383 - Knapping Ceramic Tile with Antler 1/5 Edge Trimming and Bifacing
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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I knapped myself 4 points today from this exact material a 3.5" laurel leaf , 1 .5" bi pointed leaf point and a side notched small basal notched arrow head like the cave dwellers "bird" points and a bell beaker style barbed and tanged.. My observations are it works much better than the English flint I have had access to currently and so far it is the easiest material I have found to practice on as a beginner.. Safer for a learner as it isn't as sharp as glass . I find the paler cream stuff and toilet porcelain too chalky but this red stuff is fantastic.. I almost had my first 4" clovis today with all the original surface gone using indirect with this material but it broke on the second last flute ! I'm getting there slowly but surely
wow, I think I can find similar materials😃
Hey mate, firstly great videos!! pretty much learning to knap by watching them. Have been playing around with some tiles since I have easy access to them. I can rough heads out to shape ok in tile but have trouble getting them to thin down with big flakes like you do late in this video... Any tips on holding and striking angle to get bigger flakes to run?
+Colin Gair Yeah, thinning is the hardest thing to accomplish. Many people ask me about angles but I have to say that the angles are not the same for everyone and sometimes I change the angles on the same piece. So, my advice would be to knap a whole lot of tile and eventually, when you have knapped enough tile to cover the floor on a small room, you should see improvement. ;-)
I found that if you cut and shape your tile with a cheap water saw then use a side grinder with a 4.5" diamond blade you can take the hardened face of the tile and the bottom of the tile down to smooth then do your knapping its a lot easier and less waist, time is money
Yes, assuming you're selling them.
@@KnapperJackCrafty why assume anything I've been making hunting and giving them as gifts,what's your point..
Another neat thing with tile is you can use oil base colors and buff it into the Clay and make a variety of colors. Also using your stone knapping flakes you can make miniature arrowheads and spearheads and sell to collectors,which you can find on line...have fun thanks Jack
@@kennethgroves6433 not all time has a monetary value.
@@kennethgroves6433 you're welcome. Also, if you look at my recent videos, I have an auction every week here on my channel.
what stops a flake running across the piece? ive been working with a grey/black flint and im struggeling to figure out why i can make some flakes run atleast halfway across the stone. is it how you hold it or is it all in the platform? hopefully you can figure out what im asking ;) cheers
Nice vid. Ever worked it with hammer stones?
PaPoints Yep. See this video starting at about the 1 minute mark: ua-cam.com/video/p9cZ1w7phmY/v-deo.html
Jack can you do this same thing with cut preforms in stone or do you have to handle them different. I try pressure flaking them but it get very tiresome.
+Michael Andersen Yes, you can use this same technique with stone slabs. I get quickly fatigued with pressure techniques also.
Have you ever tried using porcelen from toilets.
Micah Worthington Yep. I've even won a "john-stone" knapping contest. I don't recommend it but you can knap it and make some nice looking points if you're careful.
Cool, is the porcelenen of a lesser quality than the tiles you work?
Micah Worthington Yes. The toilet tank ceramic is lesser quality than the floor tiles.
+JackCrafty The white porcelain in nearly all "porcelain" products is actually talc and not even clay. The ceramic you're working here is the same as in red clay pots, just fired to a higher temperature to make it vitreous. /clay nerd
Very nice work by the way. :)
Thanks. :-)
every time i get going on a piece of tile, whack, cracks in half.
+anthony kaczmarek Yes, that's very common. It takes getting used to. I crack many in half myself.