As somebody who has just began knapping over the last 2 years using more modern tools I have to say that this was really something to see! I just within the last week started working on abo knapping with a few tines, hammerstones, and 1 smaller whitetail bopper. I have purchased 4 more whitetail boppers of various sizes for variation depending on how hard or large I need to use. I'm really glad i found your channel, I've watched lots of your videos but this one is the luckiest one so far being that i just decided to start working in this fashion. Thanks for all the videos, I'll be watchin when you put out new ones.
What i like the most is your assortment of tools youve used over the years. I have to say my favorite is the aluminum billet and steel/copper indirect. I use a whitetail billet as a Mallet and 8inch steel nail 3/8 as a indirect.. Only because I haven't bought any of that high molecular plastic and some copper/aluminum rods yet. Ive done pretty decent with minimal tools.
Got to admire some of the work you did on chert provided by Dusty C. I am properly humbled, having made some halting attempts on Nueces and Perdenales cobbles. Just gettng into abo knapping. Dusty gave me a bunch of cobbles from the Colorado River in N Texas. I saw that most of Dusty's samples were treated at 300 degrees. Is 300-325 good enough for these ? Your videos are outstanding and most helpful. Thanks.
Thanks! Yeah, 325 is good enough for most stuff. Less heat for darker, central TX cherts and sometimes higher for the light-colored stuff from west TX.
Great work Patrick! Love working those tabs. Watching you work I recognized that my strategy of trying to hit big flakes to skin the whole rock early isn’t nearly as productive or predictable as your approach. Thanks again for sharing your expertise!
How many years have you been napping? What age were you.when you first started napping. I am Cliff MAnis and love to watch you doing the napping and hear what you have to say when doing it..
Jack Crafty I'm kind of a beginner, I'm 13 years old and I'm having trouble getting good sized flakes pressure flaking, also getting a thin point. All of mine are over 1/2 of an inch thick. Accept for my glass ones. I have been flintknapping for about 5 months. Any suggestions?
Very nice. Thanks for sharing. And I heard about the abrading, thanks. We’re digging a site on the Nueces at Laguna near Montell. You should come down for a weekend sometime. All the flint you can carry home!
If you held soft leather , folded several times , underneath the biface , would the cortex have come off in longer running flakes ? I enjoy your style , you work wonders at times .Small stones work great , and your indirect is very informative...especially when you try different materials . I never would have thought of using aluminum . Fantastic !
Thanks! I suppose the cortex would have come off in longer running flakes if the workpiece was large. At this relatively small scale, the glove provides sufficient support, if any.
Awesome work....I have tried indirect a couple of times and just end up with gravel and bloody fingers....But I will get it some day! :) Thanks for all you share!!
So nice to see a flint knapper that uses only tools available to the Indians. Use of a copper billet or pressure flaking copper tipped tool is not true replication of what the Indians made.
Once again awesome video and point, the hole is really cool. I was wondering if you watch videos of other flintknappers and had any recommendations. Thank you again!
Yeah, I try to watch as many knappers as I can: mostly to see how they deal with different materials. I watch for the amount of force they use. The most challenging aspect of knapping, for me, is the upper ranges of applied force. I strive to push the limits of freehand techniques just before jigs, support, and/or leveraging are required. Most of my early inspiration for freehand (and pressure flaking) came from EDBO23.
Absolutely beautiful to watch the part where you got out the antler and put it under your knee. Edit: I can never deal with those flat parts on the edges and you just showed me how to do it. Thanks.
Outstanding work! I've been looking into getting into indirect for some time now, but I can't seem to figure out the angles for the life of me. Do you have any instructional video on the technique involved?
This guy has the most detailed and easy to understand explaination I've found on youtube so far. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W5u4ttosEmM.html
