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How so?

Seeing these ignorant comments is heartbreaking. I’ll repeat for those in the back, this channel is called Prehistoric Living, not Slab Knapping in the Modern Age. I use every flake that comes off to make small points and tools. It’s actually more efficient than slabbing if you can wrap your head around different ways of thinking. Instead of making standard points all the same size that look like they were made using modern tools I can take one piece of stone and make 100 things of different sizes, shapes, and functions using authentic prehistoric techniques. I think that’s much more beautiful than slab knapping, though I don’t have anything against people who do, only the foolish ones who claim authentic modes of knapping are wasteful. There’s lots of rock in the world, chill out, let me do what I want to do, and don’t feel like you have to assert your opinion everywhere. You don’t.

At that point in my life it was about 10 cups of coffee every day all day…

Clearly you’ve missed the point of the channel, it’s called Prehistoric Living, not Slab Knapping in the Modern Age

That’s true, good catch! Thanks. I used to flip flop back and forth but now I know it’s elk for sure. Gotta find me a caribou now!

Your mama should have clarified, “if you can’t say something useful, then just STFU”. Your opinion is neither wanted nor intelligent. Who cares what you would have done? This is what I did. Don’t watch, don’t comment.

@@prehistoricliving thank you for your eloquent reply

Anytime

Cheers Hop

Thanks a bunch Rock, there's a few of them kicking around! Working on some new ones now. Cheers.

Really appreciate this comment, thanks Dooley. I'm not so good at talking and knapping at the same time, and my purpose for these videos is more about documenting my process than it is instructing people, but I do think it helps the viewer and makes the videos more enjoyable if I provide at least some of my thought process. I find it's actually helping me become a better knapper too, just let me know if I start talking too much! Cheers.

Most archaeological sites are cleaner than this!

Thanks very much Dooley. Sorry it took me a while to see your comments. Your observations are spot on. After 10 years of knapping I've learned that well prepared isolated platforms are a must for good biface thinning. The amount of preparation needed for that platform will differ depending on the materials used and quality of the rock. For me, soft hammerstones like sandstone work really well for obsidian and other fine grained volcanics like daysite, and grip onto those edges almost as well as antler. Every piece is different and requires a slightly different approach, which is part of the reason why I love it so much! Cheers.

I turned this one into a Dalton style dart point.

Thanks Blazej. I have some friends and colleagues in Poland, beautiful country.

That's amazing, hope your kiln turned out well. I learned a lot from other UA-cam videos when doing this, and almost every other new skill I pick up too. The community here is amazing and I'm always amazed at the things people can do when they set their mind to it. Thanks for watching and commenting. Cheers.

Absolutely, 10 years later and I’m still learning all the time. Been a while since I broke one so late in the game though!

@@prehistoricliving I've found plenty of broken pieces left behind by natives that were clearly broken during knapping and not from missed shots. They broke pieces all the time and they did it for a living, so don't feel too bad.

I was hoping the same thing, but I just couldn’t resist! One day several decades from now I might just achieve the perfect point lol

Thank you Laird, it was a tough one for sure, but tomorrow’s another day.

I know right? I knew it was not a good idea but wanted to push the envelope. Next time I’ll warm up first!

Thanks Jan, I love to use them!

Seemed to work fine the way I was hitting it, but thanks anyway

That's for sure! I can't do it for too long at one time or my hand starts cramping up. This root beer actually flakes really well though, even with pressure, for the tougher chert types I definitely don't have enough power to take off the big pressure flakes I was getting with this stuff. Thanks Zoltan, I appreciate it!

Right on, thanks for being here!

@@prehistoricliving always welcome friend 👍😎

That's awesome, what a great comment to read, thanks Anthony! This indirect method I use now seems to work really well for me, so I don't think I'll change it up anytime soon. I'm glad you find it satisfying, because so do I! Feels great to get those nice thinning flakes off with it.

Oh for sure, a home isn't complete without at least one big pile of flakes! That pile was just about a year's worth, and I don't knap as much as I used to. I have buckets of flakes all over the place, can't seem to let them go lol.

Thanks Jan. I could have moved to my big caribou billet for sure, but didn’t really need to. Wanted to focus on setting up good edges with the stone first, and then get going with the antler to thin it down. Cheers.

I don't think natural heat treatment is a thing, unless you mean it works well raw, which it does. There is one type of hornstone that responds well to heat, or so I've been told, and this was an experiment to figure out if I had the right one, which I did not. Cheers.

@@prehistoricliving I’m sorry but it but the stone referred to as hornstone is naturally introduced to heat in the ground therefore it works well raw and it doesn’t usually need heat treating most often times heat treating hurts the stone and makes it either too brittle or cause it to explode

Oh yes that's for sure, a lesson I've learned the hard way too many times! I tend to only start knapping now when I feel calm enough for it, too much excitement and I just break everything I touch. Thanks Benny, cheers.

Thanks Zoltan! I do live in the city, Hamilton, Ontario, but I plan to move out into the country one day with plenty of land to knap on! I am definitely taking my time on this one, I usually am a pretty slow deliberate knapper, but making an extra effort on this one. It's starting to take shape now, I just filmed part 8 yesterday :)

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To my knowledge St. Helen hasn't produced any usable obsidian. California and Oregon have the biggest sources in the US, and there are a bunch in Mexico. I unfortunately have to buy all my stone and ship it across the Canadian border, where customs costs just as much as the stone! One day I'll do a big cross country collection run myself, that's the dream anyways...

@@prehistoricliving I'd have to save every penny I could find, just to pay for a cross country collection effort.

Same here, but it would be the trip of a lifetime for sure.

Thank you Zoltan! What kind of chert do you find, where are you located? I buy almost all of my material, don't have a lot of good stuff close to me either.

@@prehistoricliving the chert I find is white to light grey. I live in the Rim Country of Arizona, and I believe the Chert forms in the local Limestone in nodules. I only find small pieces when I'm out hiking. I've found a couple of points over the years, and they have all been the same white material. It's great for use with flint and steel for fire making as well!

Interesting! Thanks for the reply. I have a similar situation, local chert that forms as nodules in limestone, it's hard to find a big piece that isn't all freeze cracked and messed up!

Lol that’s awesome, I’m going to keep it like that forever