Measuring Artifact Piece

At this years Flint Ridge knapin I had the pleasure and honor of measuring an actual artifact piece owned by Tony Podkanowicz. The piece is called a Winged Dickson and it was found in 1958 in McLean Co., IL along the Mackinaw River. The point is very thin at .27 inches thick at the thickest point going down to .16 inches thick near the point. It is 3.2 inches wide, which gives it a W/T ratio of 11.85/1! I would like to thank Mr. Podkanowicz for allowing me to measure this fine artifact piece. Below is a picture of the piece.

New Gallery

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Modern Flintknapping Grading System

I just realized for some reason I have never posted any information about the Modern Flintknapping Grading System here on the blog. The grading system was one of the first things we developed back when first starting the Modern Flintknapping website. Instead of putting it all here, I will link a page containing information on the grading system here.

http://modern-flintknapping-gallery.jigsy.com/grading-and-scoring

Boy Scout Demo and Video/Newspaper Article

We recently did a flintknapping demo for a local Boy Scouts troop. The local newspaper was on hand and also made a video besides the couple we made.

You can find our videos on our YouTube channel at    https://www.youtube.com/user/BillEarnhardtKnappin

You can view the newspaper's video and read the article at  http://www.salisburypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130303%2FSP01%2F130309932

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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.