@SurvivalOberschwaben Flint sources vary depending on where you live. Some regions have none, others have a lot. Texas is flint heaven The pacifc northwest if obsidian heaven. You might try looking for a book showing rock and gem locations for your state as a start....
I have a collection of projectile points that were found on the family farm. Mostly Marrow Mountain and Guiliford style. After watching your clips I learned that making a point out of quartz or or other britle rocks with unpredictable cleavage are darn rear impossible to make. However I have several made from such rock. The edges are poor and overall seems uneffective. Do you think they are cerimonial or something to that effect.
@emeraldweapon85 Crude points are fairly common, especially in areas with poor quality rock. I think they probably used whatever knappable rock they could find. Rough looking points were likely used...
My grandparents owns very rocky hill where I find a bunch of milky tranclucent rock that we have been calling agate for years and I was wondering of there was any agate like that. Also if it is does it have to be heat treated? Please reply. Thanks!
@cdbrag Most agates are on the tuff side and usually benefit from heat treatment. Some agates out here in the western states are very workable raw. Best bet it to try removing a flake with a hammerstone and see how it reacts, if the scar is smooth with a good termination it may be fine to work raw. If the flake scar is rough and dull looking it may be best to heat treat it. Be sure not to take it above 350 degrees on the first run or it may blow...
@paleomanjim Thanks, i was able to get some small flakes off, the flakes were small because i cant find any large peices, so they are all small peices of the agate and are not very workable. Do you know where I could buy and large peices?
@cdbrag Yellowstone has a large obsidian outcrop, but it is off limits to collecting. Plenty of other good rock in Wyoming though, Hartville uplift chert, Green river, etc. . Best bet is to find a book on rock hounding Wyoming and look for known agate or jasper locations
I just got a Flintknapping kit from 3 Rivers Archery and DC Waldorfs book and i was very excited, but then i found your great Videos! What an awsome resource, thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a good amount of Florida Chert and Coral i will be busy this weekend!
I have a ton of North Carolina slate. I have seen your skills and would like to give it a shot. Looking and feeling the slate rock I have in the area, which is in and around large creek. I was wanting to ask you do you think the N.C. slate rock will flake fairly simple (learning aspect). I have found numerous arrowheads in the creek, which have a convex from front to back and side to side. But I haven't found one yet that would be perfect. I believe the arrowheads date B.C and time of Christ era
@rewilkins2 Unfortunately true slate is not a knappable rock and lacks a concoidal fracture. To determine any rocks knappability you need to strike it with another rock near an edge so that the rock fractures and removes a chip or flake. If the flake has a fine smooth texture and is curved along the fracture path it may be knappable.
@rewilkins2 In NC you need to find rhyolite...it's very difficult to knap so it's not a good rock to learn on. But it's found in the Asheboro area. Check out the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia. They're having a knap-in the first weekend of August.
You know I got to thinking.... JIm where do you put all these tools? I checked on a ticket out to LA the other day to see my friend. Ill let you know if it happens, Id like to stop by and make a point. Steve
@BOHUNTER Steve, that would be great, hope you make it out here, your welcome anytime. Yeah, I've got way too many tools, I've been straightening up my garage this week and it took 3 big boxes to hold all my knapping tools!....jim
Utah has lots of knappable rock resources, chert, agate, jasper, etc. Pick up a book on rock hounding Utah and it will get you started on where to look....jim
@flabluby Yes, pure clear quartz will chip OK, but it can have a ripple in the flake scar that can be a challenge. Some native people did knapp quartz....
Hi Jim, I'm very interested in flintknapping, and I wonder what it is all about heat treating stones before knapping them? I'm Belgian, living near Maastricht where a lot of flint is found, I just don't know what kind of flint it is. I love your vids!
What kind of large stones can you get from Ohio that would be good for Flint Knapping? i find small pieces of flint and obsidian here and there, but they are very small.
I was wondering what you think the best is for beginning to learn to knap. Copper boppers and flakers, or primitive field prepared antlers and hammer stones. My personal goals are primarily related to survival applications, but I am also certainly interested in learning it as an art form as you have seemed to master it. In other words do you feel like learning the boppers first might make it a little more difficult to learn with primitive tools?
