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I love that indirect percussion. Thin long flake removal from both sides that removed that massive stack in the lower area the Bifaces. Well done. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
nice job setting up to get that step frac out at 13:20 through 13:32. Also, this is the best camera angle ive seen on a knapping video. I haven't watched all that many, but this angle would be a good reference for anyone wanting to learn.
A perfect example of how to economize stone while straightening center line and removing steps and high spots, again thank you for the “whole” vid on this. I love your patience and had work and expertise!!
Seeing what you started out with and what you ended up with, is simply amazing! I have the utmost respect for you guys who can knap, truely a work of art, very impressive!!
Man that is nice! Ive been watching your videos and learning so much. Ive been on an indirect percussion kick for about a month and a half. It's the first time in my 5 years of knapping for me to do it and I love it.
This is heat treated chert from west Texas. It is very similar to heat treated Burlington chert. And the flaker does not flex. It's all in the angle, proper platform, and force of the strike.
You did a masterful job of creating a long point out of a piece of rock with a “twist” and an outward looking bend. The ability to see a point in the stone apiece and not mistakenly remove a flake at the wrong place was amazing work by you. Your knapping skill of course, particularly the removal of the “lump” mid-section without reducing width looked easy but I had to look at it 3-times. But making a maximum length point from the odd shape rock was in my opinion really exceptional work! Wow.
Really like this one! It was fun to watch you get rid of that area of mass on the lower portion of the blade. It's all about using what you have and you made a pretty darn nice blade out of that funny looking spall. The material looks like some really good stuff as well. Thanks for showing!
to be able to see the blade in the piece you are working before you even started is a talent in its self ,I know you kinda got to go with what the piece will let you do ,but youre insight is WOW. AWSOME BLADE love youre videos.
Thank you for sharing. I think this should be included into secondary school program - it is truly revealing and it educates us to show proper respect to our ancestors. Thank you, it is really amazing. My deepest respect to you.
Very good, I learned that this weekend. I also learned that if you are staring out with glass, that it's good to wear shoes and wear gloves. It looked like a scene out of Afghanistan at my house on Saturday. The wife and I played surgeon on my foot pulling out this odd shaped shared that I stepped on. I couldn't help but laugh. I'm bad about walking barefoot... Some outdoor folks will do it, I'm getting away from that.
I really miss them. We live in the mountains of northern New Mexico and I haven't heard one since we moved up here from Texas. I think it's really the one thing I miss, we don't have hardly any birdsong here... it's weird, the forest is so quiet. Where in Texas are you? I grew up in Sanderson, south of Fort Stockton.
I'm in west Texas (Midland). I'll bet if you put out a bunch of bird seed and cracked corn (both available from feed stores... not sure what they are called in Mexico) you will get lots of birds.
I have quite recently returned to flint knapping as a hobby after about thirty-five years away, and was pleasantly surprised to locate this video after Googling the topic. I must say that your skill is unsurpassed in this craft, and I am more impressed with your technique than I was when my Native American grandfather used to take me as a boy to watch some of the "old" Indians chip their arrow-heads. You are, for lack of a better description, amazing! I am curious about one aspect of your style, however, because the video didn't show it and it seems to be different than I have previously seen. When knapping your core, you of course hold it in your left hand, but to the right you seem to have two hands - one to hold the tool, and another to strike that tool with force to remove the flake. As this seems to be the reason you are so effective (and superior) as a knapper, I wonder if you could explain what is going on when you remove a flake - which is sometimes considerably large and otherwise difficult to remove with simple pressure rather than some type of strike. Could you elaborate on what is taking place on that right side when a flake is removed or better still film a short video demonstrating what is going on? I would certainly appreciate it!
that rock was no match for you! dang I cant believe you got that out of what it started out to be. there was a couple of times I thought you was in trouble, but you conquered it. you are a darn good flint knapper my friend
This video is very well done! When you strike the stone with the copper and antler, how do you make it flake? And also how can you tell it where it will flake off?
I'm brand new to flint knapping, but love it and have always loved finding and looking at arrowheads my entire life. I am lucky to be in an area where areas are still somewhat plentiful. Okay, question. when you are knapping, why do you take the hammer/grinding stone and dull up the edge? Is this done so your flaking will be more precise?
I believe the ancient knappers used all sorts of raw material: from perfect blades struck from carefully prepared cores to odd pieces left over from the quarrying process and everyhting in between. I don't think there was one standard process for preparing preforms with the ancient knappers. A person would use a variety of options. Thanks for the kind words!
That was a good video. Now a question, You spent about 30 minutes on that. How much will you be asking for the finished knife? Do you have a web site you sell through or do you have another market you sell through. I am just starting out in this trade and have a lot to learn. Thank you for your time.
Thank you so much for the link to the second video; your camera angle and demonstration answers my question completely! I truly appreciate this information and, though I have never attempted this technique before, I'm now compelled t experiment with it myself. If you don't mind my asking one other question, what material did you use to make both the tool with the copper wire for direct contact with the material, and the striking hammer, as well? It appears to be the same. Thank you in advance!
The grinding is done to create a thicker edge that won't crush when I try to remove flakes. Sometimes it crushes anyway, so I grind it more on the next try. It's all a matter of experience and knowing how to prepare the edge for the type of flaking tool being used.
200 Celsius for 4 hours. Begin by drying the stones at for 24 hours @ 90 Celsius, and then turn up the heat to 200 Celsius. After 4 hours, turn off the heat and let the rocks cool for 12 hours before removing from the oven.
I sell a few knives to friends but that's it. I thought about producing quite a few but knapping all day gets old quick. I sell blades like this for around $20.
Well, not the exact shape. I knew the general shape was going to be a teardrop looking thing with a blade that wasn't perfectly flat. It was good quality material so I knew I could get a usable knife out of it. :-)
My favorites are heat treated materials. Some of the raw flint is very easy to flake ( and very sharp ) but you have to be extremely precise and meticulous to produce top quality points with raw stone. Jasper is my favorite among the heat treated materials.
Yes, most of the stone I use in my videos is heat treated. This one in the video I heat treated myself in a simple turkey roaster oven. It's funny that you think we have better stone here than you have in Europe. We think that you have better stone than we do!
You are by far my favorite to watch I have learned so much from watching you. I live in the hills of Missouri so I work most with Burlington chert I have a hard time Spalding and getting nice long flakes to make knifes. I have plenty of chert and when heat treated it turns bright pink or red and flakes shiny, I will continue to learn from your technique's
Thanks for that! Glad you like the vids and good luck with the knapping. Having plenty of chert is a great bonus. I'm sure you'll be cranking out perfect knives soon.
This stone is heat treated chert from West Texas (near the city of Marathon). I don't know the exact location of the outcrop. I believe the stone was heated to 450 degrees F (and then cooled, of course) to achieve this level of flaking ability.
If you are new to Texas, it will take many days to locate a source of free chert or flint, even though the state is covered with it. I recommend calling landscape supply yards and asking for "bull rock" or "bull gravel". This type of chert can usually be heat treated and made workable.
