thank you for all of your awesome videos... i started using deer antler from a small buck i got a few years ago, because of your last flintknapping video . your videos have helped me so much! stay well my friend and thank you again !!!
Another cool video Greg, my wife and I go to Uwarrie here in NC and find some really nice pieces, arrowheads & pottery ETC. Really good findings after some good hard rain. Anyhow thanks for the video very informative!!!
You have great videos sir. I'm new to flitknapping bit have really been enjoying it so far. I'm using mainly just antler and rock for all my shaping. My question is what is your opinion on the copper bopper from neolithics, as well as what is a material you would suggest a begginer for learning on? Thanks in advance
Always start at one end or the other, it is much easier to remove a flake when one side is not locked in by the other side, think 3 men interlocked arms try to remove the middle man nope it is much easier to get the guy one the end... the flakes will then come off much easier working from the end to end... also done in this way you still end up with a flat slab start by taking small flakes all the way around then take another pas a little longer then the third pass can go all the way . By doing this you will build a lens shape in your piece and it will look and flake much better..... good luck
So my problem is that I can't drive my flakes far enough, they tend to stop prematurely. Is it because of the tool I'm using since I can't get a lot of leverage? Is it my strength? Or is it the fact that I don't have a grooved pad?
Make the centerline low, where you want to flake. The biggest problem is that they don't go far. It's not force, trust me. Keep the centerline low and just press the very little outer edge. A flat surface is ok. A hollow will stop short. A rounded surface will be best.
One thing to point out is that in the video I posted notice how he flips the piece and takes a bit off with an upward flick before doing the actual pressure flake.
