I love how you demonstrate proper control and management of the edge and piece. Many beginners believe that it’s all striking and not preparing. When in reality it’s more preparing than actual striking to get the big flake or spall. Preparing and abrading is essential for any good flake, it’s better to prepare for five minutes or more to then in a second to strike a massive amount of material off. It’s a concept of thinking many are not used to: preparing, planning, and executing are all factors in the process and because it’s not measured it’s all feel.
Basalt is all over Arizona, I've seen people asked how to get knapping stone in az and I'm just like ",go to the local nature preserve and pick up a shit ton of basalt"
.Here where I am there is a lot of basalt and the points made with it are preforms used as scrapers and knives. The desquamation is not fine under direct pressure, almost all of it is by percussion. Large pieces are very rare. To give you a better idea, I have a video exclusively of Basalt points and artifacts. I am passionate about Basalt because it represents the archaic stage of the natives in this region. I recommend this video. Blessings to you my friend.
@@robsefton4952look for casts or replicas people have made. I’m not sure about the legal status of buying/selling genuine artifacts, but at the very least, it’s a practice very heavily frowned upon nowadays. There are a number of reasons for that, but I’ll just leave it at please look for recreations or casts. Don’t buy original artifacts
Very nice! Good commentary, like a good chess player, your endgame is always in mind "specifically built ridges to create better platforms", very informative!
Basalt in a high enough grade is absolutely wonderful material it’s unfortunate that the price per pound has risen. Although, lower grades were also used for not very sophisticated tools. It works wonderful with wood and antler. You can knap it then grind it to make a polished axe, adze, or just make a projectile point. For the lower grades I suggest wood because you can get a lot of force behind a soft percusser and rough materials like quartzite, rhyolite, argillite, and basalt work well with wood. My region is dominated by metamorphic quartzite and the indigenous people relied on it to make large tools. Wood knapping is incredibly fun although difficult to get used too you are able to work many irregular materials with it.
You sho look like a professional to me!! I liked your video. By viewing this video, I can see how to make better platforms. Do you 10 or 20lb flint? I moved to Missouri in 2015, because my wife got sick & wanted to be buried by her parents. While here, I found lots of churt. But I can't find large enough rocks, just 8oz to 12oz. 30:29
I started getting ear pains after I switched to aluminium. Like if I was in a noisy room it would feel like a hot spike in my eardrum. I started using ear protection with aluminium billets and it went away.
I love how you demonstrate proper control and management of the edge and piece. Many beginners believe that it’s all striking and not preparing. When in reality it’s more preparing than actual striking to get the big flake or spall. Preparing and abrading is essential for any good flake, it’s better to prepare for five minutes or more to then in a second to strike a massive amount of material off. It’s a concept of thinking many are not used to: preparing, planning, and executing are all factors in the process and because it’s not measured it’s all feel.
You either live close to an airfield, or someone is keeping an eye on people who are prepared to live primitive.😂
Very nice! I have a weird basalt obsession. It's a fun challenge, but I love how it just looks so "caveman".
Yeah, I love it too!
Basalt is all over Arizona, I've seen people asked how to get knapping stone in az and I'm just like ",go to the local nature preserve and pick up a shit ton of basalt"
I always thought basalt was too difficult to be a knapping material - thanks for set6ting me straight! Beautiful work.
.Here where I am there is a lot of basalt and the points made with it are preforms used as scrapers and knives. The desquamation is not fine under direct pressure, almost all of it is by percussion. Large pieces are very rare. To give you a better idea, I have a video exclusively of Basalt points and artifacts. I am passionate about Basalt because it represents the archaic stage of the natives in this region. I recommend this video. Blessings to you my friend.
Gracias! Voy a mirar el video
Sell some please or is it completely illegal to sell bc no one anywhere sells it on line that we know of
@@robsefton4952look for casts or replicas people have made. I’m not sure about the legal status of buying/selling genuine artifacts, but at the very least, it’s a practice very heavily frowned upon nowadays. There are a number of reasons for that, but I’ll just leave it at please look for recreations or casts. Don’t buy original artifacts
Very nice! Good commentary, like a good chess player, your endgame is always in mind "specifically built ridges to create better platforms", very informative!
Basalt in a high enough grade is absolutely wonderful material it’s unfortunate that the price per pound has risen. Although, lower grades were also used for not very sophisticated tools. It works wonderful with wood and antler. You can knap it then grind it to make a polished axe, adze, or just make a projectile point. For the lower grades I suggest wood because you can get a lot of force behind a soft percusser and rough materials like quartzite, rhyolite, argillite, and basalt work well with wood. My region is dominated by metamorphic quartzite and the indigenous people relied on it to make large tools. Wood knapping is incredibly fun although difficult to get used too you are able to work many irregular materials with it.
Nice one Zack! The Arizona material?
I was listening with ear buds and it was making my ears ring
You sho look like a professional to me!!
I liked your video. By viewing this video, I can see how to make better platforms. Do you 10 or 20lb flint? I moved to Missouri in 2015, because my wife got sick & wanted to be buried by her parents.
While here, I found lots of churt. But I can't find large enough rocks, just 8oz to 12oz. 30:29
I have dogs who are a pain in the butt keeping away from me when I’m knapping too haha.
The shadows are fine i can see what you're doing just fine
Basalt is both fun and extremely hard.
I started getting ear pains after I switched to aluminium. Like if I was in a noisy room it would feel like a hot spike in my eardrum. I started using ear protection with aluminium billets and it went away.
didn't think basalt could be knapped, but i guess if its silica content is high enough it works pretty well.
Что за порода горная,... Роговик?
Where is that particular rock from?
Ash ForK, AZ
What is the type of thing you like to make with basalt?
Hasket
I just found one of your other videos