@treebend Good question! I believe hammerstones and antler billets and flakers work just as well as modern copper tools. For survival applications you will want the abo skills. I would starting with hammerstones to get the feel of them, good gritty solid ones. They will work as well as boppers if you set the platforms up correctly. Modern tools work well also, but making the transition to abo tools later can be very difficult. Enjoy the journey, its a lot of fun....jim
@NYmosVids I'm in California. Arizona has basalts and obsidians and some cherts as well. If you can get a book on the "Gemtrails of Arizona" these books usually show the locations for rock hounds to collect gem stones, including jaspers, agates, obsidians, etc. Hope this helps....jim
very informative, but i feel the need to point out that flintlocks were not the first guns, and they weren't even the first guns to use flint ignition
hey, I think I found some flint in my backyard and I was able to make sparks with it and an iron rod; could it really be flint or do other things produce that effect to?
@Supertomiman Other types of rock can make sparks when struck with iron. Best way to tell is to strike the rock near the edge with another hard rock until a flake releases. The flake removed should have a smooth surface that travels straight or in a slight arc, similar to what you would get it you struck glass. Knappable rocks are rare in most places, but can be very common in others....jim
I appreciate your comment on my video and your subscription to my channel. I think you have the best knapping videos out there. We're sort of on opposite sides of the country, but perhaps we can sit down sometime and bust some rock. Us Michigan boys don't have much in the way of great knapping rock that grows around here, but you have a standing invitation to hang out if you get in this neighborhood.
is diamond nappable? even if it wasn't lets say u cut a arrow head out of a hunk of diamond with modern tools. would a diamond head be a good head for use or would it break like glass from being too hard. or would it be like the best arrowhead there is? besides the fact that there expensive and rare in large sizes. just curious
Flintknapping for 30 years.... dang... you got a head start on me! I just watched this video and it was very good. I liked the shot of your tool box.... LOL I got like 3 billets! You have an arsenal! STEVE
I was cruising youtube and ran into your videos. This sent me to the back yard were i found some flintrock. Well wouldnt you know, i made my very first edge, not pretty but quite sharp. even my husband was impressed, in an odd way like why are you even doing this! LOL I think it has addictive qualities, I have returned to the backyard looking for more rock!! Thanks for posting such interesting videos!
Yes, some quartz is knappable. Clear Quartz crystal is usually knappable, but has a dinstinctive directional ripple scar on the flake. Some fine grained quartzsites are also knappable, but only a very few, most are too course grained and tough...
Derek had that shirt at one of the knap-ins many years ago. I was surprised that it had my 2005 calendar points on it! So of course I had to buy one....
Hello jim, I was always interested in native american history, and artifacts having found my first dart point at age 11, but didn't start knapping untill 2006 ... I want to give you a heart filled "thanks" as your vidios have help me immensely in my endeavors to replicate artifacts ... this last series is very good and I am recommending to my 21 year old son who, it seems, has just recently caught the knapping bug :) Thanks Paleoman ! joseph MI.
Thanks everyone. These beginners videos are more challenging than the others I have done, so many things to consider. Really glad to see all the interesst in Flintknapping....jim
really do appriciate the vids and work u put into them...im just starting to get into knapping and ur vids have been great, ive learned alot from them
cool vid now I can make my own billets! yay finally my stone tools analysis class anthro 494 did not show us this super cool stuff, thanks man and did not even have to pay!
In Australia u can find jasper in avon downs, northern territory.
mipsterr2 3 days ago
hello lbcc class mates
tomminator42 3 weeks ago
is there any flint in New England, because i can't find any
nitrousair 3 weeks ago
the first stone i knapped was fused shale that i found near my home in pennsylvania
deathbybmx 1 month ago
where can i find flint? :(
ATB Gabriel.
SurvivalOberschwaben 1 month ago
@SurvivalOberschwaben Flint sources vary depending on where you live. Some regions have none, others have a lot. Texas is flint heaven The pacifc northwest if obsidian heaven. You might try looking for a book showing rock and gem locations for your state as a start....
paleomanjim 1 month ago
Cheap, but very well made Items can be found at my website, ALL hand crafted by our experienced Knappers. twoknappers.weebly.com
AwwwMuffinz 2 months ago
My son (6) got a piece of chert and was asking how to make arrowheads. He happily sat through all four of your beginner videos. Thanks for posting.
lachicajulia 2 months ago
""Ok, this is a flint lock rifle. The reason I am showing you this is to make sure you stay away from my daughter!" Love the series! thank you again!
strongmanzack 3 months ago
Triple flow obsidian is the rarest form of obsidian, and if you search flint knives on ebat, youll probably find one that looks, absolutely perfect.
