Knapping Secrets | Large Flake Removal

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There are tons of secrets in Knapping or Flintknapping. One of them that many people don't discuss is how to get the large flakes to pop off a spall. In this video I discuss those secrets and show how to pop the big flakes using a proper strike, support and better understanding of flake properties. Also I include some high speed slow motion video!
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5 янв 2023

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@wealdjourneyman Год назад

At last, someone explaining knapping in a clear and easy to understand way - thank you!

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Год назад

My pleasure. Appreciate you watching.

@josephcormier5974 Год назад

Thank you sir this is an excellent learning experience for I know nothing but what you teach me six stars brother

@glupshitto1977 Год назад

Your wife is going around showing her tits for money on the internet. Saw your name and recognized it.

@paleotrekker402 Год назад

I really appreciate the closeups. That alone is far more helpful than someone just sitting there in the middle of the shot trying to explain what they are doing! I hope you keep doing the closeups in future knapping videos.

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Год назад

Will do. Appreciate it greatly. Thanks

@dr.froghopper6711 Год назад

Good explanation Donny. I had to learn a lot of this the hard way. Cut fingers-humanity’s first hazardous waste. But yeah man! Good explanation! I love experimental archeology!

@DjSalle Год назад

This gave me a much better understanding of how it's done. Thank you.

@lightning2849 Год назад

Thanks Donnie ! Learned so much ! Your video and explanation was perfect ! Love the slo-mo and had to watch it again. Thank You so much !

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Год назад

Appreciate you watching. Thanks.

@AntihumanoSiempre Год назад

Nice run on the fundamentals, concise and to the point. I'd love to see more slow motion close ups, great way to really show the physics of what's going on

@raytheguyinthechair2791 Год назад

What do you prefer to Knapp? Obsidian, dacite, flint , chert, coral, glass? I'm just starting out and trying to figure out what the best materials to learn the are. Thanks for the awesome video. The science behind it makes it easier to understand.

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Год назад

No worries. Happy to help. I like hard cherts. The tools produced last a good chunk of time. If your starting out…dacite is affordable and a good stone to learn from. Obsidian I stay from typically, but dacite is good to start with.

@bigg204 5 месяцев назад

I have to say it was one of the best videos on Flint knapping I viewed in a long time. Thank you very much for sharing your expertise!

@20p65s Год назад

Well done, as usual. Just binged MS&B's again.

@bitterroots7317 Год назад

For years I will occasionally use a nice razor sharp flake of broken glass as a box cutter at work, coworkers think I weird but it works incredible well. And now you have inspired me to learn skills to make blades from scratch. Thank you!

@roylesterjr7052 Год назад

Thank you for the enlightenment! Hailing all the way from Navajo Land USA 🇺🇸

@LegionaireSiggi Год назад

Excellent video and a great refresher on flake terminology for the archies too!

@fikriasrofi5312 Год назад

Your dedication is amazing

@thefeatheredfrontiersman8135 Год назад

Perhaps the best flake I've ever seen followed these exact concepts. Did you ever see William Lord take a long axis bilit and strike an obcidian blank CD? I still can't forget that one strike. Slow motion. He had a perfect dagger preform and had no more thinning to do. It's on his RU-vid channel on "making high quality obcidian dagger " will Lord prehistoric survival" It's pretty easy once you get the motion down.

@cimachu Год назад

Very cool, I've never analyzed my flakes so thourougly except when I want to keep it, this is very insightful.

@bradpage8967 3 месяца назад

Great video!! Really answered a bunch of questions!!

@blackthornknives 8 месяцев назад

excellent job on explaining the process! Thanks brother!

@drivermark4456 Год назад

Thank you sir, you are like the Lewis and Clark of teaching those who really want to know the forgotten ways of the world. A true hero. 👍

@stevenkeithley4336 Год назад

Great video Don keep'em coming bud. Stay safe and be well brother 👊😎🤙🍻

@jerrodbeck1799 Год назад

Very educational I love the slow motion shots 👍🏻

@philipwrightscartoonscaric5858 Год назад

Absolutely brilliant stuff...!

@stephengarrett8076 9 месяцев назад

Outstanding! Thank you .

@bracoop2 3 месяца назад

Dude Donny thank you brother. Awesome lesson.

@shannonlandre4442 Год назад

Great explanations and examples!

@maritimespook Год назад

Right on Donny !

@delionmoon Год назад

sir, you provide excellent lessons that i enjoy very much!! thank you for that! you're one of the few people on the internet that i found who shows it as realistic as possible. very off-topic, but i wanted to ask you (for purely educational reasons as it seams i can't find answers anywhere on the internet) about animal furs and leathers: how to make clothes and stuff from them, how to preserve the fur better with available resources, and especially how long does animal leather/fur clothing lasts. would be very excited to learn this!

@theperfectbanjo8610 Месяц назад

Love your work

@nc_1045 Год назад

Nice video Donny I learn a lot with them I think a tattoo video would be cool to watch Have a nice day man 🤙

@spokilt Год назад

Blessings to you and yours

@kalstreksandtrails7606 Год назад

Awesome video bro

@Spheredrei Год назад

Great video.

