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Back in the early 1970s, I worked at a shipyard on huge crude oil tankers. They used the wood to make bearings for the propeller shafts. They called it "Lignum vitae" and it will not float in water.

I sure do miss seeing videos by freeze cracked, he was always my favorite knapper.

Freeze you are a treasure ol son. Idk how you come up with this stuff off the dome 😂

I learn alot from watching you knapp. Even things i forget. Lol i like how you show your angles and explain. Thanks

So much info here, this is really a huge help. Thank you

Fantastic explanations, very clear and understandable. Thank you so much.

I have a stone like that is this have a price?

Please come back we need are freeze crack 😢 hope everything is well.

I can’t tell the difference between the side with convexity and the one that doesn’t. I am still hitting a wall with my slab preform knapping. I always get to a point where I don’t know what to do.

Thank you. Sir for the good videos, your wrong stuff is Much better than my right stuff? I appreciate your help in learning this skill. When I grow up I want to be just like you (some what). Thanks much it helps.

Best there is, best there was, best there ever will be. Love your vids, thanks

Damn that squirrel is noisy😂

Hey freeze!!!!! Glad to see your videos again !! Missed them and hope your doing good

COME ON BUDDY,,we need a new video........................... , ,, ???

I wish I could Knapp obsidian like this.

I can’t believe I missed this video. Must have been because I was wandering the western United States, looking for interesting stuff 😅

Jerry, I hope you're still around and knapping. If you're willing to make one more video I'd like to see how you go about making a Pandale. There is next to nothing about that point style on TH-cam. Thanks in advance and all the best, regardless.

I have learned the most obvious fact about fluting. If a knapper chooses to make a fluted point, use high quality silicate material. A knapper can thin lesser quality rock by following ridges, preparation of platforms, etc., and hard strikes of lesser quality rock and make a point. But a point that requires finesse either with notching or fluting will see greater success using good material. That little “snap” tinkle or crack sound from a rather gentle using direct or indirect strikes is the material needed for fluting in particular. A thinned point, particularly a point thinned by Indirect Percusión having a flat rather than a pronounced convex cross section, cannot withstand power strikes unless angles are absolutely perfect. You videos are really, really good. I wish I had found them years ago.

I watched this video in the year 2024. Interesting to me, I did everything as shown learning on my own progressing through trial and error. Indirect Percussion thins the preform and creates “flat surfaces” because that is the end result of thinning flakes (NO convexity). And EXACTLY as described in the video invariably “humps and bumps” created by thinning flakes sure enough stalls the flute creating short flutes. Get aggressive creating a heavier nipple thinking a deeper longer flute and SNAP, …… another broken Clovis. Boo Hoo !!!

That's a really nice point

Are you on Facebook sir? Would love to pick your brain here and there.

nice job Jerry

I cant believe i just found your vids but im glad i did you are a gifted teacher sir and we look forward to binging on your vids and living our knapping dreams vicariously through you. I have to ask and waste your time sir but we are recovering from a total loss uninsured fire and most all materials and tools are a loss. My 14 year old girl has been knapping with me for 5 years now. Is there a classifieds type market on materials and maybe used tools? Every penny is being pinched right now but i dont want my girls interest to be lost due to me. She loves the materials and tools you use ss do i. Where can i find those and how costly are they. Weve got a few hammerstones one crappy flaker and an antique soldering iron bopper but materials and tools are lean now and for a while so any direction you can point me is soooo appreciated sir. Keep doing your thing man we love you

I would really enjoy seeing more videos where you use this large indirect purcussion method. Hope you're well Mr. Cracked

We miss you

Thank you.

Thank you. My pressure flaking sucks. End up with steep 45° edges and then next pass is just a copy of first, same angle but flakes no longer, but now the point is narrower. Particularly right now on keokuk. I can do better on obsidian or glass. Same results w antler or copper hand flakers. I have the strength, just not the knowledge yet. I’ll work up an Ishi stick and also work on the edge prep/platforms. Hope you are well.

Very informative good job.

Honest feedback in case you want it. I entirely dismissed your channel at first just because of the low voice. Things felt too slow and quiet for my fried dopamine receptors, the background noise got in the way, visually it looked much like any other knapping content. Now it has become one of my favorites. Gold nuggets of knowledge with the right amount of humor. Wouldn't have known without sitting through a few minutes of video. My point is online success has only a bit to do with content quality, and a whole lot with attention grabbing.

The one at the 8:00 minute mark actually looks like a wolf head and when you turn it another way it looks like another animal head. They would make art out of them even though they are tools! I have plenty! Some are even Indian faces with headdresses on.

Eight years later and this is extremely helpful. My organic notching punches weren’t doing the job and I had never thought of a nail punch. Thank you so much!

How do you limit bulbs of percussion?

My cat sleeps all day. I wish he'd knap.

Lol dont worry about it.i do it everyday but im learning😅

Hi Mr. Freeze the C : just to say ive learned so much and hopefully it is under triple digit heat in your state . Our one week of fall and two weeks of winter/ spring weather is about to start . Its hot August now and fall should start in three months. It will be here in a flash. Maybe. . . ......

I need to watch this series of videos more often. They are IMHO the most comprehensive instructional set available. Thank you teacher!

I'd love to see more video series like this, without narration and just knapping ASMR

Very nice

Way better video than you may think you are a great teacher

Great video

Very nice collection!

Yea you've still got it Freeze😊

Thank you for sharing this. It’s incredibly helpful and NOT boring good sir. Seriously thank you. I’m going through some obsidian and already you’ve addressed some mistakes I’ve made in supporting incorrectly. Awesome video sir!

My favorite flintknapping channel on TH-cam 🎉

😂How did I never see this before!?😂😂😂

Debitage Breath

Thank you Jerry I am needing videos like this for the clues I need to be aware of.

I always learn something watching you. Im glad you are still at it.

Hes alive... 👀

I like this