first off thank you for getting me over the 1000 view marker..  i know it doesnt sound like much but its a milestone in my books..

over the past few weeks i decided to try my hand at making some larger points out of the preforms that i have been so religiously making. here’s what i came up with:

a dovetail (possibly the best point i have ever made) a folsom-clovis cross, and my first attempt at a winachee clovis!

 

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hover the mouse over the first photo of a point for a more detailed description.

enjoy…

 

the dovetail:

midnight lace dovetail

midnight lace dovetail, photograph edited to show flake scars

backlit obsidian spear point

backlit beauty

side view to show thinness of the dovetail

obsidian dovetail sketch showing detailed flaking

 

the folsom/clovis:

a folsom-clovis cross

 

intermediate clovis: backlit

clovis-folsom sketch to show detailed flaking

 

and finally the winachee clovis:

my first winachee clovis, made out of "pumkin" or mahogany obsidian.

have a good one, and thanks for looking!

the teenage caveman.