All About Pocket Knives

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:34 am

BFORSE wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:38 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:10 pm

Thanks, it came out of a spall 3 times it’s size
I’m still learning.

Well, my buddy always says "You can always remove maerial... but sometimes not so easy to add material... ...

At any rate I think you are doing a hell of a job!

Thanks!

You are a knaper! Great work.

A guy had these for sale at a local flea market... But I was not quite sure how true his story was as to their origin

To me they look like they come from Old Mexico way...

The guy who rehandles my knives is a flint knapper as well as forging his own steel for knives. he shoed me some flint that he heat treats. never knew about that. It really colors up the flint. pretty amazing what they do with a rock. he holds classes and belongs to some kinda association and travels to shows alot. He was forging up some old saw chains for knife work. His style doesnt interest me but I guess he sells a bunch. Right now he is building a power hammer out of a wood splitter. We live along french creek in NW PA and there are tons of arrow points and tools to be found in the fields and knolls along the river. When the fields are plowed the flint hunters are out. I guess its getting harder to find them now.

It was a surprise to me when I first heard of the Indians cooking flint before working it. But evidently a common process.

robpa wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 2:45 pm The guy who rehandles my knives is a flint knapper as well as forging his own steel for knives. he shoed me some flint that he heat treats. never knew about that. It really colors up the flint.

flint that is heat treated I never heard of that Thanks for the post, I am going to do some research about that. That what is great about AAPK is that there is such a wide wide range of knowledge throughout the forum

I recently got this arrow head from Kolvir as part of his 2023 POS "gift" to me. I dont know much about arrowheads, most you see are gray or black and this one is light colored. Different materials have different colors?

Cool Arrow Heads gentlemen! I enjoy seeing them.

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:38 pm I recently got this arrow head from Kolvir as part of his 2023 POS "gift" to me. I dont know much about arrowheads, most you see are gray or black and this one is light colored. Different materials have different colors?

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That’s awesome!!! If you are curious and have time I think you may be able to identify that type of point; there is a pretty good website that helps identify points it’s “projectilepoints.net”

Awesome looking point!!

Here is one that I finished yesterday, it’s 4-3/8” long. Definitely the biggest one I’ve knapped so far.
I plan on hafting this blade to a handle when I get the chance.

Great knapping .

doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:55 pm Great knapping .

Thank you. I hope to get better with practice.

I napped yesterday too, but when I woke up I had nothing to show for it. That looks great.

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 2:30 pm I napped yesterday too, but when I woke up I had nothing to show for it. That looks great.

thank you

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 2:30 pm I napped yesterday too, but when I woke up I had nothing to show for it. That looks great.

Thanks a lot OLDE CUTLER. You beat me to that gag... I was going to use it.... but I didn't wake in time to post it first... I guess my napping went on a bit too long for my own good...

BFORSE wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:43 pm Here is one that I finished yesterday, it’s 4-3/8” long. Definitely the biggest one I’ve knapped so far.
I plan on hafting this blade to a handle when I get the chance.

All I can say is "WOW"!

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:38 pm

BFORSE wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:43 pm Here is one that I finished yesterday, it’s 4-3/8” long. Definitely the biggest one I’ve knapped so far.
I plan on hafting this blade to a handle when I get the chance.

All I can say is "WOW"!

Thanks

I found a small unimpressive cobble in my pile of rocks and decided to break it open to see what the material looked like inside.

It broke fairly easy, (which is a blessing to any knapper) but it wasn’t until I held it up to the sky that I truly appreciated what I had.

1-11/16” long and currently fixed to a necklace.

BFORSE wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:05 pm I found a small unimpressive cobble in my pile of rocks and decided to break it open to see what the material looked like inside.

It broke fairly easy, (which is a blessing to any knapper) but it wasn’t until I held it up to the sky that I truly appreciated what I had.

1-11/16” long and currently fixed to a necklace.

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Keep on posting brother, your photos and work are amazing!!!

BFORSE wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:05 pm I found a small unimpressive cobble in my pile of rocks and decided to break it open to see what the material looked like inside.

It broke fairly easy, (which is a blessing to any knapper) but it wasn’t until I held it up to the sky that I truly appreciated what I had.

1-11/16” long and currently fixed to a necklace.

EACB8CBE-C8D4-40FE-9408-19726AEDD648.jpeg
52FCB11A-89DD-46E2-9B2F-C84906089507.jpeg

That is an impressive piece

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:30 am

BFORSE wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:05 pm I found a small unimpressive cobble in my pile of rocks and decided to break it open to see what the material looked like inside.

It broke fairly easy, (which is a blessing to any knapper) but it wasn’t until I held it up to the sky that I truly appreciated what I had.

1-11/16” long and currently fixed to a necklace.

EACB8CBE-C8D4-40FE-9408-19726AEDD648.jpeg
52FCB11A-89DD-46E2-9B2F-C84906089507.jpeg

Keep on posting brother, your photos and work are amazing!!!

Thanks, I’ll try to post them when I get them completed; now if I could just find some time to work on them.

doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:19 am

BFORSE wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:05 pm I found a small unimpressive cobble in my pile of rocks and decided to break it open to see what the material looked like inside.

It broke fairly easy, (which is a blessing to any knapper) but it wasn’t until I held it up to the sky that I truly appreciated what I had.

1-11/16” long and currently fixed to a necklace.

EACB8CBE-C8D4-40FE-9408-19726AEDD648.jpeg
52FCB11A-89DD-46E2-9B2F-C84906089507.jpeg

That is an impressive piece

Thank you

A two toned piece of stone I knapped a little while back: I knapped this one yesterday, I think it looks kinda like a shark’s tooth:

BFORSE wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:31 pm A two toned piece of stone I knapped a little while back:63687CC5-15B1-4200-8696-0CA87C55977A.jpeg

I knapped this one yesterday, I think it looks kinda like a shark’s tooth:

Those are all soooooo cool! Awesome!

TPK wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:02 pm

BFORSE wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:31 pm A two toned piece of stone I knapped a little while back:63687CC5-15B1-4200-8696-0CA87C55977A.jpeg

I knapped this one yesterday, I think it looks kinda like a shark’s tooth:

Those are all soooooo cool! Awesome!

Thanks