Goldbrand47 4 months ago
sorry about the horrific spelling in my previous comment :)
weinermanmanweiner 5 months ago
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THANK YOU JIM this video was extremely helpfull i will definitliy subscribe
weinermanmanweiner 5 months ago
THANK YOU JIM this video was extremely helpfull i will definitliy subscribe
weinermanmanweiner 5 months ago
Channel's been a bit quiet lately Jim. Hope life and health are all well! Looking forward to your future vids!
pringals 6 months ago
@pringals Thanks, all is well, just got back from Ecuador!...jim
paleomanjim 6 months ago
I have a collection of projectile points that were found on the family farm. Mostly Marrow Mountain and Guiliford style. After watching your clips I learned that making a point out of quartz or or other britle rocks with unpredictable cleavage are darn rear impossible to make. However I have several made from such rock. The edges are poor and overall seems uneffective. Do you think they are cerimonial or something to that effect.
emeraldweapon85 6 months ago
@emeraldweapon85 Crude points are fairly common, especially in areas with poor quality rock. I think they probably used whatever knappable rock they could find. Rough looking points were likely used...
paleomanjim 6 months ago
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MrRaja681 6 months ago
Rainbow Obsidian for sale. Perfect for Knapping. Pick and Dig Obsidian Company, New Pine Creek, Oregon
BeJeweledJewelry 6 months ago
Do you knoww what I can use to flintknap...I live in ontario, and can't find any of these stones.
RivardMatthew 7 months ago
My grandparents owns very rocky hill where I find a bunch of milky tranclucent rock that we have been calling agate for years and I was wondering of there was any agate like that. Also if it is does it have to be heat treated? Please reply. Thanks!
cdbrag 7 months ago
@cdbrag Most agates are on the tuff side and usually benefit from heat treatment. Some agates out here in the western states are very workable raw. Best bet it to try removing a flake with a hammerstone and see how it reacts, if the scar is smooth with a good termination it may be fine to work raw. If the flake scar is rough and dull looking it may be best to heat treat it. Be sure not to take it above 350 degrees on the first run or it may blow...
paleomanjim 7 months ago
@paleomanjim Thanks, i was able to get some small flakes off, the flakes were small because i cant find any large peices, so they are all small peices of the agate and are not very workable. Do you know where I could buy and large peices?
cdbrag 7 months ago
I live in Cody WY and was wondering where I could find some obsidian. I was also wondering where you found those artifacts.
cdbrag 7 months ago
@cdbrag Yellowstone has a large obsidian outcrop, but it is off limits to collecting. Plenty of other good rock in Wyoming though, Hartville uplift chert, Green river, etc. . Best bet is to find a book on rock hounding Wyoming and look for known agate or jasper locations
paleomanjim 7 months ago
I just got a Flintknapping kit from 3 Rivers Archery and DC Waldorfs book and i was very excited, but then i found your great Videos! What an awsome resource, thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a good amount of Florida Chert and Coral i will be busy this weekend!
jasestrong 7 months ago
I have a ton of North Carolina slate. I have seen your skills and would like to give it a shot. Looking and feeling the slate rock I have in the area, which is in and around large creek. I was wanting to ask you do you think the N.C. slate rock will flake fairly simple (learning aspect). I have found numerous arrowheads in the creek, which have a convex from front to back and side to side. But I haven't found one yet that would be perfect. I believe the arrowheads date B.C and time of Christ era
rewilkins2 9 months ago
@rewilkins2 Unfortunately true slate is not a knappable rock and lacks a concoidal fracture. To determine any rocks knappability you need to strike it with another rock near an edge so that the rock fractures and removes a chip or flake. If the flake has a fine smooth texture and is curved along the fracture path it may be knappable.
paleomanjim 9 months ago
@paleomanjim Yeah, you are def right. I tried and it's very difficult to knap. I will check into your advice. Thank you.
rewilkins2 8 months ago
@rewilkins2 In NC you need to find rhyolite...it's very difficult to knap so it's not a good rock to learn on. But it's found in the Asheboro area. Check out the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia. They're having a knap-in the first weekend of August.
