Personal knapping

[patriot15joe]

I’ve been playing around with trying to learn how the Indians did the job. I haven’t used anything modern in my self teaching. Only antlers and rock. It truly makes you appreciate the ones you find once you see first hand how hard they are to make. The really nice ones made of quarts are truly the best skill that has ever been.

 

[patriot15joe]

I’m still working on getting the actual knife set up right. I used deer tendon taken from the backstrap to tie them on. Have to find a better natural glue to hold them tight. They sure do cut.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Nice work

 

[Redbow]

Good job I learned a bit about flint knapping fromTube videos. I ain't no expert either but I can make a working point. But when knapping material went out of sight I quit and there ain't no suitable knapping material here on the NC coast as I know of.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I’ve been playing around with trying to learn how the Indians did the job. I haven’t used anything modern in my self teaching. Only antlers and rock. It truly makes you appreciate the ones you find once you see first hand how hard they are to make. The really nice ones made of quarts are truly the best skill that has ever been.

You're starting to figure it out, good job! Yeah, I would like to go back and watch some of those Savannah River culture people working our local quartzite. They made some nice stuff from it.
For hafting, a mixture of pine pitch, charcoal, and beeswax works great for seating the point or blade before binding it down with sinew. Heat it up and apply it, and it stiffens up as it cools down.

 

[Nicodemus]

Not bad at all. Your work looks good.

 

[trad bow]

That’s a skill most old men can’t do anymore. Your work looks great

 

[antharper]

Mighty fine !

 

[JDBrown]

Great work, looks a lot better than what I was making when I started out.

 

[Redbow]

If you could find some Brazilian Agate its great stuff for knapping. Its pricey but worth the cost every now and then. That stuff makes beautiful arrowheads and knapps like butter. The Agate that I had was heat treated.

 

[NCHillbilly]

If you could find some Brazilian Agate its great stuff for knapping. Its pricey but worth the cost every now and then. That stuff makes beautiful arrowheads and knapps like butter. The Agate that I had was heat treated.

The raw stuff that isn't treated is worse than quartz.

 

[Redbow]

Never knapped any of the Brazilian Agate that wasn't heated, thanks for heads up on the hardness of the raw stuff.

The raw stuff that isn't treated is worse than quarts/