KNAP-IN LIST BY STATE Alabama Moundville Alabama Knap-in Moundville Archaeological Park 634 Mound State Parkway Moundville, AL 35474 205-371-8732 March 2-3, 2024 Brown Bear Knap-in and Artifact Show Brown Bear Canoe and Kayak Rentals LLC 107 Michael Dr Huntsville, AL 35811 256-457-4110 October 20-22, 2023 Arkansas Mammoth Spring State Park Flint Knapping Exhibition 17 US-63 Mammoth Spring, AR 72554 870-625-7364 (Park) April 22-23, 2023 Ouachita Renegade Ranch Knap-in 3700 Hwy 88 East Mena, AR 71953 479-216-0155 September 8-10, 2023 Water Creek Knap-in Hwy 14 Yellville, AR 72687 870-404-6046 870-656-2022 May 3-6, 2023 October 19-22, 2023 Caddo Ridge Knap-in DeGray Lake State Park 2027 State Park Entrance Rd Bismark, AR 71929 501-446-0358 501-865-5850 (Park) March 21-24, 2024 Florida Silver River Knap-in and Prehistoric Arts Festival Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center Silver Springs State Park Ocala, FL 34470 352-236-5401 February 18-19, 2023 Stone Age and Primitive Arts Fesival Letchworth-Love Mounds State Park 4500 Sunray Rd South Tallahassee, FL 32309 850-766-9032 850-487-7989 (Park) February 11, 2024 Georgia Flint River Knap-in Whigham Community Club 1262 Old Hwy 84 Whigham, GA 39897 229-220-1022 February 24-25, 2024 The Real Squeal Artifact Show and Primitive Arts Show (Lyons Knap-in) Partin Park 168 Miot St Lyons, GA 30436 478-763-4994 478-206-2778 (Text only) October 14, 2023 Iowa Skunk River Knap-in Henry County Conservation Department South-Shore Campground Oakland Mills Park Intersection of 255th St & Franklin Ave Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641 319-986-5067 (Campground) September 8-10, 2023 Illinois Devil's Hole Knap-in Pleasant Ridge Park 401 Pleasant Hills Rd Fairview Heights, IL 62208 618-397-1377 June 1-4, 2023 Evergreen Lake Knap-in Comlara Park 13001 Recreation Area Dr Hudson, IL 61748 309-265-8053 309-660-7402 309-338-6933 July 20-23, 2023 Kampsville Knap-in McCully Heritage Project and Center for American Archaeology 156 Broadway Kampsville, IL 62053 618-653-4316 (Office) July 15, 2023 October 14, 2023 Indiana Southern Indiana Primitive Arts Fest and Knap-in Leavenworth Roadside Park 38°11'44"N 86°20'8"W Leavenworth, IN 47137 June 16-17, 2023 Kansas Neosho River Knap-in East River Park Hwy 166 Chetopa, KS 67336 620-429-5584 620-236-7541 (Park) August 18-19, 2023 Dark River Artifacts Show Riverfront Community Center 123 S. Esplanade Leavenworth, KS 66048 913-651-2132 April 22, 2023 Neshota Knap-in Old Cowtown Museum 1865 Museum Blvd Wichita, KS 67203 316-219-1871 June 8-11, 2023 Kentucky Old Mulkey Knap-in and Artifact Show Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site 38 Old Mulkey Park Rd Tompkinsville, KY 42167 270-487-8481 May 20, 2023 Red River Gorge Knap-in Gladie Visitor Center Red River Gorge 3451 Sky Bridge Rd Stanton, KY 40380 606-663-8100 (Visitor Center) September, 2023 Louisiana Niblett Bluff Knap-in Niblett Bluff Park 3409 Niblett Bluff Rd Vinton, LA 70668 337-528-2496 April 27-30, 2023 October 26-29, 2023 Maryland Willow Grove Primitive Technology Weekend Cromwell Valley Park Office 2002 Cromwell Bridge Rd Parkville, MD 21234 410-887-2503 October 14-15, 2023 Michigan Michigan Flintknappers Fall Knap-in Peshawbestown, MI 49682 Email: phlint1@comcast.net September 17-18, 2022 Missouri Overton Osage Knap-in MRVSEA Campground Across from: 24249 Hwy 179 Booneville, MO 65233 660-621-1293 (Campground) May 19-22, 2022 Bois D'Arc Primitive Skills Gathering and Knap-in Hulston Mill Historical Park County Road 92 Greenfield, MO 