browneye77 9 months ago
You know I got to thinking.... JIm where do you put all these tools? I checked on a ticket out to LA the other day to see my friend. Ill let you know if it happens, Id like to stop by and make a point. Steve
BOHUNTER 10 months ago
@BOHUNTER Steve, that would be great, hope you make it out here, your welcome anytime. Yeah, I've got way too many tools, I've been straightening up my garage this week and it took 3 big boxes to hold all my knapping tools!....jim
paleomanjim 10 months ago
Utah has lots of knappable rock resources, chert, agate, jasper, etc. Pick up a book on rock hounding Utah and it will get you started on where to look....jim
paleomanjim 10 months ago
im in utah and was wondering where to get the rocks (flint,obsidian, ect)
AmateurShows 10 months ago
can you flintknap quartz?
flabluby 11 months ago
@flabluby Yes, pure clear quartz will chip OK, but it can have a ripple in the flake scar that can be a challenge. Some native people did knapp quartz....
paleomanjim 11 months ago
Hi Jim, I'm very interested in flintknapping, and I wonder what it is all about heat treating stones before knapping them? I'm Belgian, living near Maastricht where a lot of flint is found, I just don't know what kind of flint it is. I love your vids!
Groetjes
patje0109 11 months ago
Hey, Jim, is mozarkite knappable? Also, what other rocks can be found in Missouri, near st louis?
doughnutugy1 1 year ago
Very good info
kennygtexas 1 year ago
What kind of large stones can you get from Ohio that would be good for Flint Knapping? i find small pieces of flint and obsidian here and there, but they are very small.
toapyrite245425 1 year ago
I was wondering what you think the best is for beginning to learn to knap. Copper boppers and flakers, or primitive field prepared antlers and hammer stones. My personal goals are primarily related to survival applications, but I am also certainly interested in learning it as an art form as you have seemed to master it. In other words do you feel like learning the boppers first might make it a little more difficult to learn with primitive tools?
treebend 1 year ago
@treebend Good question! I believe hammerstones and antler billets and flakers work just as well as modern copper tools. For survival applications you will want the abo skills. I would starting with hammerstones to get the feel of them, good gritty solid ones. They will work as well as boppers if you set the platforms up correctly. Modern tools work well also, but making the transition to abo tools later can be very difficult. Enjoy the journey, its a lot of fun....jim
paleomanjim 1 year ago
first impression i thought you were a redneck, now i look at you as a teacher. i love your videos. thank you so much!
proskillz89 1 year ago
hey by the way it looks to me, and the back ground. are u in az? because i am and was wondering what rocks you can find out here. thanks
NYmosVids 1 year ago
@NYmosVids I'm in California. Arizona has basalts and obsidians and some cherts as well. If you can get a book on the "Gemtrails of Arizona" these books usually show the locations for rock hounds to collect gem stones, including jaspers, agates, obsidians, etc. Hope this helps....jim
paleomanjim 1 year ago
@paleomanjim thanks jim, helps alot.
NYmosVids 1 year ago
umm im 15......... i think ill stick with finding sheds
champjb25 1 year ago
very informative, but i feel the need to point out that flintlocks were not the first guns, and they weren't even the first guns to use flint ignition
hillbillyboy00000 1 year ago
Great video, Jim. The information you provide in the beginning would be a great part in an archaeology documentary.
sourswithhawk 1 year ago
hey paleomanjim, would vere be any stones with a concoidal fracture when you hit it in virginia?Best regards
TheNicknapper 1 year ago
@TheNicknapper I've never been to Virginia....yet. I believe Virginia has knappable Ryolite but I'm not sure....jim
paleomanjim 1 year ago
hey, I think I found some flint in my backyard and I was able to make sparks with it and an iron rod; could it really be flint or do other things produce that effect to?
Supertomiman 1 year ago
@Supertomiman Other types of rock can make sparks when struck with iron. Best way to tell is to strike the rock near the edge with another hard rock until a flake releases. The flake removed should have a smooth surface that travels straight or in a slight arc, similar to what you would get it you struck glass. Knappable rocks are rare in most places, but can be very common in others....jim
paleomanjim 1 year ago
Hey Jim,
I appreciate your comment on my video and your subscription to my channel. I think you have the best knapping videos out there. We're sort of on opposite sides of the country, but perhaps we can sit down sometime and bust some rock. Us Michigan boys don't have much in the way of great knapping rock that grows around here, but you have a standing invitation to hang out if you get in this neighborhood.
artofishi 1 year ago
Omg is your name really Jim Win? That's an awesome name!
