Let's see some pointy thing's. Could be stone, bone, steel, etc. Could be a arrowhead, knife, hawk, etc. The only stipulation is YOU made it in 2023.

Just starting to knap my own stone heads, this is my first hunt-able head

Just knocked out another one

Well I’m not sure if this one counts Stoner. I started it in 2022, but I finished it in 2023

Obsidian point, red osier fore shaft, haft with sinew and pitch glue. Driftwood base

Bjrogg

Wish the scar pattern showed up better.

Happy New Year

Bjrogg

Looking good stick hippie

Bjrogg

Well done Bill, just make sure your edges are super sharp if your going to hunt with them. I had a stone point ounce off the shoulder of a deer. Not sharp enough and not enough poundage per Ryan Gill. Don't want you crying in your beer like me.

Brian, great craftsmanship as always, timing works for me.

John

Thank y’all, I’ll be sharpening them up for sure

Found in 2023 and probably made 400 years ago my 1st point found this year on the desert.

Found in 2023 and probably made 400 years ago my 1st point found this year on the desert.

Good to see you out there Jon.

Nice find

Bjrogg

NICE FIND!! John

Found this piece of broken glass on the desert in an old dump. It broken in a nice knife blade preform so I knapped it up today. 1st knapping since last fall.

These photo's show up in any direction off this phone. Sorry about that.

I left an inch and a half at the tang alone as that will go away and I will clean up the edge when I get home. Not sure what to use for the handle.

Looks good Jon. I’m sure you will find something out there that will work for Handle.

Bjrogg

Nice find Jon!

Jon, I still love knapping glass

Here's a knife I just finished. Stole your idea with the cholla stand. Artist are the biggest thieves. John

Nice Stoner.

You know what they say. Imitation is the most sincere form of flattering

Bjrogg

PS is that a jaw bone handle?

Thanks, Brian and yes that is a whitetail jawbone.

This is a preform of Georgetown flint. My ol neighbor came to visit from Oklahoma and gifted me this nodule and a moose billet. I decided to not thin it and just enjoy the energy it shows in the flutes to remove the cortex. Reminds me of a turtle shell. Anyway it is the first axe head/spearhead with his guidance that did not turn into gravel. John

Great work John and Brian. I ran into more plate glass on the desert the other day that has a purple tint to it which pre-dates WW1. Looking forward to knapping a knife out of it when I get home.

Keep chippin boys.

Gotta love that Jon.

Bjrogg

A few points I made this weekend at a garage knap-in.

Looks like a productive knap in Ted. Those are sweet

Bjrogg

Very nice Ted. JF

Great work Ted

Thanks fellows!

I was at the same garage knap-in as Ted. Had a little help from a fellow knapper on the little serrated Dalton, but the rest are mine. Mark

Holy Cats, Ted. That Snyders point is gorgeous.

Y'all got so skills. John

Great knapping Mark. What are some of the materials?

Thanks Jon. Most are Burlington Chert and Keokuk Chert. A lot of Burlington comes from Missouri - Keokuk from Oklahoma.

Thanks Jon. Most are Burlington Chert and Keokuk Chert. A lot of Burlington comes from Missouri - Keokuk from Oklahoma.

Nice looking stone & glass heads.

First point of the year. Johnstone again as i have a bunch of tanks collected. Might have been able to clean it up a little but like the way it looks.

Nice work on some tough stuff to knap bustedarrow2.

AMAZING WORK! Do NOT forget the old ways. Might come in handy!

Couple of St Patty's Day blades. One is glass and the others is Burns Green obsidian. Will notch the point and put a handle on the knife blade when I get back to Michigan.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you to Jon

I like the one from the Burns Green obsidian. That is different looking stuff. It doesn’t have that really shiny look. Scar pattern shows up nice and looks good.

Looks like a pretty nice chunk of flint ridge in the background.

Safe travels my friend

Bjrogg

Mouse pad under your point works great when cleaning up the edge.

And on a bamboo shaft now. Craft sinew and superglue. Making this just for a display for a fella.

Definitely seeing improvement Matthew. From some difficult stuff to work to. Be interesting to see what happens when you run into something a little more user friendly.

Bjrogg

Looking real good Matthew

Thanks guys. I'm gonna have to break down and buy some good stuff online. Anyone got a source they use. P.m. me so i might be able to get in touch with a seller.

I do have some thick glass i will try next time i get a chance.

If you can get to any knapping meets i recommend it.

It’s nice to see what you are getting and shipping gets so expensive through the mail.

Bjrogg

I will be attending a knap in later this summer. l really want to take a young whitetail with a stone head before I'm unable to hunt.

Todays humble entry. Glass bottle bottom

A few chips before i called it good enough for me.

Hi,

I posted these once before and they are how I came by my Fur Trade Era alias when Muzzleloading. Two two flint knives.

Two Flints

Nice work busted and 2 flints. 2 flints I need to work on my lercussion work. You killed it on those two blades.

Here are some points and blades I knapped from last week and today.

That would be "Percussion" work.

Mathew, I still love knapping glass, great job.

Fred, those two knives are great, well done.

Jon, you been busy my friend.

Me, I went to the Apache Bowhunters Club in Globe, AZ. with the Tradbow Cronies. I didn't get much done myself, but helped a couple young fella's make their first arrowheads. Now they're smiling down the road less traveled. John

Knapped probably 9 more this week. Will put handles on the knives when I get home next week .

