🛸 Flintknapping. Knapping rocks. Making stone tools. Arrowhead. Lithic reduction.
Updated December 17, 2024
Explaining Platforms and Angles with Words
Part 1
https://youtu.be/TgLoIOms9KI
Part 2
https://youtu.be/aMfpypUVik0
Part 3
https://youtu.be/D1D-NWXWKuU
Fog Knapping With Hopper
https://youtube.com/@historicflintknappingvideo724?si=WbRm4KVADQ81nQra
Aluminum sizes and source
https://www.ebay.com/itm/333413861610
https://www.ebay.com/itm/333393532365
Copper cap billet:
https://flintknappingsupplies.com/products/1-5-8-copper-cap-billet
UHMW Black Plastic Mallet
Zoro Select 1Yvk7 Black Uhmw-Pe Rod Stock 3 Ft. L, 1-1/4" Dia.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/333994183040
3/8" x 12" Copper Rod Ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303928856962?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MvbsRTEuTMK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=1q_3LDvnSFK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
My current tool kit.
Updated Aug 5, 2024
https://youtu.be/FN0ohLS52yA?si=NeTu-ZwZAozIbbhq
Large Rectangular Abrader:
https://flintknappingsupplies.com/products/coarse-abrading-stone-6x2x1-20grit-3-pack?pr_prod_strat=use_description&pr_rec_id=db0338179&pr_rec_pid=6686631395522&pr_ref_pid=6234089816258&pr_seq=uniform
I have two other channels and a Patreon Account
Allergic Hobbit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1j7ZZ7ZR8j2NeyxXLWn8kg/videos
PAB Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXDbuH2wbTFHMjm6jdcTZpA/videos
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/jackcrafty?fan_landing=true
Front View of My Knapping Style:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRTkGWOpoJ8
Abo Technique (Natural Materials Only) My Horizontal Punch Style of Knapping:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPL8f18Eb5o
Charles Eaton
Hard Hammer Thinning:
https://youtu.be/0CEtnIBf8os?si=Gk6yfnEWdzPnNGoS
WHAT IS HIGH GRADE STONE?
Anything you can run a 1/2" flake on with a pressure flaker.
HEAT TREATING:
Heat treat a few FLAKES of everything you got except HIGH GRADE Raw Stone, Obsidian, Dacite, Basalt, Hornstone, Sonora, Fort Payne, or Rhyolite. Start with flakes and spalls less than 1" thick for 200°F for 24 hours to dry it out. Then raise the temp to 275°F and hold for 4 hours. Let cool down for 12 hours. Chip and compare. If no difference, put back I at 200°F for 1/2 hour, then raise to 275 for 1/2 hour, then raise to 325 for 4 hours.
Let cool down for 12 hours. Chip and compare. If no difference, put back in at 200°F for 1/2 hour, then raise to 275 for 1/2 hour, then raise to 325 for 1/2 hour, the raise to 375 for 4 hours.
Repeat with temp going up 50°F until you reach 600°F or nice chippable stone. Whichever comes first. If no good result, or things blow up, let us know.