1553 - Thin Stone Flake Flintknapping Challenge
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- Flintknapping. Knapping rocks. Making stone tools. Arrowhead. Lithic reduction.
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Abo Technique (Natural Materials Only) My Horizontal Punch Style of Knapping:
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Swiping or Scraping with hard Hammer:
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WHAT IS HIGH GRADE STONE?
Anything you can run a 1/2" or more flake with a pressure flaker.
HEAT TREATING:
Heat treat a few FLAKES of everything you got except HIGH GRADE Raw Stone, Obsidian, Dacite, Basalt, Hornstone, Sonora, Fort Payne, or Rhyolite. Start with flakes and spalls less than 1" thick for 200°F for 24 hours to dry it out. Then raise the temp to 275°F and hold for 4 hours. Let cool down for 12 hours. Chip and compare. If no difference, put back I at 200°F for 1/2 hour, then raise to 275 for 1/2 hour, then raise to 325 for 4 hours.
Let cool down for 12 hours. Chip and compare. If no difference, put back in at 200°F for 1/2 hour, then raise to 275 for 1/2 hour, then raise to 325 for 1/2 hour, the raise to 375 for 4 hours.
Repeat with temp going up 50°F until you reach 600°F or nice chippable stone. Whichever comes first. If no good result, or things blow up, let us know.
Get rich? Making arrowheads?? That was funny. And every time I read the entire internet, they come along behind me and add more to it. And that is a very nice point you made there. I've got bunches of flakes that size, I know what I'm doing after work tonite.
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Do you think a thin point like this could be used for deer?
I have learned a lot from you and my mother was full blooded Cherokee and my dad was half apache
Nice. That makes my day. 👍
Have you forsaken the UHMW rods and went straight to only metal now?
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I cannot express enuf how much i enjoy your videos !! Often times finding myself trully laughing out loud ! Thank you ! P.S. im currently trying to learn your art . ( Early Stage ) HaHa !
Beautiful Job.Your New Suscriber From North Providence. Angel Perez
The average arrowhead is 1.5” in length and 1” in width
What area of the country are we talking about?
Can u do a big ax. And will coral or seashells work as well
Coral or sea shell will not work. And I don't have the material for a big axe.
old man here , wish i had you tube , to learn from - you have made me a better knapper for sure , i see how thin i can go now at times , just to break it , but its fine - just a rock - thanks crafty !
Glad to help
I just ordered a nice 20" Ishi Stick with four set screws...guess I didn't need that. What type of rob do you have here, where can I get one?!
1/4" diameter steel rod from Lowe's or Home Depot.
I once spent 3 1/2 years doing nothing but cutting dovetails in exotic woods - for 'coffee table boxes'. I got good at it. I imagine a boy, becoming a man, napping for years and performing utter magic with hands and stone.
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Get yourself a moisture meter.. When your staves get down around 15%, seal them with a good quality sealer. I have a hickory stave here that is around five yrs old now.. You can take hickory down to around 5% and it does just fine.
I'm in VT now. The humidity is much more reasonable. I'm glad to be nowhere near the desert. 😁
1.25 inches avg.
In response to 24:55...you will lose at least one viewer if you "keep it to historical..."blah blah blah! You be you dood.
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Extremely nice point from such a curved flake
Thanks, Ed.😊
Ok, so I've heard about osage but have studied more about yew. How do the 2 compare? I know with yew there's a color difference between the sapwood and core wood and one compresses better and the other handles tension better, so you can make it using those 2 colors to your advantage. Does osage also have that going on for it?
As for the part where you ponder whether you are making good flaking patterns or being a wannabe; looks good to me but you know way better than I do. If you think you are being a wannabe then the best advice I can give is flake it 'til you make it.
Good one. Flake it 'til you make it. Hehe. As for Osage, the heartwood greatly overpowers the sapwood, so the sapwood must be removed.
I have often thought of giving this craft/art a try. Our local senior center offers flint knapping classes. I worry about all the tiny flakes going everywhere and having one pop into my eye! Any tips for an old fart that’s thinking of giving this a go?
The best advice I can give you it to make sure you have a dedicated space to do this because you're right... the flakes will get everywhere. And also make sure you swing hard enough, or pressure flake hard enough, to remove good flakes.
This is irrelevant, but You mention Mexico. What tribe do you descend from?
I don't know the tribe, but I have ancestral Pueblo DNA.
Beautiful point - lots of meticulous attention to detail. Very cool to watch.
Well it definitely looks good to me. I'm still practicing I think there getting better but maybe not. Thay wouldn't look good to you. My last one is better than the first 😅Gene Gorringe Mi 👍 ✌️ 🇺🇲 🇬🇧
Progress is what matters, no?
What’s the thing you’re using for indirect percussion?
1/4" diameter weldable steel rod from Lowe's. 12" long.
Really nice point. I have to try harder to make some of them. There very hard to get right. Really snappy. Got to have that light touch.
Definitely
My great flint knapping friend,Tim Mullen tells me they are dance blades, used in the deer dance by the Modocs and other tribes. Best knapper I feel there is, taught FOG knapping by Jim Hopper. You should attend his large knappin next weekend in Blackfoot, Idaho.
Can you give me the info on that knap-in, please? I don't think I have that one in my notes.
STARTERS, the Modoc did not utilize Dance blades, and what do they have to do with this video? Dance, or wealth blades were used in ceremony by the Yurok, Hoopa and Karuk.
