Another challenge complete! This one came out awesome. I was super impressed with what I could accomplish in 20 minutes, and I hope y’all enjoy the process along with me!
@GulfCoastKnapping I have to agree, keep at it. The old saying practice makes perfect probably originated regarding flint knapping. I'm not familiar with that type of quartzite, we have some various grades of this here in Kentucky I've found in the creeks. Some is really nice, no cracks or flaws and some is simply un-knappable. Good work there on that piece.
Cheers to you good sir. I love watching folks that have honed their skills over the years to the point of true mastercraft display their talents unabashedly. Its not about pride or attention whoring (all though the web is certainly RIFE with that as well). This is pure artisanship. People displaying the fruits of their labor to show others what they too can acheive if they can sew dedication into their passion. This is what humans do. It's how we evolved. We work and work to create something and perfect that thing, then we pass that knowledge along to the world. I have absolutely ZERO interest in watching commentators putting their critiques on things they can't do themselves. They aren't contributing to the craft, they arent helping to build anything other than their own "brand". We need more videos like this. To me, this is the whole reason for having internet. Keep em coming man. Keep on doing what ur doing.
Hey brother I have enjoyed every single video of yours. You are an awesome mapper in my opinion. I was listening to you about the comments and about wasting the flakes. Lol it so funny to me how other people try to tell others how to use someone else’s material. I don’t understand why someone wouldn’t just leave a positive praise about your work. I’m like you I paid for the material so I will do what I please with MY flakes. I’m sure you don’t waste them. I just dislike negative comments. Awesome work and awesome video as well man awesome video
I’m glad you agree😂 I think most people do. However there’s always someone it seems who likes to point it out. Thank you for the comment, so glad you’re enjoying these videos. I have another video filmed that I’ll post on Monday👍🏼
August 19th, Moundville, Al will have what is called a Saturday in the Park. Guy Medder from Mississippi will be demonstrating flint knapping from 1100 to 11400. There will also be several other knappers there, you're welcome to join us and we'd be happy to see you.
VERY skillful knapping. Wow. You said that sometimes you reference different artifact books. How does this Clovis compare in size with an actual artifact from the book?
For the Deep South (lower Alabama lower Georgia and Florida) the one I made is a bit oversized. But there are some large examples like this, just very few
Damn that was fast. What does the guy get that material? Do you have his contact info? Is it heat treated? I was amazed how you attacked that square edge.
Is it possible to make an arrowhead out of some of the bigger pieces that came off that rock? Or does it take a rock that size to make just one arrowhead?
Do you ever start out making one type of point and end up with something different because of mistakes, unpredictable material, operator errors and such?
@@longbowbanjoAL I’m not well-skilled in bow-making, nor in shaft-making. But I’m hoping to learn sometime soon. I guess I could let someone else create it for me, but I’d prefer doing it all myself. I’m stubborn in other words lol
@@GulfCoastKnapping lol i mainly used rivercane. theres just so much of it around here and it works great. bows however can be made of many woods. theres a saying, boys make bows men make arrows
@@longbowbanjoAL I hear rivercane is the thing to use. There are some patches of it down where I live, can easily grab some. And with bows I lack a ton of knowledge lol, but I’m sure I could throw something decent together
For this video I didn’t have a reference, just a point shape in my head that I wanted to go for. But sometimes I’ll use a “best of the best” artifact book and that helps alot