65661 417-840-1615 417-234-0666 September 25-28, 2024 MOJAM United Bowhunters of Missouri Festival Oasis Hotel and Convention Center 2546 N. Glenstone Ave Springfield, MO 65803 636-290-5213 417-866-5253 (Convention Center) February 10-12, 2023 MOJAM 23 Indian Foothills Park 1505 E. Vest St Marshall, MO 65340 314-304-7076 July 20-23, 2023 8th Annual Knights Arrow Gathering 755 N. Farm Road 51 Bois D'Arc, MO 65612 June 22-25, 2023 1st Annual SAC River Knap-in Hulston Mill Historical Park County Road 92 Greenfield, MO 65661 417-637-0281 May 24-28, 2023 North Carolina Schiele Museum Knap-in 1500 E. Garrison Blvd Gastonia, NC 28054 704-866-6900 August 4-6, 2023 New York Letchworth Knap-in Letchworth State Park Castile, NY 14427 585-493-3600 585-237-3303 January 28, 2023 (Convention Center) April 1, 2023 (Convention Center) August 25, 2023 (Highbanks Recreation Area) November 11, 2023 (Convention Center) Ohio Flint Ridge Knap-in Coshocton County Fairgrounds 724 S. 7th St Coshocton, OH 43812 330-473-7041 740-501-8483 May 26-28, 2023 September 1-3, 2023 World Atlatl Association Lithic Society Knap-in Coshocton Fairgrounds 707 Kenilworth Dr Coshocton, OH 43812 740-331-4351 740-698-6553 September 1-3, 2023 Hocking Hills Knap-in Amvet Post 1776 649 Radio Ln Logan, OH 43138 740-279-9995 (Vendors) October 21-23, 2023 Oklahoma OJAM Oklahoma Selbow Society Lake Carl Blackwell 11000 Oklahoma Hwy 51 West Stillwater, OK 74074 405-747-7776 580-370-0656 March 16-19, 2023 Oregon Glass Buttes Knap-in BLM Land Directions on Glass Buttes Knap-in Website Email: rockylmale@yahoo.com March 26 - April 2, 2023 Pennsylvania Bald Eagle Knap-in Camp Anderson 1057 Vanscoyoc Hollow Rd Tyrone, PA 16686 814-381-7172 717-426-3611 June 22-25, 2023 Tennessee North Central TN Primitive Arts Gathering and Knap-in (In conjunction with Bernard Meyers Memorial Shoot) 1695 Old Sylvia Rd Dickson, TN 37055 September 21, 2024 Twin Oaks Primitive Arts Gathering and Knap-in Twin Oaks Bowhunters 1079 Ashley Rd Chapmansboro, TN 37035 931-980-9116 931-472-8627 September 15-27, 2023 Tennessee Classic Knap-in Twin Oaks Bowhunters 1079 Ashley Rd Chapmansboro, TN 37035 615-456-5961 931-362-3717 May 5-7, 2023 Tennessee River Rendezvous 215 Ashley Rd (Hwy 69) Saltillo, TN 38370 April 12-13, 2024 Eagleville Knap-in/ Duck River Knap-in TN Valley Pioneer Power Assoc. Grounds 747 Chapel Hill Rd Eagleville, TN 37060 615-310-1854 615-504-1851 July 8-10, 2023 Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park Knap-in and Archaeoskills 732 Stone Fort Dr Manchester, TN 37355 931-247-4673 October 6-7, 2023 Fort Watauga Fall Knap-in Sycamore Shoals State Historical Park 1651 W. Elk Ave Elizabethton, TN 37643 888-867-2757 September 10, 2022 Texas Heart of Texas Knap-in Richard's Park Pavillion Brady, TX 76825 512-789-4452 210-219-4858 April 20-23, 2023 October 19-22, 2023 Wisconsin Copper Pound and Knap-in Alma Center Campground (KOA) Hixton/ Alma Center N9657 State Road 95 Alma Center, WI 54611 800-562-2680 (Campground) October 7, 2023 Four Lakes Knap-in Town of Dunn Tornado Shelter 699 Norman Dr Stoughton, WI 53589 608-438-8184 June 10, 2023 Virginia Thunder Ridge Fall Knap-in Hopper Creek Group Campground Natural Bridge Station, VA 24579 October 6-10, 2023 West Virginia 1st Annual Black Rock Knap-in Black Rock Knap-in and Craft Show 110 Highschool Dr Mt. Hope, WV 25880 May 11-14, 2023
Glass Buttes knap in is in the middle of nowhere during the cold of Oregon spring. Be advised that you will need a 4 wheel drive vehicle to access the area. I don't recommend it.
