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Sounds neat, Will be waiting for the report, BilletHead

We will see what he has to say on that? Some super looking bark on that meat too , BilletHead

I am guessing iced tea chief😀. BilletHead.

Nice! That Channel is a fattie, BilletHead

Hang tight Ronnie. Going to be good! BilletHead

I bet she will wrench. We are very fortunate here in the good old US. That is why everyone wants to be here. Maybe she will find a fine young man and come home and open a quickie mart? BilletHead

The BilletHeads find trips like this to be one of the best reboots in life. Sadly our trip is done and we are on our way home, BilletHead

Nice Ronnie! Variety is the spice of life, BilletHead

Wait until she comes home with a red dot on her forhead and wearing a sorong😄.

Too funny Rick, Odie and I were out in the line truck north of town seeing how close the water was getting to the 161 KV transmission line. When coming back south the modot crews put the signs up on the southbound lanes right behind us. We would of been in trouble if we couldn't make it to the show up. Did you know the serviceman Gene Brown? He and I borrowed and paddled a john boat to get to the Schell City substation. The 4KV transformers were still working but the 69KV high side was dry and out of the water. Clinton brought in a temporary substation and I climbed a pole out of that boat. Pretty scary then but funny now. BilletHead

I could see a Primetime show All about ness's old rotten deck. "This old deck" BilletHead

Looks great John, You all are eating mighty well while we are gone. Please tell Sue happy birthday from Pat and I. Going to loose signal big time pretty quick. Take care friends, The BilletHeads

Bummer about the tire deal. We are always concerned on some of the roads we go on. So far so good. New skins on the truck this trip. Glad to have the tread in one spot in particular. There will be a good report in a few days. Not sure about how close we got to you all. Started fishing the east slope,then west slope and worked our way south. Lost count how many times we crossed the divide. Wish I had your talent for videos. So far this trip has been a hoot. Thanks for posting your reports Drew, The BilletHeads

Nice as always Drew, Depending on your route we may of crossed paths somewhere out there! BilletHead

I see she has the court jester by her side😀.

Zwicky, Eskimo or delta. Sharpen them yourself.

What's on the menu? Can I bring some real fish😄. Did I really say that? , BilletHead

That and could you imagine getting all those chips and flakes that fly through the air when chipping caught in a mess like that? Eye protection is a must. You bleed so band aids and super glue are a must. The leather pad pictured, those off colored spots is blood. BiletHead

Good thread Ness, So you asked and all of my stories are long. Actually I make them long .. In my previous life I was a flintknapper. Actually I still am one but doing a hiatus. Too many other cool things to do and not enough time. Some of you know what a flintknapper is and some yo may not. I work with various cherts to make points. There is not true flint in the untied states but everyone calls chert flint. When I say points I mean blades, spear and atlatl dart points, oh yes arrowheads too but not all points are arrowheads. We used to travel all over in Missouri and surrounding states to knapp inn's and primitive skills gatherings to make points, trade, sell and have great fellowship. Pat and I are both members of the corn society and been through the oogabooga ceremony. Someday I will share that but cant tell you the secret behind it. That you have to experience for yourself. What does this have with my screen name? It all stems from above. We have a good friend James who attended the knapp in's He would scream across the gathering each time he seen me. "Hey my little bald headed buddy" I keep a clean shaved head and have for many moons. One day James liked into my tool bag and said I am going to call you BilletHead. See there at your big moose billets. Looks just like your bald head. I said yes, yes James it does . What is a Billet you ask? A billet is generally the base of an antler. The bigger the better. Moose, and whitetail is the best. They are solid and heavy. Guess I should say dense too because I am a bit that at times. So more. Here is my tool kit consisting of various sized billets with pressure flakers and tools for making notches at the bases in points that call for that. Abraders for dressing the stone edges before striking an edge or when pressuring off a flake. Billets are swung to strike the edge or platform of the stone to drive flakes across to thin and shape the point. Any of this making sense? You can do the same with copper tools but I preferred to use abo techniques to make points. Here is some of the points I made and still have left. I have made hundreds of points to be traded, given away and sold to buy chert that I wanted to work and could not find on my own. I like to procure my own materials and have a couple tons of chert in my garage. Some of these points are quite thin. Thickest maybe a couple of quarters stacked. Smaller points not much over a dime thick. Biggest here in length four or five inches long, I will close with three points I kept that I have harvested deer with. Taken out seven with stone points and self bows. I miss those days when I could that, Thanks for letting me share, BilletHead

It's funny boys, Reminds me of an old Howard hill film. Pass you say? Pass from what? , BilletHead

I do also Ness but I have the time and Duane is so busy I am betting he doesn't. All the patterns on these two and many others I have done are free hand. Different sized needles blunted off. Started off with stippling and then drag wet paint into desired pattern. My biggest problem is I cannot use a stencil. I am no C&C machine and cannot replicate exact sizes. Carry on Duane, sorry we hijacked your artwork. I am liking this, BilletHead

I'm telling you. Sign it and date it. Look back on it in a few months and see how far you have went. Nice job buddy, BilletHead

Well Done Jim, they look good. Did you try the ones I made up? If so how did they fish? BilletHead

Your welcome, BilletHead

Great minds think alike! BilletHead