish dagger with edge to edge flaking, below is a picture. This blade is around 7 inches long.

You can also see a video of this blade at   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFyUlvqDcD4

Possible Evidence the Sweetwater blade was ground

In our original article about our theory on how the SWB was made we mentioned that it was possibly ground prior to the flaking. We believe we have found some flat spots or "islands" on the cast as further evidence that the blade was ground prior to it being flaked.

Below are some pictures of the SWB cast. If you look closely at the cast with a magnifying glass you can see some flat places or "islands" on both faces of the blade. These islands are where the flakes did not run entirely across the face of the blade which left these flat spot islands. We have circled these spots on the cast so anyone who has a cast can find them easily as well.

On the top side of the divot(top side in reference to the picture here) you can also see small scars that appear to show where an island was pried out to form the divot.

Is it possible that the blade laying in the ground for 500 years rubbed these flat spots? That is possible, but if so, why didn't the entire blade rub flat?

This is the same method(ground then flaked) we used to make our SWB replica which has an average thickness of .22 inches compared to the cast  which has an average of .17 inches. Below is a side view picture of our replica next to the cast.

For reference, we will call the side WITHOUT the divot as Side 1, which is the top picture. On side 1 we have circled 3 spots where the flat spot islands are located.

Below is Side 2 which is the side the divot is on, the divot is actually circled and is the middle circle or the second from the left. So Side 2 has two flat spot islands on it which are also circled.

 Below is the picture I mentioned above comparing the SWB replica to the SWB cast.

Interview with Daniel Pierce

Please visit  http://www.modern-flintknappers.com/featured-knappers     to see our recent interview with flintknapper Daniel Pierce.

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Boy Scouts Demo

We had a very good time yesterday doing a demo for the local Boy Scouts. There are couple videos of it at the video page at www.modern-flintknapper.com or you can also see them at our YouTube channel BillEarnhardtknapin. They are basic videos for beginners but Part 1 does show percussion fluting and Part 2 covers some dorsal ridge abrading.

New Website

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Bell-Locksburg Blade

I just became aware of this blade. It looks similar to the Sweetwater. You can learn more about it at  http://www.arrowheads.com/flint-projectiles-and-knives/413-the-bell-locksburg-blade

Walnut Creek Pictures

I mentioned the Walnut Creek Biface in my "Got Convex" article but just realized I don't have any pictures of it on here. You can read more about it at      http://www.stoneage1.com/knap/walnut.html
and  http://www.dirtbrothers.org/ashley/ashleyarticle.html

Here are a few pictures of it.