Auction 9S (ENDED)

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00]Auction time. This is the 9S series auction 9S01.

[00:00:07]This is a patternalis point made from black amoeba ch raw black amoeba ch from Texas.

[00:00:19]And uh this was I think I showed this on video as a by face. Yeah, a couple times I showed it as a bif face on video. I finished it off camera and I'm not sure. I don't think I bfaced it on camera, but I might have. Anyways, this is how it turned out. Nice uh what I call straight stem patternalis.

[00:00:46]There are various versions of the stems and blades.

[00:00:53]Um so I I just call this a straight stem.

[00:00:58]It's a large piece for the type, but they came in all different sizes.

[00:01:03]Anyways, let's see.

[00:01:06]Seven inches almost exactly.

[00:01:09]Yeah, little bit less. Inch and 7/8 wide.

[00:01:14]Stem is inch and 1/8 wide.

[00:01:18]Okay. So, it flaked well. The amoeba chs usually flake well.

[00:01:25]Sometimes they don't.

[00:01:27]I got lucky with this one that it it did it had some concrete in it, but it didn't it did not mess me up.

[00:01:36]Yeah.

[00:01:38]So, this started as a nodule. I'm pretty sure I did break into the nodule on video, but I can't remember. Anyways, I like the way it turned out.

[00:01:51]I don't have much left as far as large pieces of CH. I think this is one of my last large pieces of Turk that I had.

[00:02:07]Yeah. All right. So, it's not translucent. It's just a Yeah. opaque ch compared to lighter. Yeah. It's a pretty large piece. As far as the pieces that I like making, I I hardly ever make them this large.

[00:02:30]Okay. So, what else? We got to weigh this. Just out of curiosity, what would this be?

[00:02:38]This would probably be a knife. That's how I would have it. I would have it as a knife.

[00:02:44]Yeah. But we'll weigh it anyway. Usually the weight is only important with projectile points, but I I'm just curious. I weigh everything now in the auctions.

[00:02:56]1162 grains, not grams.

[00:03:07]9S02.

[00:03:09]This one is made from raw Texas CH. And I think I did nap most of this by face on video.

[00:03:17]But again, I'm not sure. I finished it off camera. This is a slightly translucent raw Texas Tur, but it napped a lot better than I thought it would when it got thin. Yeah. Sometimes when these get thin, they get really finicky.

[00:03:34]Uh the only thing is I had to take relatively small flakes off because I was afraid to snap it in half with big flakes.

[00:03:44]And you can't see the flake scars that well anyway. So whether I took off big flakes or small flakes doesn't really much matter. You can't see the flake scars very well.

[00:03:54]It is a tough material. It is sharp.

[00:03:58]Yeah. After sharpening it, it feels really sharp with this tough kind of shirt.

[00:04:08]I don't know what else to say about it.

[00:04:09]It's It is translucent.

[00:04:12]Yeah.

[00:04:14]This is a Montel style in case I didn't mention that. Montel called them call these a bucktooth Montels 4 and 78 in long by at the widest part inch and 5/8.

[00:04:36]At the most narrow is like a inch and a half something like that compared to a lighter And let's weigh it.

[00:04:50]These were used as projectile points and knives both. I've seen impact fractures on these even when they're larger like this.

[00:05:01]604 grains, not grams.

[00:05:06]So yeah, this has an very sharp tip on it.

[00:05:11]I like the way it turned out. Yeah, I was surprised that it thinned down without step fracturing too much. Yeah, got lucky.

[00:05:22]9S03, an obsidian point. And this obsidian is kind of greenish. It's from Arizona.

[00:05:31]I've been trying to remember the name of it all day and I can't remember. But I did show it on video as a by face. And I did nap it down on video.

[00:05:42]Yeah, as a rock challenge. But I finished it off camera. I didn't want to take a chance on breaking it, so I finished it off camera. Let's see if we can get a better view of it. Yeah.

[00:05:58]Uh, this is kind of like a northern side notch style or an arc point.

[00:06:09]Okay.

[00:06:13]Either one. I like this style. It's It's uh inspired by the northern side notch style. Yeah, this kind of obsidian is very crackly. So I there is some crackly spots and strep fractures in there. Little bitty ones.

[00:06:33]Luckily it thinned down okay, but I was I was kind of nervous toward the end cuz these things can snap really easily.

[00:06:42]These mystery obsidians. It's the first time working this type of obsidian.

[00:06:48]Yeah, it's a green obsidian from Arizona. And this was the largest piece that I had.