Looks like a candy dish Jon. JF

Cool looking Jon.

Great work everyone!

I love looking at them.

Thanks for showing your talented productions.

Looking good everyone.

Bjrogg

Wow, Jon. Technicolor and then some!

Finally got back to the knife I started in January. John

And another

Those are worth waiting for Stoner.

Love the bear and that’s really pretty blade for it.

I have one very similar to the jaw bone handle. It is a surprisingly comfortable handle.

Bjrogg

Love seeing the TALENT from the WALL! Gives me something to look forward to!

Great looking points.

My archeologist friend was showing us about stone flakes chipped from various points. On a mountain Lake Beach he picked up enough to cover his palm in about a half hour. The product of years of knowledge and observation. Where will your flakes be found a few hundred years from now?

Knapped this out this morning 5/16/2023

Good job Hippie. Looks like tough material to knap.

What is that material stickhippie? Has a cool camo swirl to it. Do you have a pic of the spall or rock before you worked it down?

Guys I don’t know the material, I picked scrap spalls up from the knapping pit at the Tennessee Classic

Two more this morning 5/17/2023

Finished for the day 5/17/2023 Made 5 huntable heads today, my best day so far

This morning’s points 5/18/2023

4 points ready for this years hunt. They came in between 100 to 124 grains

They look great Jon. JF

You guys keep getting better and better! Outstanding!:)

May has been good to me, I’m just starting out in knapping this year and I feel like I’m starting to figure it out a little. I was gifted a box of obsidian flakes and this morning 5/24/2023 I worked these out. This is by far my favorite material so far to knap

Finished up for 5/24/2023

5/28/2023

Made a small knife the other day.

looks great. Nice work

Stick Hippie those obsidian points look great. Hang on to a couple and put them away somewhere. I put some away and pulled out years later and could see my growth. I still suck at notching though.

bustedarrow2 the knife looks to be a great lil' skinner. I believe it is Rootbeer flint. It's a great material to work.

John

Knife i made for my pastor's birthday today.

Here is the point,tools used and a bunch of flakes from shaping it up.

The display i made for it.

A pic would be nice?

Not how i took that photo but whatever. Ya'll just don't get outta whack looking at it.

Display made from a cut off hunk of osage im trying to get a bow out of and some drift wood i found on caddo lake that said "pick me up, i'll make something cool someday". Antler is from a shed i found while roving my woods. Never seen the buck that grew it. Hope to meet him some day and thank him. Lol

OUTSTANDING work and display there busted

love the growth rings on the Bodak. John

1/4 glass salvaged from a display case shelves. Cut on a wet tile saw to a preform and flaked till this. First go at a thinner glass. I like how it flakes.

I attended the Flint Ridge Knapin in Coshocton Ohio last Saturday, there was a lot of points there...8^)

I was set up at Coshocton Zbone. It was slow due to the heat.

Cool Jon, yeah I'd didn't last long because of the heat, only walked around the circuit one time, but I liked what I seen... Was my first time there and hadn't realized it was that big of an event... There were tents there from across the country... I'll go again in the future...

Another.

Still at it.

You folks make some beautiful points, I wish you’d sell me a few.

How about this one?

Always one of my favorite threads each year. Thanks for sharing guys. Very Nice.

I truly enjoy this thread... I have knapping on my archery related bucket list.

A family friend lives in Leesville Louisiana and he has an unbelievable collection that he has found on his property over the years. Every since I saw his collection I have had knapping on my mind. The thing about his collection that intrigued me was that the hundreds, maybe thousands of the arrowheads are all the same exact size. A quarter (coin) will cover them up, they're small, far smaller than any I have ever seen.

A great lifelong friend has a ranch in Uvalde Texas. He has a collection that is much more diverse, they are larger heads to a few spearheads.

Anyways, keep up the great work guys and thanks for sharing.

First try at a plate glass knife.

Gotta make some pine pitch to haft this on proper.

Got the pitch made up and blade glued in place. Should i warm up the pitch and wrap with sinew also?

Well. Here is the finished knife.

very nice work.

Happy Halloween.... From Logan

What's the deal? Can't post pics.

I give up

Pictures aren’t working right now John I guess another computer glitch. Hopefully we get them back. Some amazing work here. John that stone knife you made with the carved Bear head is just Outstanding! I really enjoy seeing what others have made.

Pictures aren’t working right now John I guess another computer glitch. Hopefully we get them back. Some amazing work here. John that stone knife you made with the carved Bear head is just Outstanding! I really enjoy seeing what others have made.

Last point i made last week. 1/4 glass shelve i saved from the local dump. Tried to make this one pretty.

Well heeeere's Logan from halloween!

You'd make a great movie double. Nice blades however i would have thought ya would have made them of something knapped lol

Last work done for 2023

One of my favorites. Was with a friend when I found the raw rock on the desert at an Indian site. Had two cracks in the rock but was able to push thru the cracks. Going to give it to her this winter.

That's a beaut!

been working to get my knapping shack in order.

Beautiful work y'all do.

Beautiful stuff, guys.

Out of boredom

Been awhile. Made this one for a Christmas gift

Bjrogg

well lets finish this out.

Man made opel

Gold sheen from Frank Newman

Rainbow from Bruce Timmons

Rainbow with bison jaw (not finished)

Good stuff John, nice work. Glad to see you back at it.

Those look great stoner. I’m not going to get a chance to finish another one till next year.

Bjrogg

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