u/scoop_booty

Beautiful weekend in the Ozarks spent with friends at the Sac River Knap-in here in SW Missouri. Thought you guys might appreciate a couple of pics. Bear Carpenter had his usual selection of slabs, including some Perral Agate from Mexico. What an amazing material. And the bear handled knife made with it, pretty darned sweet.

And of course everyone loves a good Hardin, and Jim Redfearn makes some of the prettiest. He also had a biface from some Missouri Peoria chert. Talk about pretty...holy smokes...doesn't get much better.

And I thought I'd show a couple of successes from my tarp. The pair in my hand were made from some Kaolin chert that I collected in SE Illinois over 20 years ago. Been sitting in a bucket out back waiting to be cooked. Beautiful orangy golden stuff. Hard to see the translucency in these pics, but it's pretty sweet stuff. And it waited for me ...aw, how nice. :)

And then there's a basal notched Smith made from some creek Burlington. Sadly, the color was up near the cortex and fell away as I got into the meat of the cobble, but hey. I'll take it.

Enjoy....and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there.

Attended the Sac River Knap-in today In SW Missouri. Jim Redfearn had this Jim Hopper point in his case. What a sweet little point. Wicked thin, and uber precise. Thought ya'll might enjoy seeing it.

Anyone have any ideas what is happening to our tree? This started about two months ago, send like it's getting worse. At first I thought it was drought but now I'm having second thoughts. Some of the tree looks like it's dead whereas the also send to be fresh, new growth.