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LukeWebb Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 801 New Brunswick Canada Gender:	This weeks points Aug 4^th, 2011 at 12:13am Here are the points I made during the week, I didn't have much time to work so I didn't make many, And here are the points I made up today, I have made all but the two big ones and 2 of the little ones in both pics into necklaces to sell at a market I go to, and that's actually today, it's 1:00am thursday here....gotta hit the sack!
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Bill Skinner Forum Moderation Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: This weeks points Reply #1 - Aug 4^th, 2011 at 10:36am Ever think about selling your points unmounted for hunters? Bill
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fattybones Descens Offline That's not hail! Posts: 144 Halifax NS Gender:	Re: This weeks points Reply #2 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 5:58am You made some very good points in this post. I like that gray-and black rock you used in the first pic.
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Reply #3 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 10:40am

I have thought about it, but I am not making a lot of large ones due to the materials that I have on hand and most of them would be bird point size as far as the stone points go. The glass ones I could make for hunting but stone is better for hunting as glass ones will break on contact with bone, (so will obsidian points,) and that isn't good if you missed a lethal area.

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Masiakasaurus Forum Moderation Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 6069 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: This weeks points Reply #4 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 11:14am "Bird" point were actually used to hunt deer. http://archaeology.about.com/cs/lithics/a/thepoint.htm There may still be a market for using your small points to hunt with.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: This weeks points Reply #5 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 1:22pm I suspect that as a curiosity necklace luke will get a lot more money that ahunter would be willing to pay for a single arrow point. Those are works of art you thought about making the smaller ones into earrings ? Now they would probably sell very well.
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kuggur slingdog Ex Member	Re: This weeks points Reply #6 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 1:41pm Man, you are getting good at this. I really admire your skills. How long have you been knapping?
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Reply #7 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 5:08pm

Curious Aardvark wrote on Aug 5^th, 2011 at 1:22pm:

I suspect that as a curiosity necklace luke will get a lot more money that ahunter would be willing to pay for a single arrow point.

Those are works of art

you thought about making the smaller ones into earrings ?
Now they would probably sell very well.

I agree entirely. I know a lot of people who would buy glass or stone arrowhead earrings in a heart beat. I'd even consider piercing an ear and wearing one, and I normally dress very conservatively*.

*To the point where almost every article of clothing I have is monochrome, and not one of these articles has either words or a picture on it.

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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: This weeks points Reply #8 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 5:09pm Be cautious hunting with those points .... some states require a wide broadhead in order to cut a bleedout channel. In Texas it is 7/8" with at least two cutting edges. YMMV depending on your state. In Nebraska a sharpened hunting head with a blade of at least 7/16-inch cutting radius from the center of the arrow shaft
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13909 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: This weeks points Reply #9 - Aug 8^th, 2011 at 5:06pm Not that your points were by any means bad before, but I can see a big improvement. Your skills are becoming quite honed. These latest points are very professional looking. Nice work.
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paracordslinger Senior Member Offline Paid by the hour, Older by the minute Posts: 445 kansas Gender:	Re: This weeks points Reply #10 - Aug 11^th, 2011 at 2:54pm i think the teardrop points would look better notched, just my opinion, but they are wery beautiful.
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leadrocks Senior Member Offline stay simple. serve god. live free. Posts: 337 custer city, oklahoma Gender:	Re: This weeks points Reply #11 - Aug 11^th, 2011 at 8:57pm obsidian and glass are great for hunting even if they do break you just get another sharp edge and they keep penetrating.
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Reply #12 - Aug 11^th, 2011 at 10:23pm

Thanks for all the comments. All the ones I didn't keep from that lot are all now sold, basically all the ones along the top 2 rows. I think around here it is 7/8 in. wide and 1 1/2 in. long but I will have to check that. You can hunt small game with something smaller though. I can certainly make points large enough for deer hunting though.
I will be making more up this week and posting pics.

I've thought about making up some earrings but I haven't gotten a good design figured out yet.

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