Thanks for letting me know. It's very interesting that you've learned not to overpower your strikes. I still have difficulty with that issue myself sometimes.
My mistakes begin at the halfway point of this video. I seem to get excessively concave too early. I'm understanding the way you are explaining the process in this video. Thank you very much!
For some reason mahogany is the only type I ever cut myself on or get in my shoes. Just learning this stuff and it gives me trouble, but I’m able to do the most with tiny hammerstones and antler. I can only imagine copper on these is like butter
Your advise at 9:34 is perhaps not the best advise depending on the aims and personality of the beginning knapper. Personally I would advise the opposite as a general rule with the exception being for the case where the learning knapper is specifically trying to learn to make large bifaces (a goal that beginning knappers should shelf until they have fully internalized a sense for the basics of conchoidal fracture, flaking mechanics, and perhaps most importantly for support) . Because of the fact that the underlying flaking mechanics and reduction strategies are effectively the same at any scale, and because rock is a limited, oftentimes expensive resource, the most economical strategy for internalizing a basic understanding of conchoidal fracture, flaking mechanics, reduction strategies etc. is to work a large core only so far as to remove a couple of usable flakes at a time and then switching to further reducing, refining, and finishing those flakes into finished points before then removing a few more flakes from the main core and repeating the process. Such a strategy has many benefits to the beginning knapper. For one thing, by removing any concern for producing the largest possible biface from the core, and instead focusing on producing usable flakes, the core will provide the greatest number of opportunities for the student to progress through each phase of the reduction process from rough stone to finished piece, thus maximizing the educational potential of each stone. In addition, it allows one’s body, muscle memory etc. to more efficiently internalize the feeling of larger scale reduction without overwhelming the senses by aimlessly wailing on a stone until it is a pile of mostly useless gravel and It also slows the reduction of the core which will minimize the risk of destroying the stone outright due to the poor decision making that come with the frustration that accompanies the inexperience of a beginner in the face of a desire to make large pieces.
You are under the assumption that a beginner can remove reasonably large, flat flakes from a large core in such a way that does not ruin the large core for future use. This is an advanced skill.
@@KnapperJackCrafty there is no need for flakes to either be particularly large or flat to be useful for further reduction into bifacial tools, or to provide educational opportunities, and as a former beginning knapper myself, I can attest to the fact that it does not require anything close to an advanced level of skill to produce useful flakes from a core, particularly when one’s focus is on the flake itself instead of on the core…I can say from experience that I was ruining far more Rock chasing large bifaces than I was once I was offered and accepted the advise I provided above and began focusing on making as many tools as possible from each core instead of focusing on one single biface and treating everything else as trash, and from that perspective it is exceedingly difficult to render a core completely ruined for future use given that cores that are not usable for the production of a large biface can still be useful for producing numerous usable flakes. And I will say that once a I changed my focus and strategy as described above my skill level improved at a far greater pace owing to the fact that I was making more effective use of my time, and in the months following I quickly became proficient at making large bifaces while still producing numerous usable flakes from the core because, as I see it, focusing on learning to make usable flakes taught me to slow down and read the stone better, and most critically, taught me to maximize the size of the finished biface by using as much material as necessary to set up the ideal platform characteristics and surface contours required for removing maximally efficient thinning flakes as opposed to what I had previously been doing which was to try to maximize size by skimping on platform prep and contouring flakes which resulted in causing myself problems that cost me size due to chasing those self inflicted issues later in the reduction process. But again, I will reiterate that the efficacy of this approach will largely depend on the personality of the individual since persons such as yourself who work primarily by feel, and who do not have an interest in taking the slower, more analytical approach will not be well primed to make the most of such a strategy, and the “ just do it enough times that you develop a feel for it” approach is every bit as valid, it’s just likely to be significantly more resource intensive/ less efficient, and to be clear, that is still going to be a huge part of the learning process regardless of how one approaches it.
