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Here's the next stage. Doc has continued to go around the edges and on both faces of the stone removing flakes to further refine the shape. He's been paying especially close attention to removing flakes to help thin the stone.

The same stage edge on. Note how much thinner it is.
Several more rounds of thinning and shaping flakes. Note how much it is starting to look like a knife blade.
Same stage edge on.

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