As somebody who has just began knapping over the last 2 years using more modern tools I have to say that this was really something to see! I just within the last week started working on abo knapping with a few tines, hammerstones, and 1 smaller whitetail bopper. I have purchased 4 more whitetail boppers of various sizes for variation depending on how hard or large I need to use. I'm really glad i found your channel, I've watched lots of your videos but this one is the luckiest one so far being that i just decided to start working in this fashion. Thanks for all the videos, I'll be watchin when you put out new ones.
What i like the most is your assortment of tools youve used over the years. I have to say my favorite is the aluminum billet and steel/copper indirect. I use a whitetail billet as a Mallet and 8inch steel nail 3/8 as a indirect.. Only because I haven't bought any of that high molecular plastic and some copper/aluminum rods yet. Ive done pretty decent with minimal tools.
Great work Patrick! Love working those tabs. Watching you work I recognized that my strategy of trying to hit big flakes to skin the whole rock early isn’t nearly as productive or predictable as your approach. Thanks again for sharing your expertise!
Got to admire some of the work you did on chert provided by Dusty C. I am properly humbled, having made some halting attempts on Nueces and Perdenales cobbles. Just gettng into abo knapping. Dusty gave me a bunch of cobbles from the Colorado River in N Texas. I saw that most of Dusty's samples were treated at 300 degrees. Is 300-325 good enough for these ? Your videos are outstanding and most helpful. Thanks.
Thanks! Yeah, 325 is good enough for most stuff. Less heat for darker, central TX cherts and sometimes higher for the light-colored stuff from west TX.
Very nice. Thanks for sharing. And I heard about the abrading, thanks. We’re digging a site on the Nueces at Laguna near Montell. You should come down for a weekend sometime. All the flint you can carry home!
Jack Crafty I'm kind of a beginner, I'm 13 years old and I'm having trouble getting good sized flakes pressure flaking, also getting a thin point. All of mine are over 1/2 of an inch thick. Accept for my glass ones. I have been flintknapping for about 5 months. Any suggestions?
If you held soft leather , folded several times , underneath the biface , would the cortex have come off in longer running flakes ? I enjoy your style , you work wonders at times .Small stones work great , and your indirect is very informative...especially when you try different materials . I never would have thought of using aluminum . Fantastic !
Thanks! I suppose the cortex would have come off in longer running flakes if the workpiece was large. At this relatively small scale, the glove provides sufficient support, if any.
Once again awesome video and point, the hole is really cool. I was wondering if you watch videos of other flintknappers and had any recommendations. Thank you again!
Yeah, I try to watch as many knappers as I can: mostly to see how they deal with different materials. I watch for the amount of force they use. The most challenging aspect of knapping, for me, is the upper ranges of applied force. I strive to push the limits of freehand techniques just before jigs, support, and/or leveraging are required. Most of my early inspiration for freehand (and pressure flaking) came from EDBO23.
Outstanding work! I've been looking into getting into indirect for some time now, but I can't seem to figure out the angles for the life of me. Do you have any instructional video on the technique involved?
Awesome work....I have tried indirect a couple of times and just end up with gravel and bloody fingers....But I will get it some day! :) Thanks for all you share!!
How many years have you been napping? What age were you.when you first started napping. I am Cliff MAnis and love to watch you doing the napping and hear what you have to say when doing it..
Absolutely beautiful to watch the part where you got out the antler and put it under your knee. Edit: I can never deal with those flat parts on the edges and you just showed me how to do it. Thanks.
So nice to see a flint knapper that uses only tools available to the Indians. Use of a copper billet or pressure flaking copper tipped tool is not true replication of what the Indians made.
As somebody who has just began knapping over the last 2 years using more modern tools I have to say that this was really something to see! I just within the last week started working on abo knapping with a few tines, hammerstones, and 1 smaller whitetail bopper. I have purchased 4 more whitetail boppers of various sizes for variation depending on how hard or large I need to use. I'm really glad i found your channel, I've watched lots of your videos but this one is the luckiest one so far being that i just decided to start working in this fashion. Thanks for all the videos, I'll be watchin when you put out new ones.
Thank you. And best of luck with the abo tools. It's a whole different ball game.
Thats a cool point. I had something similar in Georgetown blue a couple years back. Glad I found this channel
Thanks
Ngl this is awesome the hole makes it cooler
What i like the most is your assortment of tools youve used over the years. I have to say my favorite is the aluminum billet and steel/copper indirect. I use a whitetail billet as a Mallet and 8inch steel nail 3/8 as a indirect.. Only because I haven't bought any of that high molecular plastic and some copper/aluminum rods yet. Ive done pretty decent with minimal tools.
Ah yes. Low tech is my favorite too.
Great work Patrick! Love working those tabs. Watching you work I recognized that my strategy of trying to hit big flakes to skin the whole rock early isn’t nearly as productive or predictable as your approach. Thanks again for sharing your expertise!
Yeah, it's a natural instinct to try and get rid of the cortex right off the bat.
Got to admire some of the work you did on chert provided by Dusty C. I am properly humbled, having made some halting attempts on Nueces and Perdenales cobbles. Just gettng into abo knapping. Dusty gave me a bunch of cobbles from the Colorado River in N Texas. I saw that most of Dusty's samples were treated at 300 degrees. Is 300-325 good enough for these ? Your videos are outstanding and most helpful. Thanks.