I really appreciate you taking your time to explain this to the Beginners, Zigzag, From the ends to the middle thin to keep more rigid during flaking,keep convex, Things that I will remember to do, Here's a crazy question can you make a bopper out of Abrade Stone? Now I'm off to the second video, Again much appreciated you doing this!
I've experimented with small pebbles and mounted them like boppers and I made indirect punches with a pebble. I've never had any luck with them being good tools. Your results might vary but for me it was a dud.
@@Jason1975ism Thank you for the advice that's one item I'll check off the list of "wonder what's"lol, Working on making my tools now, Hopefully acquire some material in this auction today, And try for the first time
@@miketufts9765 as my college knapping teacher said on our first day of class "Today you are going to make little rocks out of big rocks". And then he said that every time the rock breaks we would learn from it. Lss, I'm quite an accomplished knapper today, enjoying the art immensely. Just enjoy every flake! It's just a rock and rocks get broken everywhere everyday in nature. Go crazy! Happy knapping!
KNAP-IN LIST BY STATE
Alabama
Moundville Alabama Knap-in
Moundville Archaeological Park
634 Mound State Parkway
Moundville, AL 35474
205-371-8732
March 2-3, 2024
Brown Bear Knap-in and Artifact Show
Brown Bear Canoe and Kayak Rentals LLC
107 Michael Dr
Huntsville, AL 35811
256-457-4110
October 20-22, 2023
Arkansas
Mammoth Spring State Park Flint Knapping Exhibition
17 US-63
Mammoth Spring, AR 72554
870-625-7364 (Park)
April 22-23, 2023
Ouachita Renegade Ranch Knap-in
3700 Hwy 88 East
Mena, AR 71953
479-216-0155
September 8-10, 2023
Water Creek Knap-in
Hwy 14
Yellville, AR 72687
870-404-6046
870-656-2022
May 3-6, 2023
October 19-22, 2023
Caddo Ridge Knap-in
DeGray Lake State Park
2027 State Park Entrance Rd
Bismark, AR 71929
501-446-0358
501-865-5850 (Park)
March 21-24, 2024
Florida
Silver River Knap-in and Prehistoric Arts Festival
Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center
Silver Springs State Park
Ocala, FL 34470
352-236-5401
February 18-19, 2023
Stone Age and Primitive Arts Fesival
Letchworth-Love Mounds State Park
4500 Sunray Rd South
Tallahassee, FL 32309
850-766-9032
850-487-7989 (Park)
February 11, 2024
Georgia
Flint River Knap-in
Whigham Community Club
1262 Old Hwy 84
Whigham, GA 39897
229-220-1022
February 24-25, 2024
The Real Squeal Artifact Show and Primitive Arts Show (Lyons Knap-in)
Partin Park
168 Miot St
Lyons, GA 30436
478-763-4994
478-206-2778 (Text only)
October 14, 2023
Iowa
Skunk River Knap-in
Henry County Conservation Department
South-Shore Campground
Oakland Mills Park
Intersection of 255th St & Franklin Ave
Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641
319-986-5067 (Campground)
September 8-10, 2023
Illinois
Devil's Hole Knap-in
Pleasant Ridge Park
401 Pleasant Hills Rd
Fairview Heights, IL 62208
618-397-1377
June 1-4, 2023
Evergreen Lake Knap-in
Comlara Park
13001 Recreation Area Dr
Hudson, IL 61748
309-265-8053
309-660-7402
309-338-6933
July 20-23, 2023
Kampsville Knap-in
McCully Heritage Project and Center for American Archaeology
156 Broadway
Kampsville, IL 62053
618-653-4316 (Office)
July 15, 2023
October 14, 2023
Indiana
Southern Indiana Primitive Arts Fest and Knap-in
Leavenworth Roadside Park
38°11'44"N 86°20'8"W
Leavenworth, IN 47137
June 16-17, 2023
Kansas
Neosho River Knap-in
East River Park
Hwy 166
Chetopa, KS 67336
620-429-5584
620-236-7541 (Park)
August 18-19, 2023
Dark River Artifacts Show
Riverfront Community Center
123 S. Esplanade
Leavenworth, KS 66048
913-651-2132
April 22, 2023
Neshota Knap-in
Old Cowtown Museum
1865 Museum Blvd
Wichita, KS 67203
316-219-1871
June 8-11, 2023
Kentucky
Old Mulkey Knap-in and Artifact Show
Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site
38 Old Mulkey Park Rd
Tompkinsville, KY 42167
270-487-8481
May 20, 2023
Red River Gorge Knap-in
Gladie Visitor Center
Red River Gorge
3451 Sky Bridge Rd