@Sheepdog1314 Год назад

excellent - thank you

@gamershurtful8222 Год назад

Happy new year Mr Donny. greetings from Indonesia

@charliesimons7993 8 дней назад

Hey Donnie,I've been seeing posts on FB that I'm pretty sure you're not making. They are pics with a "link in comments". Just thought I'd let you know. I enjoy your YT vids. Keep 'em coming!

@mtbadger1346 2 месяца назад

Excellent

@mr.stickstone7445 Год назад

Great video Donny! Quick question: do you buy your stone, do you have a buddy that sends you stone, or do you source your stone yourself?

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Год назад

No worries. I collect from different locations, I trade with other knappers and buy when it seems supplies are low. I am fortunate to have stone on my land in the Chihuahua desert.

@mr.stickstone7445 Год назад

Thanks very much donny!

@BummyTaco Год назад

Man, every time I see this man, it reminds me of the show the legend of Mick Dodge

@MrDreimax Год назад

Thx a lot This Gentleman is a god ..... Hello from germany

@mattgarey-hendricks1787 Год назад

So interesting to think that this is how our ancestors made arrowheads!

@Tiangco1 Год назад

can you please demonstrate the cutting power of these knapped knives? I would like to see the upside and downside of flint v obsidian v chert pls. I appreciate you sharing this insight.

@Quietluxury83 Год назад

Like video☺

@Jeff-fc3tw Год назад

This video actually makes me want to try getting back into knapping. I tried to really learn this and busted fingers and Cut up hands were my results. Yup, I was Awful 😞

@jimmiegraybill2524 9 месяцев назад

It looks like the support of your fingers is directing the shock through the stone to a certain point and where your support stops is where the flake stops

@pauloribeiro6993 Год назад

🇧🇷 Nice

@mickymcfarts5792 4 месяца назад

I need glasses or something. I was like "kidnapping secrets?" This ought to be good.

@michaelwolf6855 6 месяцев назад

I tried knapping a stone knife from fairly thick churt and kept ending up with a sharp round block. This really explains why. Lol

@mikeinglesby5651 Год назад

Hey I'm really curious, is there any chance on getting a more in depth walk along identifying churt, flint, and other knapping stones? To be honest I've been working on the upper Delaware. I find great hammer and other tool stones but I'm having trouble finding anything to make bladed tools. What am I not seeing?

@hazknow12 Год назад

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@bloodnsteel26 Год назад

Do you prehaps know how they used to make bone rings for your fingers the primitive way?

@deeaaaadd1159 Год назад

Alguien me comentaría algo de sus tatoos ? Me causan curiosidad

@ProWalter2 Год назад

How did you get the ends of your antler billets rounded? Did you grind down the burrs into a rounded shape?

@joe_momma4455 Год назад

U kinda sound like Jhon Marston pretty cool

@jimmiegraybill2524 9 месяцев назад

I've had far less step fractures since watching your tutorials. However i still get a little knob or hump that forms on either side because i can't seem to carry that flake all the way through it. Is my tool too hard or soft? I'm using primarily a small section of deer antler and mostly hammer stones.

@AccountE117 19 дней назад

When looking to make a working blade that you can carry and use often in the field or when hunting, what length and width of blade would you say is a good rule of thumb? Thanks in advance

@arumatai Год назад

doesn't the supporting with the finger also increase the chance of splinters flying up into your face/eyes? has this ever been an issue for you?

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Год назад

Not an issue at all. Safety glasses and gloves wouldn’t hurt, but I don’t wear them all too often.

@arumatai Год назад

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks thanks!

@jackjohnson2651 2 месяца назад

I think I love you

@kenb7264 Год назад

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Have you ever had any bear run-ins? If so how do you handle it and/or prevent it? 🤔

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Год назад

Not too many. A handful of encounters.

@kenb7264 Год назад

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Dang, well glad you're safe and sound. Really enjoy the videos! Hopefully one day you could do something explaining the bear run-ins and how to handle it if you have no firearms, etc. As I'm wanting to get out there myself but have no idea what to do if a hungry bear wants my fish/other food that's cooking..or just keeping them away in general.

@thegingerpowerranger Год назад

First

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Год назад

Early Tribe!!!

@Frosty_tha_Snowman Год назад

Not gonna lie - at first glance, I read this as "kidnapping secrets" I thought it was a dark documentary about some trafficking circle.. then I read it again. Lol

@NineCircles13579 Год назад

What region do you reside

@torobolinofuell Год назад

When you were partying, I studied the flake.....

@user-dn3ol1vt2z Год назад

안녕하세요. 😳👍🏻

@Jaelin_Showers Год назад

Can you please make a video of what is going on. Exp: what is going on is this you 365 24/7 is this just for learning purposes family friends kids when this started etc

@17Liberty76 Год назад

Can you imagine the off the charts intelligence if the first people that intentionally shaped stone or created fire? Nothing before them. Just observation, trial and error

@beowulf2005 Год назад

Hey Danny do you know when you shopping it you can see how sharp as it is to cut through paper easy a very sharp scissors or a razor you can test it on the hair on your arms and see if you can cut it off gently with a sharp knife and then you can practice shaving with one during the night sincerely my covid name and it Beowulf.