FailBlob 1 year ago
This is an awesome series! I'm an aspiring modern day abo haha and this has been so enlightening, and it's just the first 4 minutes!
MrVoiceofreason123 1 year ago
yeah cali what part of LA did you go to to find that shale, im very interested in stone knapping
EstevanL 1 year ago
is diamond nappable? even if it wasn't lets say u cut a arrow head out of a hunk of diamond with modern tools. would a diamond head be a good head for use or would it break like glass from being too hard. or would it be like the best arrowhead there is? besides the fact that there expensive and rare in large sizes. just curious
SsjSned 1 year ago
@SsjSned No, it is far too hard, although it may have a concoidal fracture...
paleomanjim 1 year ago
so where are some predictable locations to find some of these stones from north east usa?
NiKkMV 1 year ago
Flintknapping for 30 years.... dang... you got a head start on me! I just watched this video and it was very good. I liked the shot of your tool box.... LOL I got like 3 billets! You have an arsenal! STEVE
BOHUNTER 1 year ago
@BOHUNTER Steve, we gotta get together for ome knapping someday!...jim
paleomanjim 1 year ago
I was cruising youtube and ran into your videos. This sent me to the back yard were i found some flintrock. Well wouldnt you know, i made my very first edge, not pretty but quite sharp. even my husband was impressed, in an odd way like why are you even doing this! LOL I think it has addictive qualities, I have returned to the backyard looking for more rock!! Thanks for posting such interesting videos!
YTGinger1111 1 year ago
can you make a billet from say the leg bone of a deer?
aerodynamicband 1 year ago
A finger nail is 2 1/2 and would quartz work for flint knapping?
doughnutugy1 1 year ago
@doughnutugy1
Yes, some quartz is knappable. Clear Quartz crystal is usually knappable, but has a dinstinctive directional ripple scar on the flake. Some fine grained quartzsites are also knappable, but only a very few, most are too course grained and tough...
paleomanjim 1 year ago
Hello Jim!
I´m a 59 year old man from sweden, scandinavia, on the other side of the great water.
Your videos are great and your t-shirt is nice too.
Best regards,
Karlsson
stoneagearrow 2 years ago
Thanks Karlsson. Sweden, we may possibly be traveling there later this year!....jim
paleomanjim 2 years ago
That's a really nice shirt! Did you design it or did Derek McLean?
FlintknapperJimmy 2 years ago
Derek had that shirt at one of the knap-ins many years ago. I was surprised that it had my 2005 calendar points on it! So of course I had to buy one....
paleomanjim 2 years ago
Hi, my heart dropped when i saw your site go away! glad to see your back on here. thanks for taking so much time to make these videos!
brian in troy,nh
ka1bbg 2 years ago
Hello jim, I was always interested in native american history, and artifacts having found my first dart point at age 11, but didn't start knapping untill 2006 ... I want to give you a heart filled "thanks" as your vidios have help me immensely in my endeavors to replicate artifacts ... this last series is very good and I am recommending to my 21 year old son who, it seems, has just recently caught the knapping bug :) Thanks Paleoman ! joseph MI.
knappingbear 2 years ago
Jim, as always an excellent series. Invaluable to the beginner. I only wish I had had these videos 20 years ago. Thank you!
Dan NC
shugmanitu 2 years ago
Thanks everyone. These beginners videos are more challenging than the others I have done, so many things to consider. Really glad to see all the interesst in Flintknapping....jim
paleomanjim 2 years ago
really do appriciate the vids and work u put into them...im just starting to get into knapping and ur vids have been great, ive learned alot from them
thanks n happy holidays...keep em comin please :)
bigNMhillbilly 2 years ago
hey jim good to see ya back. i love your videos
82f150 2 years ago
knapp means to crack and it is german in origin. it is also where we get the word knack
flintknapperchris 2 years ago
Thanks for this series Jim, just what I needed.
darkcolmar 2 years ago
cool vid now I can make my own billets! yay finally my stone tools analysis class anthro 494 did not show us this super cool stuff, thanks man and did not even have to pay!
Aloha Knapper
joneblaze82 2 years ago
By the way, that rasp you showed is a farriers hoofrasp.
Think you could ask almost any farrier for a used one, which will still be good enough for "us".
hackneysaregreat 2 years ago
Thanks, just what I was looking for.
vlad4video 2 years ago
Very well done, will be a very useful series.
thanks!
hackneysaregreat 2 years ago