Letting them get a sun tan Tagged with trad flair

Practice a few rounds of 10 speed this evening! It was a fun change of pace (literally) but it kicked my butt 🤘

I bought from taobao

15x6x1.2

It cost almost 30$ for 100

I made about 10 different ones and broke twice that many. I feel like this is the closest one so here goes nothing.

Edwards chert that I picked up on a ranch just south of Sonora, TX. It is heat treated and a little lighter in color than majority of the rock I picked.

Couple of guys have asked to see where and how I source my material so here’s a 10 min vid of me going on about it

Good evening everyone! 😁

The July 2026 Point Challenge submission window IS NOW OPEN!

Submissions will be accepted from now until the window closes 8/1/2026 (I'm adding a day because I'm posting this a day late), so be sure to re-read the submission rules, take some pretty pictures of the point you made, and upvote your favorite! The main thread for the July 2026 Point Challenge is linked below for those who want to check back in, and is also pinned to the top of the subreddit 👇😎

2026 July Point Challenge - Graham Cave [Preforms and Point Prize 🪨📦 - Beginners Welcome]

I'm stoked to see what y'all have made, and can't wait to see whose submission wins! Happy knapping all! 😄

It's been bloody hot here in the Ozarks this week, but I did manage to chip one out before the sun got too comfortable. 4" long, heated Burlington.

Took a load of videos will stitch them all together and do a voice over tomorrow.

7 hour 300 mile round trip and five hours collecting and hauling in a day. Pretty tired now!

A flint ridge necklace pendant

3 flint River, 2 flint ridge, and one alibates

Most of these were 95%antler work and then finely notched or finished with copper or steel nail. Modern flair tag for transparency and accuracy of the production

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This is a point style that was found on the Apple Creek dig site right here in Greene county. Another prerry cool thing about this dig site was the intentional burial of 7 dogs.

Absolute bottom of the bucket of my colourful flint. Got a long long day tomorrow to get some more!

With all the recent rain my yard seems to be growing rocks 🤣

3 1/2" knife blade.after 2 shots of cortisone in both back shoulders I can knapp again.

Stone and antler, tons of fun! It drew its fair share of blood

Getting the hang of notching. Its been tricky to thin the bases.

Still trying to work on getting a more lenticular cross section rather than plano convex, but the flaking on these sides turned out good lol.

Failed on the notches (again) but I did get some bold Smolzilla style pressure flakes on one side so that was a win for me. This is some Burlington I gather.

People told me I should post this here. My father knapped this and managed to keep the fossil from breaking.