Thanks! Yeah, 325 is good enough for most stuff. Less heat for darker, central TX cherts and sometimes higher for the light-colored stuff from west TX.
@@KnapperJackCrafty Thanks for the info :-)
Excellent video....Thanks for doing it for us.
Very nice. Thanks for sharing. And I heard about the abrading, thanks. We’re digging a site on the Nueces at Laguna near Montell. You should come down for a weekend sometime. All the flint you can carry home!
Sounds fantastic! I wish I could go. Maybe I can figure something out...
I just started knapping and have a bunch of chert that looks exactly like this. What temp do you heat treat this stuff?
Love your videos by the way
Thanks. I heat this particular stuff to 325 degrees F for 6 hours. It doesnt need much heat.
Jack Crafty I'm kind of a beginner, I'm 13 years old and I'm having trouble getting good sized flakes pressure flaking, also getting a thin point. All of mine are over 1/2 of an inch thick. Accept for my glass ones. I have been flintknapping for about 5 months. Any suggestions?
@@currenwiggin8982 start using more indirect percussion and use less pressure flaking.
If you held soft leather , folded several times , underneath the biface , would the cortex have come off in longer running flakes ?
I enjoy your style , you work wonders at times .Small stones work great , and your indirect is very informative...especially when you try different materials . I never would have thought of using aluminum .
Fantastic !
Thanks! I suppose the cortex would have come off in longer running flakes if the workpiece was large. At this relatively small scale, the glove provides sufficient support, if any.
love your skill level.....will keep your videos to help me if i ever try this
Thanks.
Once again awesome video and point, the hole is really cool. I was wondering if you watch videos of other flintknappers and had any recommendations. Thank you again!
Yeah, I try to watch as many knappers as I can: mostly to see how they deal with different materials. I watch for the amount of force they use. The most challenging aspect of knapping, for me, is the upper ranges of applied force. I strive to push the limits of freehand techniques just before jigs, support, and/or leveraging are required. Most of my early inspiration for freehand (and pressure flaking) came from EDBO23.
Nice patrick... your getting real nice with the natural tools bro...I think you are better with them
Thanks Mike, I wish. But I'm putting a lot of effort lately into making abo tools. The quality of the tools makes a difference.
Great video, nice work. Thanks.
Thank you.
When they had knap-ins at Maxdale, a guy showed up with a whole truck load of rock like that. Wish I’d bought the whole truck now.
It's a mixed bag. But when it's good, it's really good.
You really pulled some long flakes out of that flint...I was amazed! ppperfect!
Can you use carved wood instead of antler?
If so, what are the differences?
No, actually, wood is way softer than antler. Some knappers use it but the stone has to flake easily. Hard or difficult stone eats wood for lunch.
Absolute beautiful point, well executed!!!
Outstanding work! I've been looking into getting into indirect for some time now, but I can't seem to figure out the angles for the life of me. Do you have any instructional video on the technique involved?
Do a search on youtube for "jack crafty platforms and angles".
This guy has the most detailed and easy to understand explaination I've found on youtube so far.
ua-cam.com/video/W5u4ttosEmM/v-deo.html
Nice point and good handywork!
Thanks!
How about making a snaggle tooth Montell to spec for us. Thanks again for showing.
Awesome work....I have tried indirect a couple of times and just end up with gravel and bloody fingers....But I will get it some day! :) Thanks for all you share!!
Good to see you GreenByrd. I've been watching your vids.
@@KnapperJackCrafty wow! I'm honored you landed on my page, glad to be connected, any advice is appreciated.
What creek do you plant the less perfect points in?
Uh... Shady Creek? No wait, Fools Creek. Yep, that's it.
Moose antler tine for your indirect punches?
I use both elk (wapiti) and moose antler tines for my punches.
How many years have you been napping? What age were you.when you first started napping. I am Cliff MAnis and love to watch you doing the napping and hear what you have to say when doing it..
I've been knapping since 2009. I started when I was 46.
Second favourite colour stone.
Favourite is the one just a few shades darker. Not obsidian though.
That was awsome. I'm glad that rock worked for you all the way to completion.
Me too. These thin tabs are dicey.
Bela peça.
Estou aprendendo a técnica com vidro...por enquanto. Ainda não encontrei Pedras de boa qualidade.
nice job and I'd love to see the tough worm that dug a tunnel thru that piece of chert ;-)
I think the worm got loose and is now making holes in my water pipes...
Absolutely beautiful to watch the part where you got out the antler and put it under your knee.
Edit: I can never deal with those flat parts on the edges and you just showed me how to do it. Thanks.
Cool.
Very nice
Jack, lay that rock down and get a billet, or im calling the flint knapping cops!
Heehee
why don't you use preasure ?
My method is better than pressure.
Patrick : My Goodness ! WOW !
Thanks David.
So nice to see a flint knapper that uses only tools available to the Indians. Use of a copper billet or pressure flaking copper tipped tool is not true replication of what the Indians made.
I guess you've never done any research on the cultures that did utilize copper.
I just for the life of me can't get thin flakes like that
You probably can, just not where you want them. That's the problem I had in the beginning.