In this video I flintknap a Dalton point and Dalton adze blade. I also give an introductory overview of Dalton culture and the lifestyle of these people.
Just found your channel. I watch a lot of Freezecracked and didn't know what to expect from your channel. I'm VERY impressed and loved the educational commentary!! You have great skill and it's obvious in the precision of your strikes and the expediency of your start to finish process! Can't wait to watch more!
This video is perfect ,because I'm stuck at home ,so I decided to make a new set of projectile points for my dart ,I'm working on making dalton's for fall deer season
The hand/ eye coordination required to take off the right size flake without breaking the point in half is considerable. Did this for years and only got "decent" at it.
Very informative production Silas. I didn't even realize it was you until the end and then it made sense. I remember a quartz crystal you worked with that same reserved sensitivity to the stone and its inherent qualities. Superb techique.
bones&stones 65 Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. No I don’t, I prefer ago when I can. My wrist was hurting when filming this, which is why I did most of the flaking with my copper ishi stick. I end up doing copper pressure flaking about half the time, antler the other half
Chert and flint are more or less the same thing. All of the material called “flint” in the US is actually chert, including the material I knap in this video.
These aren’t fakes. They’re modern art pieces and reproductions. If you hate flintknapping I suppose you’re just wasting your time with these comments aren’t you?
Lol what hobby? The collections hobby? I don’t give a care if the antiquities and relics market dies. I don’t have a problem with people surface collection on private property. But once an artifact gets sold it just loses provenience and it’s ability to inform us about past peoples.
