Knapping Presure Slabs With Indirect Percussion Episode 1, Beginner Flintknapping 

Hi everyone, I'm going to make a short series knapping a variety of different slabs to finished points and blades using indirect percussion. Hope y'all will follow along. Thanks for watching For flintknapping supplies, check out our website flintknappingtraditions.com Also, for quality, American made leather goods dannycollinscustomleather.com

Even with problems, you made it look simple . Great job, looking forward to your next one, thanks

Dont worry about a 20 minute video, showing the full process without moving too quickly or making mistakes is very valuable info. People who cant sit down to watch a longer video about flintknapping dont seem to understand this hobby at all. Patience is king.

It's beautiful material, I like how you overcame the step fracture by knapping from the end, and fixing the broken tip. Great video. Thanks.

Slab series sounds really cool!

All I do is slabs so I would be interested in a series. I just bought all four of your indirect tools and so far I really like them.

Very nice work fella! I sure do like the black novaculite.

Hitting under the center line, the inertia of the whole preform helps: it “holds” the piece in place while the force of the percussive impact detaches the flake. Hitting above the center line, the force of the percussive impact acts not mostly on the future flake but on the entire mass of the preform as a whole, hence risking cracking the piece into two. But this is my personal experience and I am no expert. :)

I put my sunglasses on 😆

I just sat there watching you progress, and I kept on saying ...stop already , you're gonna snap something......geesh😢