Great video, excellent instructions. I have used glass as well as obsidian which is abundant and it works the same as glass since it is volcanic glass. I saw a documentary a few years ago and Australian aborigines were using their teeth to knap a spear point. Where I live stone tools were made from fine-grained quartzite as well as flint and chert.
Out on the ancient tundra, he would be a very respected, irreplaceable member of the clan with knapping skills like that. Thanks for sharing, so interesting.
I collect as well. If you take a Jim Dunlop 1.3mm guitar pick and fashion that into an arrowhead, fasten it to an arrow and then, you know, shoot it you might be surprised. And those picks are cheap. Just sayin...
what should I be looking for to find good quality flint? i live near Southampton (Hampshire) so there's flint everywhere, but what determines whether it's good or not?
im 13 and im starting flint knapping when my tool gets here as far as i know il only have a pressure flaker any tools you think i should also get that arent to pricy my flaker alone with shipping was $30
if it was warmer where I lived It would be easy to flint knap, but all the rocks I can see are frozen in the mud, and the rest are buried under the snow T-T
I've been collecting here in PA for 50 years...Iave some nice one's..The Delaware tribe was here.. Flint knapping is so cool..wish I could master it...This guy is "good"!
Trying to get started with my dad. Cant ever get a good flake to even work with! Not sure what else to do as it's hard for me to even get flint. I had to buy mine off ebay. Any pointers?
i think its a good thing to start with. what i usually useis you can go to like the window places and get glass or a jukyard commanly has only junk cars that you can collect the glass from. trully is fun i usually dont use glass bottle bottoms tho thanks for this vid
@NaturalPathways im slowly getting there but its good fun learning what our ancestors used to do using bottoms of glass bottles is the best way for "training" thank you for telling me about them :)
@xMrjamjam Thanks for your comments. If you are limited to resources, its probably a good idea to start knapping with glass; its a good material to use before moving on to Flint. The bottoms of glass bottles are good to use but do remember gloves. Good luck, let me know how you get on.
amazing truly amazing this video should have way more views then it has now im definatly going to practice my knapping skills for future use thank you for sharing this infomation with the rest of the world :) can i have a bit of advice would it be better to start off with glass to save my flint for when i need to use it i think it would be better if i did start with glass because its a very weak material and its easy to work with
The fungus shown in this video is Daldinia Concentrica known as King Alfred’s Cake and is found on fallen ash trees, it must be dried out before using with a firesteel for fire lighting
