Perfect. This is where the knowledge is . r R Remain with a pre-Neolithic approach to knapping. Use bone, stone, antler horn hard wood, ivory, etc.all organic tools can be used to fit a knapping approach needed. I have spent 30 yrs. & Never deviated from that path. Vincent James Ajello (Lithic Technologist/Researcher)
Awsome video brother, keep it up!!!! And amazing and I mean amazing job on your flintknapping, a few tips for ya - use an abrasive flat stone to grind away the sharp edges of the flint and that way your hammerstone gets a good bite on the flint. It allows you to run better flakes to make thinner peices as well. Also you can make a mud and stone oven / firepit and bake the flint under 2 or 3 inches of dirt at around 400 ° for like 3 or 4 hours and the flint sometimes changes color but it makes it flake better and sharper!!!!! Keep it up love flintknapping👍🏻
Love the video Been artifact hunting for years now I wanna lean knapping. I have several options to choose from seeing I'm in centeral ky. Which do you work with most
For most of my projects, I conciously restrict myself to working only with materials that I can be found naturally where I live. Therefore I don't have a lot of options - apart from the ubiquitous limestone (the denser variants of which can be knapped to some extent), there's the "hornstein" chert you see in the video, and occasionally a river pebble that is useable as a hammer stone for knapping. (The baltic flint you see me using on my vacation projects in Denmark is much better quality than my local stuff.) If you want to get started with learning to knap, check out AncientCraftUK's "knap time" series. James Dilley gives the best introduction to the topic that I know of: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Laeh8Q4zzto.html&ab_channel=AncientCraftUK-Dr.JamesDilley
