Thanks for showing I just received a kit in the mail with a beautiful variety of stone I was able to Knapp a piece to look like yours at the first of this video and then I was stuck. I put the piece up and watched this video the angle your holding and the way your holding will get me going again.
Jim, I found 2 and 3 to be great teaching videos. Few of us who watch are as skilled and seeing you struggle with abo is very much like us with copper; problems keep happening! Great to watch. Also it was the first time I heard someone talk about the finger snap. I have mentioned that a lot and people look at me as if if I am weird. Keep them coming... I watch them all... usually multiple times! Thanks, Steve
@carpkiller4 The edge is razor sharp and will collapse is not abraded. Rubbing the edge, or abrading as it is called, thickens the edge and allows a large thinning flake to be removed.
jim ritzheimer You can always use glass. Same flaking qualities as obsidian and easier to work than flint. Porcelain also works well, from broken plates or even toilet tanks, sometimes called thunder chert!
Thanks. Swoose Alexander demonstrated the technique to me 30 year ago, he was a master at it using a buffalo horn. Constant even pressure applied to the flake with leather as it peels from the core can keep it traveling over a curved surface to the opposite edge. Without the pressure the flake terminates short or along the median. The key is just the right amount of pressure, too much can cause the flake travel to stop in its tracks and result in a step fracture.
How's quartz for holding an edge if i were to try napping a knife out of it? And how is it to nap in comparison to flint? I'm a complete beginner at this, I really just took a walk to find me some quartz for my flint and steel kit, and I found quite a bit. One stone is so dense I need to find a proper hammerstone to even break it open. I'm norwegian, so I have to go to France or England to find flint if I want that, but we have huge amounts of good quartz around.
Inge Bolme Flint is far superior to quartz crystal or quartzite. Quartzite is much more course grained than flint which means the edge is not as sharp and is more jagged. However, good quartzite can be very strong and the edge can hold up well and in some situations the jagged edge can be more useful. Quartz crystal can also be knapped and has a sharp edge, but the flake scars will ripple directionally, which makes it harder to knapp.....
Ok thanks. The quartz crystals are not as common as normal quartzite rocks, but i might be lucky and find myself some. It'll probably be a while until I feel I can rely on stone tools while in the while, but once I've napped some good pieces, I'll try using them a little bit. my first attempts will probably just be used for firecraft.
Thanks for showing I just received a kit in the mail with a beautiful variety of stone I was able to Knapp a piece to look like yours at the first of this video and then I was stuck. I put the piece up and watched this video the angle your holding and the way your holding will get me going again.
Jim,
I found 2 and 3 to be great teaching videos. Few of us who watch are as skilled and seeing you struggle with abo is very much like us with copper; problems keep happening! Great to watch.
Also it was the first time I heard someone talk about the finger snap. I have mentioned that a lot and people look at me as if if I am weird.
Keep them coming... I watch them all... usually multiple times!
Thanks, Steve
Stephen Haig Thanks, glad you like the vids.....jim
@carpkiller4 The edge is razor sharp and will collapse is not abraded. Rubbing the edge, or abrading as it is called, thickens the edge and allows a large thinning flake to be removed.
You are absolutely unreal man I love you
Amazing!
Thanks for watching
Had I seen these videos years ago they would have saved a lot of trial&error...meanwhile I've become quite the expert at error. Haha
Thanks, its a great hobby
i would love to get my hands on some flint so i could try to learn
jim ritzheimer You can always use glass. Same flaking qualities as obsidian and easier to work than flint. Porcelain also works well, from broken plates or even toilet tanks, sometimes called thunder chert!
thats what i've been hearing. i'm gonna try that. thanks
Nevermind, you answered my question right before the end.
Outstanding flaking first time ever I have seen a flake transversals the face of the pice in a convexed grove other than a Original clovis point.
Thanks. Swoose Alexander demonstrated the technique to me 30 year ago, he was a master at it using a buffalo horn. Constant even pressure applied to the flake with leather as it peels from the core can keep it traveling over a curved surface to the opposite edge. Without the pressure the flake terminates short or along the median. The key is just the right amount of pressure, too much can cause the flake travel to stop in its tracks and result in a step fracture.
rough-looking as your hands are Jim I'm surprised you don't just use them for abrading LOL.
You're awesome man
You got me laughing on that one! Thanks
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Is Knife River flint knappable without cooking it first?
How's quartz for holding an edge if i were to try napping a knife out of it? And how is it to nap in comparison to flint? I'm a complete beginner at this, I really just took a walk to find me some quartz for my flint and steel kit, and I found quite a bit. One stone is so dense I need to find a proper hammerstone to even break it open. I'm norwegian, so I have to go to France or England to find flint if I want that, but we have huge amounts of good quartz around.
Inge Bolme Flint is far superior to quartz crystal or quartzite. Quartzite is much more course grained than flint which means the edge is not as sharp and is more jagged. However, good quartzite can be very strong and the edge can hold up well and in some situations the jagged edge can be more useful. Quartz crystal can also be knapped and has a sharp edge, but the flake scars will ripple directionally, which makes it harder to knapp.....
Ok thanks. The quartz crystals are not as common as normal quartzite rocks, but i might be lucky and find myself some. It'll probably be a while until I feel I can rely on stone tools while in the while, but once I've napped some good pieces, I'll try using them a little bit. my first attempts will probably just be used for firecraft.
What kind of metal is on the large pressure flaker you're using? Is it silver?