I honestly would never recommend obsidian to beginners, it’s too finicky and stupidly sharp, it’s more of a intermediate or advanced material for knappers in general.
Nice Clovis. There is an easy surefire way to flute a Clovis that prevents breakage: Beautiful work & material by the way! Take a branch the same width as the Clovis, split it in half, grind each half flat on the sidewalk, wrap the tip of the point in a 1/2 inch strip of buckskin twice around. Place the point flat between the slats and wrap tightly with a cord while fluting. Pitch glue 4 small pencil eraser size wood spacers between the point and the rest on either side of the flute flake platform. Long flutes, long points. Many future Successes. I use an antler billet to remove the flute.
I honestly would never recommend obsidian to beginners, it’s too finicky and stupidly sharp, it’s more of a intermediate or advanced material for knappers in general.
Every stone has its pros and cons. But I agree in general. I will say one upside to working obsidian is realizing really quickly you need to a braid😂
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Watched every second. Great work Jake! You have a great gift of being able to teach. This old man listens!
I appreciate that! Thanks!
Id love to try thay qourtzite out sometime. Where can i get that punchomatic? Lol
Good job man! Thanks for explaining as you go
Sweet
It's beautiful
Thank you!
Nice Clovis. There is an easy surefire way to flute a Clovis that prevents breakage: Beautiful work & material by the way! Take a branch the same width as the Clovis, split it in half, grind each half flat on the sidewalk, wrap the tip of the point in a 1/2 inch strip of buckskin twice around. Place the point flat between the slats and wrap tightly with a cord while fluting. Pitch glue 4 small pencil eraser size wood spacers between the point and the rest on either side of the flute flake platform. Long flutes, long points. Many future Successes. I use an antler billet to remove the flute.
You are such a perfectionist and I enjoy your videos.i have not mastered the spalling yet. I'm going through slot of rocks learning.
Big ups from a Dothan native. Love the videos!
Great job on the quartzite brother! Had to laugh at 5 minutes in when you said, "Maybe you get the point," lol. Yeah, educational and fun!
Thanks buddy😂😂!
Thanks for explaining your work it helps alot of people even me . I have been kn apping 20+ years.
I won't one of those places pretty place
Thanks!
Nice work, looks like it could be a rough material to master. Its obvious you got a grasp on it. Looking forward to the next one
Thanks! Definitely a unique stone with its own challenges but I love the finished look
Beautiful stone! I haven't had much luck with the tallahata I've worked, but I do like it!
I do too, it can be awful to work at first, but the more you work it the easier it becomes
Great point . Thanks for sharing.
Felicitaciones por tu arte
You are one of the best working tallahatta.
Many many thanks, appreciate it
Very nice job
Thanks brother