Stanton, KY 40380
606-663-8100 (Visitor Center)
September, 2023
Louisiana
Niblett Bluff Knap-in
Niblett Bluff Park
3409 Niblett Bluff Rd
Vinton, LA 70668
337-528-2496
April 27-30, 2023
October 26-29, 2023
Maryland
Willow Grove Primitive Technology Weekend
Cromwell Valley Park Office
2002 Cromwell Bridge Rd
Parkville, MD 21234
410-887-2503
October 14-15, 2023
Michigan
Michigan Flintknappers Fall Knap-in
Peshawbestown, MI 49682
Email: phlint1@comcast.net
September 17-18, 2022
Missouri
Overton Osage Knap-in
MRVSEA Campground
Across from: 24249 Hwy 179
Booneville, MO 65233
660-621-1293 (Campground)
May 19-22, 2022
Bois D'Arc Primitive Skills Gathering and Knap-in
Hulston Mill Historical Park
County Road 92
Greenfield, MO 65661
417-840-1615
417-234-0666
September 25-28, 2024
MOJAM
United Bowhunters of Missouri Festival
Oasis Hotel and Convention Center
2546 N. Glenstone Ave
Springfield, MO 65803
636-290-5213
417-866-5253 (Convention Center)
February 10-12, 2023
MOJAM 23
Indian Foothills Park
1505 E. Vest St
Marshall, MO 65340
314-304-7076
July 20-23, 2023
8th Annual Knights Arrow Gathering
755 N. Farm Road 51
Bois D'Arc, MO 65612
June 22-25, 2023
1st Annual SAC River Knap-in
Hulston Mill Historical Park
County Road 92
Greenfield, MO 65661
417-637-0281
May 24-28, 2023
North Carolina
Schiele Museum Knap-in
1500 E. Garrison Blvd
Gastonia, NC 28054
704-866-6900
August 4-6, 2023
New York
Letchworth Knap-in
Letchworth State Park
Castile, NY 14427
585-493-3600
585-237-3303
January 28, 2023 (Convention Center)
April 1, 2023 (Convention Center)
August 25, 2023 (Highbanks Recreation Area)
November 11, 2023 (Convention Center)
Ohio
Flint Ridge Knap-in
Coshocton County Fairgrounds
724 S. 7th St
Coshocton, OH 43812
330-473-7041
740-501-8483
May 26-28, 2023
September 1-3, 2023
World Atlatl Association Lithic Society Knap-in
Coshocton Fairgrounds
707 Kenilworth Dr
Coshocton, OH 43812
740-331-4351
740-698-6553
September 1-3, 2023
Hocking Hills Knap-in
Amvet Post 1776
649 Radio Ln
Logan, OH 43138
740-279-9995 (Vendors)
October 21-23, 2023
Oklahoma
OJAM
Oklahoma Selbow Society
Lake Carl Blackwell
11000 Oklahoma Hwy 51 West
Stillwater, OK 74074
405-747-7776
580-370-0656
March 16-19, 2023
Oregon
Glass Buttes Knap-in
BLM Land
Directions on Glass Buttes Knap-in Website
Email: rockylmale@yahoo.com
March 26 - April 2, 2023
Pennsylvania
Bald Eagle Knap-in
Camp Anderson
1057 Vanscoyoc Hollow Rd
Tyrone, PA 16686
814-381-7172
717-426-3611
June 22-25, 2023
Tennessee
North Central TN Primitive Arts Gathering and Knap-in
(In conjunction with Bernard Meyers Memorial Shoot)
1695 Old Sylvia Rd
Dickson, TN 37055
September 21, 2024
Twin Oaks Primitive Arts Gathering and Knap-in
Twin Oaks Bowhunters
1079 Ashley Rd
Chapmansboro, TN 37035
931-980-9116
931-472-8627
September 15-27, 2023
Tennessee Classic Knap-in
Twin Oaks Bowhunters
1079 Ashley Rd
Chapmansboro, TN 37035
615-456-5961
931-362-3717
May 5-7, 2023
Tennessee River Rendezvous
215 Ashley Rd (Hwy 69)
Saltillo, TN 38370
April 12-13, 2024
Eagleville Knap-in/ Duck River Knap-in
TN Valley Pioneer Power Assoc. Grounds
747 Chapel Hill Rd
Eagleville, TN 37060
615-310-1854
615-504-1851
July 8-10, 2023
Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park Knap-in and Archaeoskills
732 Stone Fort Dr
Manchester, TN 37355
931-247-4673
October 6-7, 2023
Fort Watauga Fall Knap-in
Sycamore Shoals State Historical Park
1651 W. Elk Ave
Elizabethton, TN 37643
888-867-2757
September 10, 2022
Texas
Heart of Texas Knap-in
Richard's Park Pavillion
Brady, TX 76825
512-789-4452
210-219-4858
April 20-23, 2023
October 19-22, 2023
Wisconsin
Copper Pound and Knap-in
Alma Center Campground (KOA)
Hixton/ Alma Center
N9657 State Road 95
Alma Center, WI 54611
800-562-2680 (Campground)
October 7, 2023
Four Lakes Knap-in
Town of Dunn Tornado Shelter
699 Norman Dr
Stoughton, WI 53589
608-438-8184
June 10, 2023
Virginia
Thunder Ridge Fall Knap-in
Hopper Creek Group Campground
Natural Bridge Station, VA 24579
October 6-10, 2023
West Virginia
1st Annual Black Rock Knap-in
