309 - Nodena Arrowhead Flintknapping Part 1/3 Thinning and Shaping Rough Biface 

I'm actually getting ready to fire a collection of some right now. Just getting back into knapping after several years.

@@entrepreneursfinest awesome!

@@KnapperJackCrafty any tips or experience on firing times and heats with this? I'll be firing in a sand pit today and overnight with a mixed batch of cobbles but I'm looking for a turkey cooker. The woman of the house won't let me use the oven overnight!

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Thank you.

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Thanks Kenneth.

Thanks!

Thank you.

Thank you.

Jeff Bodean Yeah, good thing I was able to get it off. That was an actual artifact that I didn't want to mess up. :-)

Toshi Buntaro Thanks!

Nobody knows. We have found knapping tools that could have been used this way (long tines and beams) but no direct evidence.

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No, actually I don't have time to make a bunch of flintknapping punches for sale. Maybe someday but, for now, I just encourage everyone to make their own.

I use those clamp-on shop lights. I either clamp one to tripod next to me or hang them from the ceiling over my work area.

I hold it behind my knee with a "knee grip". Go back into my older videos and look at video 244.

Yeah, I can do a video on it. Sometimes people ask me about Ishi sticks. I don't use one in the conventional sense except for notching sometimes. When I first started attending knap-ins, I was taught to use Ishi stick pressure flakers and a boppers like everyone else.

Hey, I posted a new vid on Ishi sticks. I will probably do another one soon after I practice.

Sam King Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Midcontinental and Eastern United States by Noel D. Justice.

mojototal Yeah, I've thought about doing some tests on big game animals but I don't have any in my back yard. (heheh) When I'm rich I'll do those tests. In the meantime, I will do some tests on 1/2" plywood. I've already shot some test arrows at plywood and I think everyone will be surprised and enjoy the test results. Watch for upcoming videos... :-)

Allergic Hobbit What I meant was a simulation of a big game animal, such as wood or ballistic gelatin. Lol. But alright, I'll keep an eye on those vids.

Haha...thanks Matthew.

Probably. I don't remember.

I'm not sure of the diameters of the grounding wires (small diameter) but they are #6 and #8 wires at the hardware store. The larger diameter rods are 1/4" and 3/8". And, no, I don't twist them or harden them in any way.

I am just getting in to flint knapping and watching all the youtube videos I can. It is hard to find flint that is any good laying around. I am from the Southwest Missouri area where we had massive flint piles from lead mining in the past but the E.P.A. is cleaning up all those areas. I have walked creek banks looking for flint also but almost all of it has freeze cracks. I am just trying to learn how to spall with success and hate to do it on better grade of rock that I would purchase. Thank you for the videos.

I'm pretty sure there are a bunch of knappers in MO. Try looking online for a knap-in. You'll find plenty of flint ( some free) at knap-ins.

Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Midcontinental and Eastern United States by Noel D. Justice.

@@KnapperJackCrafty thank you

Mammal, reptile, or bird?