Narrow Entry Notching 1 (Ishi-Wintu)

[MrFlavum]

Truly inspiring. Thanks for sharing

[lynx777]

I live in Las Vegas...how do take lessons from you?

[zekeyo37]

Is the area where you start your notches a concavity or convexity of is it just flat on the very edge? Thanks in advance for answering my question!

Zekeyo37

[RichTheRidgeHunter]

where do you get the rubber hand pad?

[MrPicStuff]

@RichTheRidgeHunter Look-up TANDY LEATHER FACTORY, in the phone book, in your area, or go online. They sell hobby and old-school tooling, leather,rubber mats, knurling tools, books on how to, and etc. I am not affiliated with them, but I have dealt with them for over 3 decades.There is little, that you need, that they DON'T have! They go by 2 names "The Leather Factory" & "Tandy Leather". They also have a program where you can BUY IN , for wholesale connections! You can also get custom stamps.

[RichTheRidgeHunter]

@MrPicStuff THANKS ! I got one of those close to me. I go look. Thanks for getting back to me

[Unshackled828]

Sir, I would like to make a notcher with your design. I saw the section where you gave a short tutorial on making it, but I can't figure out what kind of handle you're using, and how you're getting the plastic bolt to stick in the shaft. Could you explain it, please? Thank you!

[Unshackled828]

I am trying to learn to make a notcher, and it seems that your design would work for a pressure flaker as well. can you explain in a bit more detail what you do to make this? i understand pushing the nail through the plastic bolt, but how are you securing the bolt to the handle? I cannot see the end of the shaft well enough to figure it out. Thank you!

[ashnbrandon1]

is there a way i can make those tools i need them and well i cant really buy cause i only 11 and i like to make weapons and im trying to make arrow heads but can i make those with sandstone?

[paleomanjim]

@ashnbrandon1 Sandstone hammerstones will work fine for percussion. For pressure work you will need a tool using either copper, antler or bone. Copper grounding wire can sometimes be purchased at Home Depot. You can also make a pressure flaker using bone....hope this helps

[ashnbrandon1]

@paleomanjim well a hammer sone is round right?

[charkee1]

Good work, no, excellent craftmanship.

[Quannah07]

Steal from the indian typical whiteman wantabe!

[paleomanjim]

@Quannah07 My ancestors were flinknapping thousands of years ago a well. If you walk upright and have opposable thumbs you have ancestors that were flintknappers sometime in tha distant past. Flintknapping is not a wantabe type anything. It is experimental archeology and gives us insight into the past....

[fireworksoflife]

Boo Yaaa Quannah07!

[atfatw]

@paleomanjim I always admired the Indian's ability to make weapons from the reed tube that caribe women painstakingly put in bit after bit of abrasve sand pretty much constantly until they got a bored tube (the men bored the tube with a red hot stick) that was uncommonly smooth for kapok wrapped dart to the wintu arrowheads that penetrate deep before breaking. a better kill than the conventional wide arrowhead. it took an iron determination to burn the reed or mahogany

[atfatw]

passage straight with a hot coal that had to be re-heated repeatedly and scraped out level. or a stick with fine grains of quartz rock on its end. the fine leather hide clothes, Indian cordage that was soft as silk strong and quite water rotting resistant. they using very simple methods made log canoes, fishing nets, and good pottery. Indians of California made rope lashed planked fishing canoes that were even sanded smooth long before the white man came with his tools and equipment

[fishinwflies]

@Quannah07 I just taught a class to Native Americans on knapping. I'm Irish. Not one of them had your rude racist attitude. As Paleomanjim said Knapping is world wide, every color. You need to apologize.

[RICKYOUSSEF]

What is purpose of narrow entry... is it purely art.. or historic.. I am a new bowyer and just want to know if it will help tie onto a arrow better...

[paleomanjim]

@RICKYOUSSEF Narrow entry notches were used on Wintu points from the north west. They probably give better penetration as it provides a very continous edge less likely to snag....jim

[huntr315mx]

0:53 i love the red one in the middle!

