Regarding waste of flints. In the old days the flint shards left over from knapping would have been used in quantity for damp course under floors here in Norfolk in the UK, where flints are everywhere!
For those saying this is a waste of Flint. In many places here in the UK it is a very common material. I live on the south coast. The entire region was under water a couple of hundred million years ago and as a consequence is made up of billions of tons of chalk (calcium carbonate) and Flint. Where I live, our entire sea defence is composed of millions of tons of flint, literally pilled up on the sea shore. The sides of farmers fields are littered with chunks of flint and if I put a spade in the ground in my garden, you can bet your ass that it will hit a piece of flint. I am not bragging, I am just saying it is very common. There are thousands of structures made from it. Here the beach down the road from me imgur.com/a/QuUs0. That is all flint washed out of the ground by the sea. We have flint up the ass.
@@plciferpffer3048 for those with an abundance of flint, this is fantastic. For us that flint is scarce it is a travesty...LoL I live in Australia and flint is almost unheard of.
for those with an abundance of flint, this is fantastic. For us that flint is scarce it is a travesty...LoL I live in Australia and flint is almost unheard of.
So jealous of all the flint, in louisiana I have to sift through my debitage so I can have something to knap. I don't like mail order spalls because i prefer cobbles and nodules and have experienced terrible batches for the price I have paid for nothing but cortex and concretions, prefer to feel the flint before I buy it. I been to several knap ins in my area, never had a positive comment about them. Seems to be some snobs in the community in my area, not friendly, and I'm a very likeable person. when I approach a booth where they sell flint, either they are saving it for themselves, won't look up at you because their too busy knapping on the material they are selling, or just not at their booth at all and have some random person they are comfortable with, knapping on their flint "" watching the booth for them""" as the true salesman is running around enjoying themselves. So I rarely have anything to knap on besides old flakes and spalls with concretions. Work 7 days a week as a carpentar so travelling for it is a no go.
It is my (perhaps mistaken) understanding that flint is not the most common of materials and carried a hefty value in yesterage; why would such a valuable material be used for masonry?
i hate seeing flint used this way, it just seems like a huge waste, i could probably make thousands of points out of one building, and thing like limestone can be used for building
Regarding waste of flints. In the old days the flint shards left over from knapping would have been used in quantity for damp course under floors here in Norfolk in the UK, where flints are everywhere!
For those saying this is a waste of Flint. In many places here in the UK it is a very common material. I live on the south coast. The entire region was under water a couple of hundred million years ago and as a consequence is made up of billions of tons of chalk (calcium carbonate) and Flint. Where I live, our entire sea defence is composed of millions of tons of flint, literally pilled up on the sea shore. The sides of farmers fields are littered with chunks of flint and if I put a spade in the ground in my garden, you can bet your ass that it will hit a piece of flint.
I am not bragging, I am just saying it is very common. There are thousands of structures made from it. Here the beach down the road from me imgur.com/a/QuUs0. That is all flint washed out of the ground by the sea. We have flint up the ass.
So, how can little-ole-me get hold of some of that beautiful stuff? I am in Delaware, USA - none here locally
You are lucky to have all that flint.
It's almost impossible to find here in Norway.
@@plciferpffer3048 for those with an abundance of flint, this is fantastic. For us that flint is scarce it is a travesty...LoL I live in Australia and flint is almost unheard of.
How you manage not to cut your hand open is a skill on its own. Well done!
for those with an abundance of flint, this is fantastic. For us that flint is scarce it is a travesty...LoL I live in Australia and flint is almost unheard of.
Wonderful video , very envious of all the Flint that you have over there, a yank knapper from indiana
Man, I wanna come play in your scrap pile for a week...that's some quality 'debitage'. :) Thanks for sharing.
Wow I would love to get some of that here in the U.S. to spend some time knapping. What beautiful stone and the quality looks fantastic.
Another excellent video.
Thank you!
Love how every shard of off cast flint is inspected for its usefulness in upcoming projects...
That's really cool, I had no idea you could build structures with flint!
Such an incredible stone.SOOO beautiful.Thanks for posting.Where was this video filmed? Near Hastings?
Great To Watch , Thanks Will
Superb Tutorial Will, You do make it look easy !
Thanks I live in Denmark Flint is everywhere even in our soil
wow you have so much flint, where do you get it?
Id like to just pick the stuff you drop Will lol ! :;:; Cheers from Atlantic Canada !,;,;, Spook
So jealous of all the flint, in louisiana I have to sift through my debitage so I can have something to knap. I don't like mail order spalls because i prefer cobbles and nodules and have experienced terrible batches for the price I have paid for nothing but cortex and concretions, prefer to feel the flint before I buy it. I been to several knap ins in my area, never had a positive comment about them. Seems to be some snobs in the community in my area, not friendly, and I'm a very likeable person. when I approach a booth where they sell flint, either they are saving it for themselves, won't look up at you because their too busy knapping on the material they are selling, or just not at their booth at all and have some random person they are comfortable with, knapping on their flint "" watching the booth for them""" as the true salesman is running around enjoying themselves. So I rarely have anything to knap on besides old flakes and spalls with concretions. Work 7 days a week as a carpentar so travelling for it is a no go.
brilliant video thankyou
Always a pleasure Will.
this is so cool
I heard that flint was used in buildings to keep witches away.
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I pay on average probably $60 bucks for US mail 35 pound flat rate boxes for flint for knapping, seems like a huge wast of valuable rock.
Where do you buy the flint?
It is my (perhaps mistaken) understanding that flint is not the most common of materials and carried a hefty value in yesterage; why would such a valuable material be used for masonry?
I cant help thinking you would have got that even straighter with a quartzite pebble instead of a hammer :D
i hate seeing flint used this way, it just seems like a huge waste, i could probably make thousands of points out of one building, and thing like limestone can be used for building
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seems like a waste of flint to build with it.