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A pedernales crested first series cortical blade. 92mm long and 34mm wide. Detached from pedernales polyhedral core by direct percussion using a deer antler billet.

A pedernales crested first series cortical blade. 72mm long and 17mm wide. Removed from pedernales polyhedral core by direct percussion using deer antler billet.

An obsidian side and base notched projectile point. 38mm long and 14mm wide. Was an obsidian flake removed from a larger core, worked bifacially into a projectile point. Created by pressure flaking using a copper pressure flaker and notched using the…

An obsidian side and base notched projectile point. 33mm long and 13mm wide. Was an obsidian flake removed from a larger core that was worked bifacially into a projectile point. Created by pressure flaking using a copper pressure flaker and Ishi…

An experimental obsidian side notched projectile point with a convex base. 44mm long and 26mm wide. Was an obsidian flake removed from a larger core that was worked bifacially into a projectile point. Created by pressure flaking using a copper…

An obsidian preform. 58mm long and 22mm wide. Was an obsidian spall worked bifacially down into a preform. Created by direct percussion using hammerstones and deer antler, then pressure flaked using an antler tine.

An obsidian preform. 120mm long and 65mm wide. Was an obsidian spall worked bifacially into a preform. Created by direct percussion using small hammerstones and a deer antler.

An obsidian knife preform. 79mm long and 39mm wide. Was an obsidian spall worked bifacially into a knife preform. Created by direct percussion using hammerstones and a deer antler billet, then pressure flaked using a deer antler tine and copper…

The following pictures go through a slight progression from a flake to a rough biface that was broken. The flake was from a polyhedral core I was shaping, and I started to work on it bifacially bringing up the center line with direct percussion. In…