Summer Solstice PITH

The PITH, or point in the hat, is an arrowhead trading event hosted on Paleoplanet. Here are pictures of the points that I recieved.

Summertime points

I was able to purchase a twenty-pound half nodule from Frank Stevens at a recent demonstration. So far, I have made two points from the spalls. Here are an Adena point and a Turkeytail.

  This is a Snyder's point that I made from heat-treated harvester chert. On this piece I used a metal pressure flaker to do the notches.

Wilder Creek Pig Roast and Demonstration.

I recently got to do a demonstration at Wilder Creek Conservation Club with Frank Stevens, a Michigan Flintknapper. We had a great time and I was able to purchase a killer horstone nodule off of him. Here are some pics of the display that I had set up.

My latest points

A pink novaculite snyders point, an adena, and a raw pedernales flint williams point.

Choosing the right hammerstones for you

 Choosing the wrong stone for the wrong task causes many people to give up on hammerstone percussion. Knowing what size to use is also an important factor. For spalling, you should use one made of basalt or metamorphosized quartz. For biface work, use quartz, basalt, granite, hard limestone, etc.  I also of heard that you should only expect to remove a flake half the weight of the hammerstone.

Springtime stuff, knapping out of doors

A coarse obsidian something. I tried some diagonal pressure flaking.

A "big" novaculite turkeytail!

                                             A small snyders point made of what I think is flintridge flint.

                                       A harvester chert adena that I made at the Chelsea knap-in.

                                                                    group shot in the sand.

This spring's work

A corner notch point made from white porceline novaculite. The notches were done with an antler punch.

A side-notch made from translucent pink novaculite. The notches were done with a pressure flaker. The stone was a real treat to work.

 A gibson point from heated flint ridge chert.

Michigan Flintknapper's Chelsea knap-in

Here are some pictures Frank Stevens took at the knap-in on April 6th. As you can see, we all had a good time.

                                           Me and Clay Wykes listening in on a conversation

 Mike Cook explaining flintknapping tips

Frank Stevens' flint wares (I bought more than a bit).

Bob Love enjoying a conversation.

A small part of Bob's display.

Point-in-the-hat

As a member of paleoplanet, a arrowhead trading event is held quarterly on the website. This is an excellent way to share a knapper's work and get some other people's work as well. Here is a very nice point sent to me by the paleoplanet member Chippintuff.