I made a point from a flake ADA i have a lot more practicing to do to get back to where i was 😢
Yay, struggles. 🤙😁
And what kind of metal do you have in your Ishi stick?
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"Asymmetrical" is the word you were looking for. Great job on the point, I never tried making points even once but have made a lot of gun flints out of crappy chunks of Guadalupe river chert.
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Great job. Jack, in your opinion what is the easiest rock to knapp?
The easiest rock to knap is a high-grade heat treat. If you're asking about stone straight out of the ground, nature's heat treat is easiest (high-grade hornstone, for example).
What kind of rod are you using for your indirect napping?
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I definitely think that would take down a deer
Oh yes
your like a sewing machine with that thing
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Thank's this is whay i have the most to knapp!
You can steam the wood for the bows
Yupper
...." I drove four days, yes, both ways ,
and now my fish are napping Clovis.
Filled up my gas tank , then my fish tank
Now "Jack Mackerel Crappie's" napping Clovis...😆🤣😝
Very good work, remarkable how aware you are of the stone and your tools while napping. all the dos and don'ts. that's what makes you a master. enjoyed the video.
Thank you
Have you ever made anything ugly? Sheesh!!
Oh yes. Lots of steppy and thick stuff for the first three years.
@KnapperJackCrafty I've been working on it for a few years. I'm an opportunist as well, but I don't make very much that's pretty. You've helped me through.
Must be a copper nail?
I use a steel nail in this video.
In the N.W. In Spain we have points very similar to the Morrow Mountain projectile points, with points at both ends (Like those of the "Chan de Armada" Dolmen (Morrazo Peninsula). Provincial Museum of Pontevedra). Would that design be to attach to the shaft of the arrow in hollow wood?
It is my opinion that arrowheads were never attached directly to hollow wood. A foreshaft of solid wood was used, or the entire shaft was made from solid wood.
Tree Management stuff:
Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management which exploits the capacity of many species of trees to put out new shoots from their stump or roots if cut down. In a coppiced wood, which is called a copse, young tree stems are repeatedly cut down to near ground level, resulting in a stool.
Hedgerow A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
Pleaching or plashing is a technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge creating a fence, hedge or lattices. Trees are planted in lines, and the branches are woven together to strengthen and fill any weak spots until the hedge thickens
Pollarding is a method of pruning that keeps trees and shrubs smaller than they would naturally grow. It is normally started once a tree or shrub reaches a certain height, and annual pollarding will restrict the plant to that height. Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BC.
Husbandry The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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"I end up putting them in my aquarium..." LOL, I've actually considered that!
LOOKS GOOD TO ME.. LOV WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS.. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH 😊
@antonycollopy59 Thank you. I'm very glad to hear that.
where do you live
Midland, TX
)Beauty>>>>>>>>
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Where in South Texas? I'm in Laredo.
When did I mention south Texas? If you're looking for free rocks, you should be able to find small flint nodules near the river.
@KnapperJackCrafty to mentioned visiting "south Texas" and northeastern Mexico.
@KnapperJackCrafty not looking for rock;I have access to plenty. Just curious where in South Texas you were referring too.
McAllen-Edinburg area.
My "Bash and Thrash" method certainly wouldn't do well here. LOL.
Good, thorough work on that point!
I've been saving up smaller flakes for doing just that. But I only get them to the preform stage. Especially after working bigger stuff. Ya really gotta be in the zone.
Like ya said, and it's totally true, you get the same problems with the small ones as you do with the big ones.
The smaller scale means smaller platforms, sharper eyes and even greater patience.
Good work, and for me, timely posting! Thanks!
Ken
Ahh, microscopic napping ,fine job
In my area that might be called a Washita
Maybe a little large but much better made! Very nice.
@@SwineHunter-h9e Thank you.
My area too.
Your vids are great keep doing you
the vast majority of arrowheads from the uk were made on this kind of thin flake , lots still have some of the curve and or the original surface of the flake still visible in areas but then there are some that are so thin and perfect that they defy reality and physics !
Ah yes, the defiance of reality and physics. Must be aliens...👽
I have never done indirect napping. but watching you it seems like you can be more precise with your flakes
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If they had the more modern tools they would have used them too. Lol.
I've heard that kind of stuff with blacksmithing too. What is traditional really?
Was that cornmeal ground up by an old lady using a big rock and a littler rock? Lol.
Totally agree with them using modern tools if they had them... it's common sense why wouldn't they. They would've wanted to produce the best results with the minimum of time and effort and not set themselves a tougher challenge. I wonder if the Mesolithic guys wanted to do it like the paleo guys or the neolithic knappers felt they should be copying the Mesolithic or paleolithic styles? Not at all!! Their lives depended on efficiency and what works best. So if they'd had access to the tools and materials we do, you can bet they'd of used them over older less practical ones.
Agreed. This is proven by the fact that when introduced to metal, they began using iron arrowheads.
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Taking more than one person out of the battle. The reason for full metal jacket bullets rather than hollow point bullets.
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That is a beautiful point that would be deadly on a whitetail for sure
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I think your channel would do better if you stuck only to tangents
Haha. 😁👍 That would be fun!
Where do you pick up your copper rod?
There are no copper rods in this video.
What is the rod you are using at the first of your video thanks
@rayo caballo steel rod. 1/4" diameter. I buy these at Lowe's or Home Depot.
@@KnapperJackCrafty thanks