Fluting Clovis Points 

Thought you’d appreciate this: I was scrounging in a city creek in Missouri today for chert, when a a young man walked in too and started testing stone as well. I asked him if he was flintknapping and he said he was. I asked where he learned to do it and he said “Huntprimitive”. I said “that’s my boy”, and showed him better what to look for and how to go about it. Your work is spreading far Ryan. Keep it up.

Don’t worry about about the ppl that are in a rush and don’t want the explanation. There are plenty of other content creators and videos that just show you they can preform certain techniques and don’t share how. What sets you apart is how detailed you are. You give us the why, how and when. Your knowledge is so amazingly precise. That it allows others to follow the path on the road you have created for your students/followers to be able to get consistent results over and over. that’s what makes you the best flint knapping channel on RU-vid and sets you apart. I greatly appreciate you explanations and you sharing your learning experiences with us!

Great video. Thank you for all of the effort that you put into your videos and for your passion for helping us learn the old technologies

That was great Ryan 👍🏻 We had a neighbor as a kid who was always making points in New Mexico. I can't remember his name but I remember him using a similar technique . Thanks for sharing

I've been wrapping a tight leather around my clovis points for years. Now I have to try this. Old dog new tricks

As a knapper, these techniques will be extremely useful in my future. At my old home was a large creek, There's been many broken pieces deposited in that dark water. Many years from now, someone will find them and be baffled.

Good morning from Syracuse NY brother and everyone else

Love your long form content!!

Amazing! Thanks for the explanation of how your thinking evolved on the technique. Very cool

Thank you! Love watching you work. Your explanation makes sense to me regarding the curvature to hinging. Great video!

Really Really great video, very valuable information

Okay, you got an early like. That flute was a beaut!

Congratulations!! I was holding my breath when you hit the last one! I hope I can get to Fluting Clovis Points.Wow!! I see that you got the other side fluted. Yes got it.

So many great ideas in this video, thanks for sharing

My oh my. I think you cracked it. I'm definetley making one!!! I'm watching currently but couldn't wait to comment. Really nice!!

Nice work and teaching!

Nice job! I actually have made flute with that way indirect but didn't filmed it..but shall do that next time!

I've been watching a lot of videos lately. Just by theory and visuals, this method seems far safer than anything else I've seen. This will be the method I try firts.

Really cool video!

I have 2 successes out of about 20 attempts at fluting. Made the preforms as good as possible consuming inordinate about of time and broke 90%. So, I searched Lithics Casting Lab and bought a plastic cast of broken Clovis BEFORE the flute was removed. I found ONE such cast. The Nipple is huge. Like OMG it is big. I tried to replicate that nipple and suffered even more catastrophic failures.. I am convinced that End Shock is a big issue. I think you are on to something in minimizing the Step Fracture termination. Lower the nipple and adjust the angle to hold the point has to be like you explain to get the over shot to get the curve and a smoother termination and less “diving” to avoid that big Step termination. That abrupt Step says a lot of energy was still left in that fluted flake and so the point breaks.

Very good explanations, thanks

Brilliant idea, im glad i watched this video, ill be giving it a try tomorrow, i need to replace a point i broke on a buck deer that turned his head into line of fire and the dart smacked his antler.

Hell yeah great video thank you!

I find this very interesting! Wondering so many possible methods that early man may have tried, one thing i can imagine is they were working a lot of points on bad days of weather and sitting around a camp fire, is it possible that they stuck the point down into the coals first before they fluted??? I dont know , i heard so many things,, they briefly heated them and then touched them with a strip of wet leather to pop a section out,, ??? Enjoy your videos and much appreciate them, i was tryin to make arrow heads probably years before you were born , and never really figgured it out..😉👍

Nice Clovis point.

That wooden jig reminds me of ones Tony Soares experiments with on his channel.

Thanks for sharing, Ryan, I love Clovis fluting and have been working on techniques for several years with natural tools.

Really nice video

Incredibly informative video. Your excitement and passion for knapping makes your material very enjoyable and easy to follow. Thanks, Ryan.

I was able too look at a private collection and focused mainly on the Clovis. There were atleast 50 bases that were broken in the fluting process.

Nice Plainview.

Ryan I have one that was found in Missouri that is fluted 3/4 on one side and an overshot on the other side, About 2.5 inches long

I think it was Tony Soares that had a video where he used a grooved wooden holder for fluting.

Why not haft a piece of antler like a stone axe to make a hammer, just feels like would have more control trying to keep your leg and arm dead still while swinging. Could try striking on top of a log instead of your leg then be hitting a stationary object.

Love your videos bud. Keep them coming

would love to see you on a podcast with people like Randall Carlson or Diamond from Magnetic Reversal News

This video is super informative!! Excellent description! Are you pushing the piece into the indirect stick or are you just holding enough pressure to keep it in place? I was in a discussion awhile back talking about the hollowed wood fluting technique and was sayingbthat the flute may be limited by the contact with the wood and something else in the channel to mark the end of the flute. Seems like Jack Crafty was who I was talking with. I've since thought about a section of bone instead of wood being used for that....bone would be easier to prep than hogging out wood. I also wrap points in leather when doing a hard basal strike to thin a base down and have almost no breakage...with good tip support too.

some very important research here

It was great following along, I learned a lot 👍 have you thought of using a dogwood or boxwood billet? I started using boxwood and its made such a huge difference for my indirect blade making 🙂

Wow!!!

I think if you braced your hand that holds the jig against your left knee. You may be able to drive longer flakes. Maybe squeeze your knees together. Just a suggestion. Great video.

What about using a cooked cow femur for your cantilever? There should be little flex and has a built in trough.

Do you agree Ryan, the paleo people didn't heat treat they worked it raw. Greg Perino told us they had 1st. Pick of the highest grade materials.

Good video, one question. Why wood billet instead of antler?

You should do a corner notched Charleston with the flared out "barbs". I don't think i have ever seen it in a video. It looks like it would be difficult to notch it and not break the barbs or maybe you notch it first then work the point down skinnier.

1. Australian Buloke as a replacement for the indirect percussion tool.I wonder how it would do.

Is this like a whistling throwing knife? Warfare not hunting? They did this with slingshoot projectiles

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What’s the point of the Clovis?

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As the risk to break the blade is high, why not fluting the blade first and then finish it after a success ? What a waste of time...

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