Flintknapping - Beginners Part 3

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This video series is available on DVD at the above link.
This segment discusses Flintknapping safety as well as common flintknapping terms, followed by demonstrations showing the various types of flintknapping. The next segment will deal with making an arrowhead from the bottom of a beer bottle.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Flintknapping
• paleoplanet
• clovis
• lithics
• arrowhead

[mojototal]

4:51 If you look at the uh...wohshsowhoshohwoshwohsowh­sohwosss!

[paleomanjim]

@mojototal Wind!

[asafer0]

can i use a normel hammer ? plz answer thenk you

[paleomanjim]

@asafer0 A steel hammer is too hard and will shatter the rock. Most any creek bed will have stones you can use for percussion. Look for smooth oval or rounded shaped ones with a gritty texture. ...jim

[flabluby]

I have a baseball size peice of milk quartz, its very nice and pure but i'm having a big problem on trying to shape it down, i can't get it to flake or anything. I've used a hammer, other rocks and other quartz i cant get it to peice off or even flake, im hitting it hard too, could you give any ideas?

[paleomanjim]

@flabluby Milk quartz can be very tough stone to work. You need to srrike it near the edge to remove a flake, preferably a sharp edge. If you remove a flake and the scar surface is rough and irregular the stone may not be knappable. ...

[MrVoiceofreason123]

Haha, first I've gotta drink this beer!

[Tillered]

Nice going on the video! Loved the last one. Taught me a better way of making my boppers. Thanks again Jim!

[jefferson1232757]

Great tutorial vids for beginners jim, with that help i start myself in the flint knapping thanks

sorry if my english is bad

[Goldbrand47]

Yeesh, when you knocked flakes off of that big, black piece of rock, it sounded like glass shattering.

[XeroJaeger]

Jim - beginner question on your beginner series - whenever I start knapping a biface/preform that has a steep, thick ridge, I always end up striking the edge off and basically steepening the edge without removing any mass. Is this a common error that's fixable?

[nwood1311]

I always take naps with the fan on as well.

[OCoptimusconvoy]

lol i made my first arrowhead today out of a concrete shard my friend found :)