Been getting some knapping done this week and just wanted to share a few I did this afternoon. All knapped with antler tools from spalls of rock. Doin' it the old fashioned way. They are leaky sharp!

Sweet nice looking points,what do they weigh. Jeff F

Ryan..Very nicely done!..Jim

Ryan, very nice as always. All you need now is get'um mounted up and go kill something! Charlie

very nice, those look great !

Very nice. That top one gold sheen?

Thanks guys. Jeff- these are about 90-100 gr points, bigger than I recommend for most people. Jon- it's a silver sheen. Pretty stuff for sure

Very talented. Jeff

You sir are a flint knapping machine. Never seen such uniformity. They look like they were made on a CNC machine. Thanks for sharing. Your knapping prowess is something to aspire to.

Gorgeous. I have some obsidian I hope to get some serviceable points out of, some day.

Twisted, those look outstanding. Nomo is right. You are a machine. What do you in your work life? I don't work and I cannot find time to shoot my bow. Priorities, I guess.

Very nice.

Excellent work!!!

Very nice, I always enjoy your posts

Pardon me for a moment while I pick my jaw up off of the floor... May have crashed through to the basement...

Sweet. I have a box full of obsidian and knapping tools, bought it a garage sale, all I know how to do is look at the box! Hopefully one day!

That is very, very cool! Thanks for sharing! I am envious of your skill.

You got the skills brother. John

You would have been a highly valued member of the tribe.

Well, to reiterate what everyone else has said... ...WOW, those are fantastic!

Why don't you advise that they be any larger than that? I would think that just a little larger would put you at 125gr. which is a common weight for field tips. And, what about guys who are using heavier tips in the 200gr. range? What would be the disadvantage of making a 200gr. stone point? Too fragile at those dimensions?

I've been getting hunting points from twistedlimbs for several years, now and I can guarantee those points are great, just killed a doe on the 29 th of September, using one of his points, shot her at 10yds, double lunged her, she ran 80 yds and piled up.

His points are just as sharp as any steel blade broadheads. He's got a great guarantee on his broadheads.

I use to be skeptic! Until I used a broadhead made of obsidian back in 2009 by a friend of mine, killed a 368 # black bear, he only went about 80 yds. Not only was I'm impressed, but also the guide was impressed. First year that Canadian hunting regulations took the (steel)out of the regulations of broadheads, have to be at least two sharp cutting edges, 1 inch by 3/4 as I remember.

If you can kill deer with steel two blades, you will have no trouble killing with stone points, well at least twistedlimbs, I'm sure there are other fine knappers, but danged he is a Master of what he does. It's MHO

thanks larry, I appreciate it!

Wandering Archer- Stone isn't as dense as steel and to get the 125+ grains, it takes a pretty big point. From my experience, those big points just have too much surface area to really penetrate well. I get consistent pass through shots by using smaller 70-90 grain points.

I didn't fully appreciate the uniformity until I read nomo's post. Make mine a double-WOW!

Wandering Archer, that's what I thought also, until twistedlimb' s, explained to me about the steel and stone point, and he's right. I told him to make me what ever he thought would work, An old saying years ago, "Never, Ever Guide the Guide!" holds true. Because when someone is a Master at what they do, it's best to take what they say as the truth.

I saw a collection, from Tenn.,on The Roadshow valued at $600,000. Yours are just as nice

Ryan,

I will be carrying your points this fall (again). Those look deadly sharp and very purty.

Good Luck this year!

Zip'

Mount em up and take more pics then! Nice job!

Those are beautiful.

Could someone please post a pic of one of those points mounted on arrow ?

What is the total grain weight of arrows you use, twistedlimbs ?

This particular points are currently in the mail to another fellow, but here is a picture of a different one mounted up, and here is also a video I did a while back on how to mount them.

Catskills, my arrows are typically 500-580 grains. I've used lighter and heavier ones however, but 520-580 seems to be my sweet spot. But in an effort to keep things as primitive as possible, I don't actually weigh the arrows until they are finished and I've picked my favorites by the way they fly.

Thanks for the video, very nicely done.

Appreciate your craftsmanship !

If you don't mind a couple more questions, What wood are your shafts made of ? What bow are you shooting these out of ?

You do very fine work, they're beautiful.

Deadly beautiful indeed.....very nice work.

thanks again guys. Catskills- I shoot rivercane arrows and primitive bows. I make everything A-Z

Beautiful, Ryan. Just curious. I notice you live in Florida. Where do you get your obsidian from? I would be interested in trying it. I have some knapping tools and have worked with chert a little. But nothing nearly as nice as what you are producing.

Outstanding work!!

Al - check ebay for obsidian. I pick mine up on the cheap at local knap-ins

Outstanding twisted......

Would love to see a pic of one of your hunting bows, when you have the time.

here are a couple pics for you catskills.

here are a couple fancier ones

but believe it or not, my current pride and joy is this truly primitive set. I made everything, bow, arrows, points, and quiver all with nothing but stone age tools and stone age technology.

Twistedlimbs,

That is beautiful work!

What kind of wood is that last bow ?

Are some of those recurve-shaped bows selfbows ? I.e. unlaminated ? If so, how do you achieve that, with steam-bending ?

Thanks for sharing.

the last one is white stopper aka Florida Snakewood. Yeah, they are all selfbows. I use steam to bend the shapes.

Nice, they look like good shooters.

Ryan, Thanks for the video, great craftsmanship as always. John

Enjoy your videos. Beautiful points. It looks like you have mastered the knapping skills. Have you tried making a stone axe yet? It's important to keep them primitive skills around. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Received the stone point replacement from Ryan on Saturday morning. Ryan has the best guarantee I know of, kill a deer (or any big game animal) with a stone point of his and send him a photo of your kill, and Ryan will replace it.

I returned "All Cracked Up" the traveling 1961 Bear, Polar recurve to uphuntn, along with the Cedar arrow and stone point I used to kill the whitetail doe, with. As a keepsake for uphuntn, for using "All Cracked Up". Thanks to uphuntn, twistedlimbs, and Paul, the arrowsmith that makes cedar "Firefly" arrows, for Ron LaClair.

Very cool, unbelievable skills. Pip

Rad. So cool to see, but I'd really like to see it all from start to finish: bow, arrows, points! Twistedlimbs, you ever think about doing classes? I'm sure there are plenty of people, even just on this forum, who would like to learn how to do this. One more question, do you hunt in buckskins and moccasins? Seems kinda silly to wear modern synthetic camo when working with such handmade beauty! Thanks for sharing!

Amazing craftsmanship !

Glad to hear the roving Bear Polar made its rounds and returned.

I have a very similar Polar complete with a few stress lines but a great shooter.

Ryan...you've got me thinking I'm going back to my primitive bows and arrows. There's just something special about them. Went and cut a Juniper stave already, and started digging out some of the ones I've got in the shed.

get after it fdp. once you go primitive, you never go..... still working on a good rhyme..lol

Ryan, any suggested literature on "going primitive" ?

It's sort of how a lot of started as youngsters.

Sure thing!! lol my book. Sticks and Stones: Primtive Adventures.

Dude, if we're using the "buddy system" during the zombie apocalypse, then I call twistedlimbs!!! Dibs...Dibs on the knapper!!!

Ah ha ! Gonna get it !

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