NIICE. Where is the dactite from? Never heard of that kind. The whole are I live in sits on top of Onondaga chert, which is supposed to be high quality for knapping.

if you ever need another sling...

is the knife capable of easily cutting wood and such? i seriously need to get a good knife for some crafts that require a good one (i ca't find my best knife, and a cleaver blade is a little unwieldy for me)

Paleoarts, my Dad does knapping, and I've tried to get him to make me a couple of atlatl points, but we're unsure how long they should be. How long are yours?

K'Jev

wow, kid, you hit it right on the head! it is about weight. or mass, actually. atlatl points can be as varried in shape and style as atlatls themselves. from tiny arrowhead size to fairly large clovis points. the thing to remember is that you don't want to tip the balance point of the dart much further than one third towards the tip. you can go as small as you want, but i wouldn't haft a point that exceeds that rule. this can also depend on the size and length of your dart as well. obviously, the longer and heavier the dart, the bigger the point you can use. mine are generally between 2" and 3" in length and about half that in width. i lean towards leaf shaped points with the occasional dalton and/or folsom. the smallest point in my pic will probably end up on a dart with the other two larger ones as spear points. oh, by the way, the sizes are 5" for the big one, 4" for the middle (also the thinnest), and 3" for the smallest.

Paleoarts wrote on Aug 18^th, 2009 at 2:28am:



dang, that's pretty

some more detail on the novaculite...