All About Pocket Knives

I forgot to add this one here:

I admire your skills. Great work.

doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 12:27 am I admire your skills. Great work.

Thank you; really anyone can do it if they have some tools and some suitable rock. Like with anything else it boils down to practice.

If there's suitable rock hereabouts, I'm gonna get some and practice. Those knapped arrowheads are way too cool!

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 3:35 am If there's suitable rock hereabouts, I'm gonna get some and practice. Those knapped arrowheads are way too cool!

Thanks, I’ve only been knapping for about 7 months. So if you need any help or suggestions, I can give you about 7 months worth of novice experiential opinion

Here is a 4” Kerrville knife I knapped a few months ago:

BFORSE wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:29 pm I forgot to add this one here:
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Wow! that looks great!

BFORSE wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 6:16 pm Here is a 4” Kerrville knife I knapped a few months ago:

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Keep 'em coming

I chipped this blade out earlier in the week

3-3/4” long
1-3/8” @ the widest
1/4” @ the thickest

That is amazing old school weaponry. Thanks for showing it.

BFORSE wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:14 pm I chipped this blade out earlier in the week

3-3/4” long
1-3/8” @ the widest
1/4” @ the thickest

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Once again, beautiful work! The only thing I was ever able to chip or flake off was a front tooth and a couple of pillow tops full of dandruff... ...

I don’t have rocks where I live, so every time we go on vacation I try to find some that are knappable. We went to Oklahoma a while back and while we were there I found quartz. It can be difficult material to knap but I was able to squeeze out a point from a good sized flake.

Dovetail point (quartz)

1-1/4” Long
3/4” Wide
Little over 1/8th inch thick

Wow! Excellent.

doglegg wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:26 pm Wow! Excellent.

Thanks!

My first Clovis knife

Clovis blade: 3-3/4” L; 3/8” @ the thickest

Handle: Ash wood (worm jigged by an ash boring beetle)

Hafting: clear superglue w/ waxed cordage

Wow, that turned out great, and I bet it is SHARP!

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:10 pm Wow, that turned out great, and I bet it is SHARP!

Thanks! I’ll have to test it on some chicken breast.

BFORSE wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 9:43 pm My first Clovis knife

Clovis blade: 3-3/4” L; 3/8” @ the thickest

Handle: Ash wood (worm jigged by an ash boring beetle)

Hafting: clear superglue w/ waxed cordage

Very nice!!!

Yes Sir. You did a great job.

Thanks guys! I must have broke 5 potential Clovis points before this one. Free-handing flutes is a dangerous operation.

BFORSE wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:44 pm I don’t have rocks where I live, so every time we go on vacation I try to find some that are knappable. We went to Oklahoma a while back and while we were there I found quartz. It can be difficult material to knap but I was able to squeeze out a point from a good sized flake.

Dovetail point (quartz)

1-1/4” Long
3/4” Wide
Little over 1/8th inch thick

Dang!!! That's beautiful!!!
As are the others.

A friend at work has found arrowheads his whole life and knew that I have never found one. So he gave me this really nice example. It’s the only real one that I have, besides the 1/4 piece of a Clovis I found at the beach.

It’s blue in color and when held to the light it is translucent yellow.

The point has a twist to it because it was sharpened.

My first Friley

1-1/6” long
1” wide
3/16” @ the thickest

Wow, two nice ones!

Excellent skill.