[multimulte]

Great art man! Fantastic!

[SgtGrant23]

is the red and white one on the left of the green one a style of a tribute point from the craig mound from spiro mounds?

[junx1488]

i'd like to see you do it how the native americans did damnit

[KonstantinKuehn]

im just gonna say HOW THE FUCK ARE U SOOO GOOD AT THIS! i can barely make an arrowhead! hahaha

[BigWheelaCatPeelaYea]

Does anyone know what the best rock for this that I could find in Durham region Ontario Canada?

[rudyryu]

Man! Your work is awesome...I just want to get to a 1/4 of your skill set...thanks for sharing!

[noir0222]

you should sell them in ebay

[TheMCBADGER]

on not in

[noir0222]

@TheMCBADGER yo momma biatch

[USFREEDOMFIGHTER1]

Your Extremely skilled.

[5tonyvvvv]

u dont need to make them that narrow,any sharpe arrowhead,will kill a deer.even round heads will work great

[paleomanjim]

Actually, penetration is the result of the speed and force of the projectile as well as shape. Point shape and size should be matched to the type and size of animal hunted. ...jim

[5tonyvvvv]

shape does not matter as long as its sharpe.some tribes made triangular heads some round.and even square heads.african tribes use round headed flint arrowheads to kill giant eland deer.

[paleomanjim]

Having hunted both hogs and deer with my points it is my opinion that point shape is a big factor in determing penetration. I used a Clovis point on my last hog hunt that failed to penetrate the large bony shoulder of the hog. A narrower point would likely have penetrated the bone and resulted in a kill instead of a wound. That is my opinion.

[5tonyvvvv]

Ok sounds good,do u know anything about otizs the icemans bow?i know it was yew,but what draw weight?and do u know anything about indian lonbows?

[sunshaker01]

@5tonyvvvv The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volumes 1 through 4 have a lot of information about making bows and arrows. The articles are written by some very knowledgeable people and they do cover the different styles and types of Indian bows, as well as bows from other parts of the world.

[ROBLOXchowder]

I wi sh i could do that u no i have 6 blood tribes in me?

[CaliforniaWilderness]

hands down great work!

[ParamoreRox09]

you're crazy good, dude!

[XibalbaKing]

this arrow heads have the quality of the best mayan and other indians artisans.

[pudge1725]

Dang I've seen arrowheads being made but nothing like this those points are awsome what a nice talent to have!

[stonearrowhead95]

wat is the big ross blade made out of at 2:50 ??

[paleomanjim]

The Ross is made from Mckittrick chert from east of Bakersfield California. Its a

very colorful piece of Mckittrick, most is grey

[KonstantinKuehn]

how the hell is that even possible?

[nezahualcoyotl85]

holy shit nice flints

[DiabloComanche]

i've tried narrow notching before but i broke the end off of 2 good arrowheads so i just quit doing it

[289403]

Jim you mentioned that Jerry _______from Tuscon made one of your "horseshoe nail handles" for you. Does he manufacture them for sale to others?

[buckledchair]

thanks so much for all your vids you teach so much

[tobigforyou]

Jim could you make a video on how to make a support pad? I avent found them anywhere.

Thanks allot

[wirehaired1]

How did you get into KNAPPING??? Where in Nevada did that Jasper come from?

[paleomanjim]

I started knapping in 1980 after moving up to Oregon and finding arrowheads in my garden. Had to know how they made them! Japer and agate can be found all over Neveda and is listed in many rock hound books...

[patolatino]

gracias por la explicacion. son muy utiles videos de este tipo

saludos

[clovisknapper]

Great talent and your experience shows in your work. What size horseshoe nails for this do you use?

[paleomanjim]

The nails I use are 50mm in length. I have never tried the longer ones, but they should work well also, and might even be stronger. Good luck...

[kenta0jenta]

this is seriously amazing.

[cherokeepaintclan]

great job like your work thanks