[00:06:54]I've got some more smaller flakes that I will probably offer in future auctions, but they're like much smaller than this.

[00:07:04]Anyway, I like I like the look of this obsidian.

[00:07:11]It has dull and glossy streaks, which is I find unusual.

[00:07:18]Yeah, I uh I crushed the bottom of these notches. So, I added some mineral oil to the bottom of the notches to get rid of that crushed look.

[00:07:29]Yeah, I wanted to leave it thick cuz I didn't want it to snap across the the neck when I was notching it.

[00:07:42]Yeah, I didn't want to snap it across because it's it is delicate obsidian.

[00:07:46]Luckily, I didn't lose the tip while trying to sharpen it. Yeah.

[00:07:54]All right. I I made sure I had plenty of sleep last night. I finished this one up this morning. Yeah, this one's a challenging one.

[00:08:03]Compared to a lighter, the exact size is I don't know, a little over four and a quarter, four and 516 by inch and a quarter. A little bit over inch and a quarter.

[00:08:17]It's not translucent, I don't think.

[00:08:22]No, it's an opaque obsidian. It is kind of buttery, but it's also crackly. So, it's not it's not as nice as some of those black butter obsidians, but it is very glossy and it feels like a dite obsidian. Yeah.

[00:08:46]What else?

[00:08:48]Let's weigh it. This is a projectile point size at dart point size.

[00:09:01]336 grains, not grams.

[00:09:08]9S04.

[00:09:10]This is a Montel made of heat treated alibabates. Now this is a rare type of alibabates.

[00:09:18]It looks more like Techco Jasper, but Techovas Jasper is not this glossy. Even when you heat treat it, it can get glossy like this. So, this is more like a Techco Jasper than an an Alibabates, but I bought this as an Alibabates uh Biface heat treat.

[00:09:41]I bought a batch of these and they cost me $15 a pound for I think I bought like six bifaces of eleates from Curts Church. So, is it was very good quality.

[00:09:53]The heat treat was perfect on it.

[00:09:56]There is some diving that dived in a little bit right there, but other than that, it napped really well. It It's a typical heat treat.

[00:10:05]It'll surprise you sometimes by either making flakes that are much longer than you want and also those little divots sometimes, but it turned out good. Yeah, on this one, I did not put any mineral oil down in the notches. I didn't crush them very much. This one has a little bit.

[00:10:24]But anyway, I like the way it turned out. I don't do Montels's very often, but it gives me a chance to use the teardrop shape without much modification. All you do is put the notches in. The teardrop shape is maintained.

[00:10:39]Yeah. I don't have to redo much of it.

[00:10:43]See that? It starts out as a teardrop.

[00:10:46]All I got to do is make the tip a little bit more pointy.

[00:10:52]Yeah, this one did not make me nervous at all.

[00:11:00]I I did finish it up today just before the auction. This was my last one that I finished up. So, I just trimmed it up, sharpened it, put the notches in. It didn't take me very long. I already had this as a thinned down biface. I bought it as a thick biface and then I thinned it down myself.

[00:11:20]Yep. Yep. And then sharpened it.

[00:11:22]Okay. So, let's see what this measures.

[00:11:27]3 and 3/4 by almost inch and 5/8. Inch and 5/8 wide compared to a lighter.

[00:11:43]And these could be either knives or projectile points. I think they were used for both.

[00:11:53]This is within range of the real ones.

[00:11:56]They these come in different sizes too.

[00:11:59]These Montels.

[00:12:00]Yeah. So, both of these are within range of real ones and they come in smaller sizes too. I have some broken ones or smaller much smaller than this actually.

[00:12:12]382 grains, not grams.

[00:12:17]So, did we get a chance to look at the flake scar?

[00:12:21]The flake scars.

[00:12:23]Yeah, it has a nice feel to it. Yep. Okay.

[00:12:30]9S05 Brazilian AGOT. And I napped this Brazilian AGOT on video as a Wednesday slab day type uh thing, right? I napped some Brazilian agot on one of the Wednesdays, slab Wednesdays. Maybe it was last Wednesday. I don't know.

[00:12:53]Probably the one before that because I think this has been hanging around in my B faces box for a while and I finished it off yesterday.

[00:13:01]This is uh in the pattern of a bitter root style point. It's a style of point from Oregon called uh Bitterroot. Well, they existed in Oregon. I don't know if it's from Oregon if that's the only place you find these. Anyway, I like the bitter root design. It's one of my favorite designs.

[00:13:21]So, let's see if we can Oh, you can see the profile pretty good. On the bitter roots, they leave the edges kind of jaggedy. So, that's what I did.

