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DonSimpson — Antler-Obsidian Pendant 02
Published: 2012-02-21 18:47:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 2810; Favourites: 76; Downloads: 67
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Pendant made from a carved deer antler tip and a knapped obsidian point. Beeswax finish. About 1-1/2 inches long. The point is in a fitted slot and held with a slurry of glue and red glass microbeads (not visible from the front, and just barely visible in the back view).On the left is an oblique view of the back; on the right is a straight-on view of the front. The obsidian point was made by *DanielAPierce whose work I highly recommend.
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Nice
You are a very skilled man.
I enjoyed to walk through your gallery,
you are very inspiring
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I love obsidian and antler, and you made a beautiful item from my two favourite nonferrous materials.
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And I'm convinced that used as shaft head, it would fly perfectly!
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The obsidian is indeed quite well balanced.
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I looked at the thumbnail and thought 'Oh, lovely, what a great way to slice my chest open'.
Then I saw the whole image and felt silly for doubting you (and your collaborators by extension).
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Right. If I got a proper obsidian slicing edge I'd have Nicole Loxley make a leather holder for it to avoid any accidental slice-age; and if it were this size, I'd put a control-grip handle on it.
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That you would. *1,000 pardons*
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Let me be clear. You were contrite about something that would actually not have offended me, and I was just making conversation on the subject. I have read that some eye surgeons use obsidian blades because steel scalpels can't be made that sharp; and that _is_ something I think of whenever I am about to handle anything obsidian that looks like it might have an edge. I'm sorry if I seemed offended.
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And now let me be clear- I didn't think you were. Knew I should have put a giggle emoticon on the end of that last one. 
Damn it, me of 7.5 hours ago, get your situation TOGETHER!
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I fear that this is a case of the dreaded "light-hearted irony transmission failure". Or something like that.
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There should be some sort of error screen for that, I think.
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Very nice work! I also like how the flintknapper ground the edges of the obsidian down so they weren't so sharp
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The edges aren't ground, they are chipped to shape, but they are indeed not cut-yourself-on-it sharp.
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