Black Rock Knap-in and Craft Show
110 Highschool Dr
Mt. Hope, WV 25880
May 11-14, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to put all of this together... very generous of you to go through and get all this info consolidated for us
@@micahmann6967 you're very welcome
Glass Buttes knap in is in the middle of nowhere during the cold of Oregon spring. Be advised that you will need a 4 wheel drive vehicle to access the area. I don't recommend it.
Yes thank you very much for the list Patrick! We appreciate you more than you know.
Watching your videos over the years has made me better at knapping.
I get less frustrated and dont over power my strikes
Thanks for letting me know. It's very interesting that you've learned not to overpower your strikes. I still have difficulty with that issue myself sometimes.
This was a chunky piece of stone you started with! Nice! 🤟
Cómo siempre señor Patric un placer ver sus vídeos.Un cordial saludo.
I look forward to the explanation videos. I’m here to learn as much as possible. I truly appreciate you doing these style videos thank you so much!!
My mistakes begin at the halfway point of this video. I seem to get excessively concave too early. I'm understanding the way you are explaining the process in this video. Thank you very much!
Awesomely informative video!
Thank you!
Great to watch...thanks for those clues
You're very welcome
@@KnapperJackCrafty
hello !
Once you mentioned you were living in the desert....are you in phoenix az ?
@@cclark5376 Midland, TX
For some reason mahogany is the only type I ever cut myself on or get in my shoes. Just learning this stuff and it gives me trouble, but I’m able to do the most with tiny hammerstones and antler. I can only imagine copper on these is like butter
Yes. Copper powers straight through this stuff.
Tkzz for sharing your skill,.,., peace
You're very welcome
had a shoulder replacement and all i can do is watch now
Oh dang.
Un color muy bonito ,de este bifaz
Stage right exit left even lol
Your advise at 9:34 is perhaps not the best advise depending on the aims and personality of the beginning knapper. Personally I would advise the opposite as a general rule with the exception being for the case where the learning knapper is specifically trying to learn to make large bifaces (a goal that beginning knappers should shelf until they have fully internalized a sense for the basics of conchoidal fracture, flaking mechanics, and perhaps most importantly for support) . Because of the fact that the underlying flaking mechanics and reduction strategies are effectively the same at any scale, and because rock is a limited, oftentimes expensive resource, the most economical strategy for internalizing a basic understanding of conchoidal fracture, flaking mechanics, reduction strategies etc. is to work a large core only so far as to remove a couple of usable flakes at a time and then switching to further reducing, refining, and finishing those flakes into finished points before then removing a few more flakes from the main core and repeating the process. Such a strategy has many benefits to the beginning knapper. For one thing, by removing any concern for producing the largest possible biface from the core, and instead focusing on producing usable flakes, the core will provide the greatest number of opportunities for the student to progress through each phase of the reduction process from rough stone to finished piece, thus maximizing the educational potential of each stone. In addition, it allows one’s body, muscle memory etc. to more efficiently internalize the feeling of larger scale reduction without overwhelming the senses by aimlessly wailing on a stone until it is a pile of mostly useless gravel and It also slows the reduction of the core which will minimize the risk of destroying the stone outright due to the poor decision making that come with the frustration that accompanies the inexperience of a beginner in the face of a desire to make large pieces.