[00:13:31]All right. I left the edges jagged.

[00:13:34]Instead of picking at them with little bitty flakes, I just sharpened it with big flakes.

[00:13:49]And this is a Brazilian egg heat treat.

[00:13:51]I don't know if I mentioned it was heat treated, but it's pretty obvious that it's heat treated because this stuff glosses up really nice after you heat treat it. Before heat treating, I think it's dull.

[00:14:03]This type of egg is dull before you heat treat it and not very easy to nap.

[00:14:15]As you can see, it's very translucent.

[00:14:19]I don't even need the flashlight.

[00:14:23]Yeah.

[00:14:26]Nicely translucent, I like it compared to a lighter.

[00:14:38]Let's see what the length is.

[00:14:42]2 and 3/4 by 1 inch. And this is a little bit bigger than the bitter root points that I saw in the over street guide, but I think it's within range, right? It's just larger than most of the real ones.

[00:14:58]It is in that lateral dart point in the archeological record.

[00:15:11]142 grains.

[00:15:16]All right.

[00:15:18]9S06.

[00:15:21]I think I made this entirely on video except uh yesterday or the day before I thinned down the point and made it more pointy.

[00:15:31]So, I thinned down the material and I made it more pointy and I sharpened it a little bit better up the upper half.

[00:15:39]The lower half I didn't modify at all, I don't think. Maybe sharpen the barbs a little bit, the edges of the barbs, outside edges, but other than that, it's all on video.

[00:15:51]Yeah, it's a Texas raw shirt, I believe, but I could be wrong. It could be heat treat.

[00:16:00]Anyway, I need to make some more of these. These are some of my favorite points. These pis with lots of serrations.

[00:16:15]We have some background noises. I have the windows wide open.

[00:16:25]Okay, let's see what's the size on this.

[00:16:32]2 and 1/16th by 1516 compared to a lighter.

[00:16:41]This is larger than most PDS points.

[00:16:46]Okay. I tend to make them larger for the auction so that they they are more attractive to the buyers.

[00:16:58]58 grains.

[00:17:02]Yeah, people like these, but they don't like the really small ones. They want them a little bit bigger. I guess they display better that way, but and they look cool. Yeah, I did half this on video also.

[00:17:16]So, it it uh it worked out pretty good even on an arrow shaft, even though it's a little bit thicker and bigger than usual. Okay.

[00:17:29]9S07.

[00:17:31]Two objects under this one item number.

[00:17:35]They're both made of man-made materials.

[00:17:37]This one's made of floor tile.

[00:17:40]I guess it was called quarry tile. It was It's thick tile. thick floor tile.

[00:17:46]Okay, this is all on video and this is all on video also, but this is made from a a dish like a casserole dish or a big bowl of high-grade porcelain or stone wear.

[00:18:01]Now, I'm not sure if I modified this.

[00:18:03]No, I was going to I was going to thin it down a little bit more, but I said no, we'll just keep it. It looks pretty good the way it is.

[00:18:11]Yeah, this is all on video as a a challenge point. Both of these were challenge points. No, they were slab points on Wednesday. One of the Wednesdays. Last Wednesday, probably.

[00:18:26]Not a challenge, but uh slabs, right? I don't even remember. I should stop saying where I made these because sometimes I mess up. I can't remember if it's on on which video. I can't remember which video it's on. Anyway, I like the way this turned out. Actually, I'm going to make some I'm going to make some of these and keep them for myself because I like the white material, right? I'm going to use some of this porcelain for my keeper case. Make some points out of it. I like the way it naps and everything. Yeah. So, this one is four and a quarter almost. This one is two and 1/8 compared to a lighter.

[00:19:18]What's the styles on these? I don't know. This is like a desert side notch.

[00:19:26]It's If it was smaller, it would look like a toya. And if it had a deeper concavity, it would look like a toya point. This one, I'm not sure. just early stemmed style. It there's a point style called early stemmed. So that's what it looks like to me.

[00:19:45]Yeah, I was surprised that uh I was able to get something out of this one. Yeah, floor tile is usually not that great in this particular type of floor tile.

[00:19:59]If it's high-grade porcelain, yeah, I can get some nice looking flakes. But this porcelain tile uh was not the highest grade, but it was nice and thick, so I was able to skin off both faces. All right, let's see. Just weighed them out of curiosity, even though it's man-made materials. Let's see.

[00:20:26]374 64. Yeah, it's in line with stone. Oops.

