Nice Clovis. There is an easy surefire way to flute a Clovis that prevents breakage: Beautiful work & material by the way! Take a branch the same width as the Clovis, split it in half, grind each half flat on the sidewalk, wrap the tip of the point in a 1/2 inch strip of buckskin twice around. Place the point flat between the slats and wrap tightly with a cord while fluting. Pitch glue 4 small pencil eraser size wood spacers between the point and the rest on either side of the flute flake platform. Long flutes, long points. Many future Successes. I use an antler billet to remove the flute.
I honestly would never recommend obsidian to beginners, it’s too finicky and stupidly sharp, it’s more of a intermediate or advanced material for knappers in general.
Watched every second. Great work Jake! You have a great gift of being able to teach. This old man listens!
I appreciate that! Thanks!
Nice Clovis. There is an easy surefire way to flute a Clovis that prevents breakage: Beautiful work & material by the way! Take a branch the same width as the Clovis, split it in half, grind each half flat on the sidewalk, wrap the tip of the point in a 1/2 inch strip of buckskin twice around. Place the point flat between the slats and wrap tightly with a cord while fluting. Pitch glue 4 small pencil eraser size wood spacers between the point and the rest on either side of the flute flake platform. Long flutes, long points. Many future Successes. I use an antler billet to remove the flute.
You are such a perfectionist and I enjoy your videos.i have not mastered the spalling yet. I'm going through slot of rocks learning.
Good job man! Thanks for explaining as you go
Great job on the quartzite brother! Had to laugh at 5 minutes in when you said, "Maybe you get the point," lol. Yeah, educational and fun!
Thanks buddy😂😂!
Big ups from a Dothan native. Love the videos!
Nice work, looks like it could be a rough material to master. Its obvious you got a grasp on it. Looking forward to the next one
Thanks! Definitely a unique stone with its own challenges but I love the finished look
Felicitaciones por tu arte
Thanks for explaining your work it helps alot of people even me . I have been kn apping 20+ years.
Beautiful stone! I haven't had much luck with the tallahata I've worked, but I do like it!
I do too, it can be awful to work at first, but the more you work it the easier it becomes
It's beautiful
Thank you!
Great point . Thanks for sharing.
You are one of the best working tallahatta.
Many many thanks, appreciate it
Sweet
Duuuuudeeeeee
Very nice job
Thanks brother
Id love to try thay qourtzite out sometime. Where can i get that punchomatic? Lol
I honestly would never recommend obsidian to beginners, it’s too finicky and stupidly sharp, it’s more of a intermediate or advanced material for knappers in general.
Every stone has its pros and cons. But I agree in general. I will say one upside to working obsidian is realizing really quickly you need to a braid😂
I won't one of those places pretty place
Thanks!