You are under the assumption that a beginner can remove reasonably large, flat flakes from a large core in such a way that does not ruin the large core for future use. This is an advanced skill.
@@KnapperJackCrafty there is no need for flakes to either be particularly large or flat to be useful for further reduction into bifacial tools, or to provide educational opportunities, and as a former beginning knapper myself, I can attest to the fact that it does not require anything close to an advanced level of skill to produce useful flakes from a core, particularly when one’s focus is on the flake itself instead of on the core…I can say from experience that I was ruining far more Rock chasing large bifaces than I was once I was offered and accepted the advise I provided above and began focusing on making as many tools as possible from each core instead of focusing on one single biface and treating everything else as trash, and from that perspective it is exceedingly difficult to render a core completely ruined for future use given that cores that are not usable for the production of a large biface can still be useful for producing numerous usable flakes. And I will say that once a I changed my focus and strategy as described above my skill level improved at a far greater pace owing to the fact that I was making more effective use of my time, and in the months following I quickly became proficient at making large bifaces while still producing numerous usable flakes from the core because, as I see it, focusing on learning to make usable flakes taught me to slow down and read the stone better, and most critically, taught me to maximize the size of the finished biface by using as much material as necessary to set up the ideal platform characteristics and surface contours required for removing maximally efficient thinning flakes as opposed to what I had previously been doing which was to try to maximize size by skimping on platform prep and contouring flakes which resulted in causing myself problems that cost me size due to chasing those self inflicted issues later in the reduction process. But again, I will reiterate that the efficacy of this approach will largely depend on the personality of the individual since persons such as yourself who work primarily by feel, and who do not have an interest in taking the slower, more analytical approach will not be well primed to make the most of such a strategy, and the “ just do it enough times that you develop a feel for it” approach is every bit as valid, it’s just likely to be significantly more resource intensive/ less efficient, and to be clear, that is still going to be a huge part of the learning process regardless of how one approaches it.
I really appreciate you taking your time to explain this to the Beginners, Zigzag, From the ends to the middle thin to keep more rigid during flaking,keep convex, Things that I will remember to do, Here's a crazy question can you make a bopper out of Abrade Stone? Now I'm off to the second video, Again much appreciated you doing this!
I suppose it's possible to make a bopper out of just about anything. So, yes. 😁
I've experimented with small pebbles and mounted them like boppers and I made indirect punches with a pebble. I've never had any luck with them being good tools. Your results might vary but for me it was a dud.
@@Jason1975ism Thank you for the advice that's one item I'll check off the list of "wonder what's"lol, Working on making my tools now, Hopefully acquire some material in this auction today, And try for the first time
@@miketufts9765 as my college knapping teacher said on our first day of class "Today you are going to make little rocks out of big rocks". And then he said that every time the rock breaks we would learn from it. Lss, I'm quite an accomplished knapper today, enjoying the art immensely. Just enjoy every flake! It's just a rock and rocks get broken everywhere everyday in nature. Go crazy! Happy knapping!
Jack where did you get your abriding stone ? I want a beefy one like that really bad :)
I get these from a friend who has access to huge grinding wheels.
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I would like to purchase a couple of the flakes of obsidian
This is mahogany obsidian. There are several online sellers offering this material, or you can find this at knap-ins.
Trimming is way more better with a flat copper bopper.
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@@KnapperJackCrafty you know you want to..
Dude, you sound like Wes Studi
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you mean veterans huh vet
Do you worry about silicosis?
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@@KnapperJackCraftythanks, although I prefer the more elaborate explanation you provided in part 2 of this video.
Что за камень
Mahogany Obsidian from California