[00:20:35]Don't bang them next to each other or bang them into each other. That causes breakages.

[00:20:40]All right, they're fine.

[00:20:44]Okay, last but not least, 9S08.

[00:20:52]two objects again in this item under this item number.

[00:20:58]These were both done with natural tools.

[00:21:02]Yeah, this was done last night with natural tools. I This is a Humbolt style, right? I tried to do some diagonal flaking on that. On this one, just regular flaking. There is some sort of diagonal flaking on that side, but this is just random flaking on this side and diagonal flaking on that side.

[00:21:32]Yeah, Humboldt style with that sort of concavity in the base.

[00:21:38]It's dite made from dite obsidian.

[00:21:42]Very crunchy.

[00:21:44]This one I also did with natural tools.

[00:21:47]However, I did modify this off camera.

[00:21:51]If you remember from the video, it had a nasty area in the middle that was still lumpy.

[00:21:59]I took a piece of copper, you know, copper indirect percussion rod and wiped out whatever was messed up on this side and I cleaned it up a little bit on this side with copper. Wherever I could see a lump, I removed it. So, it's a little bit thinner.

[00:22:17]Or maybe it's a lot bit thinner than on video. And I also sharpened it with a copper pressure flaker.

[00:22:25]Yeah. So, it's been modified.

[00:22:28]It's been thinned down and tapered also.

[00:22:31]I think uh near the tip. I don't know if it's if I touch this area. I might have. No, it's still kind of lumpy right here. So, I don't think I touched that. But I did remove some I remember removing a bad spot in the middle here off camera and I I thinned it down some more in various places. So it's it's not entirely done with natural tools. Okay.

[00:22:57]I came back and I improved it with copper tools.

[00:23:03]Okay. But this one is entirely with natural tools.

[00:23:08]Yeah.

[00:23:11]Okay. So, let's see how how big these are.

[00:23:16]Almost four and 38.

[00:23:20]Almost 3 and 3/4.

[00:23:23]And the width on this one 7/8 and 1 inch.

[00:23:30]Okay. So, what is this one called? This is just an angura, right?

[00:23:35]Patterned after the angura points. I did not grind it though. It's not ground down anywhere on the base or stem. And this is patterned after Humbolt points.

[00:23:47]Yeah.

[00:23:51]Okay. All right. I don't think they're translucent at all.

[00:23:56]Did I didn't show the produce? The PISE has translucency. This is the one before. No, this is NS 9S06.

[00:24:05]Anyway, this is not translucent.

[00:24:09]this. Neither is this. So, none neither one of these are translucent.

[00:24:15]Reason why I always mention that is some people have uh display cases with back lights so that you can see the translucency. They have little lights in the back and you so you can see the translucency on on those. I've seen a couple cases like that. Okay. What else?

[00:24:34]compared to a lighter.

[00:24:39]And these are within range of the real ones. They're just a little bit bigger than the real ones or they're they match the biggest ones that I saw in the book.

[00:24:53]A little bit bigger than the average real ones. Okay.

[00:24:59]240 grains.

[00:25:04]342 grains. Yeah. And in the archaeological record, these are considered at lateral dart points.

[00:25:11]Okay. And they're both from the uh northwestern United States or actually Angus from the plains.

[00:25:19]This one's from the northwest US in the archaeological record. The real ones are okay. That it. I show the translucency, measured it, everything.

[00:25:31]Okay. All right. All right, so that's it for today's auctions. No bros and by faces. I'm I'm saving them up for the next auction. Not too many this week.

[00:25:40]Yeah, believe it or not, not too many bros and bif faces. And I'm saving all my flakes.

[00:25:47]Yeah. Uh I'm sorting through them right now and getting rid of the little tiny ones that are just crud flakes. I got a bunch of crud flakes mixed in with my regular flakes.

[00:25:57]Uh what else? I think that's it. If you have not participated in the auctions before, just look at my previous auctions. You bid in the comment section and you bid under the appropriate item number. I put comments in the comment section with the item numbers. Okay? You bid under each one of those, whichever ones you want to bid on. Okay? Don't put your bid just anywhere. And if uh if you're not sure where to put your bid, make sure you put the item number in your bid. Like you bid for uh 9S08. Type in 9S08 and then the dollar amount.

[00:26:34]Okay? And if you win, I'll put a heart on your winning bid and then you have to email me all your information if you're new. Okay?

[00:26:44]So don't worry about me emailing me your information if you don't win. You can if you want. Anyways, like I said, you can look at the previous auctions. All right, I hope you like this week's items and good luck.