Folsom points and bear grease

[ddd-shooter]

Posted this in the bear forum, thought y’all would enjoy as well.

On the meateater youtube channel there’s a show called the bear grease roadshow. Todays episode is about Folsom points and bear hunting.
Very much worth a watch.

 

[Nicodemus]

Folsom points, like the other fluted points, are most interesting to me.

 

[ddd-shooter]

Folsom points, like the other fluted points, are most interesting to me.

Agree. I’m wondering if they all didn’t have some great trick to flute them that we don’t know of.

 

[Nicodemus]

Agree. I’m wondering if they all didn’t have some great trick to flute them that we don’t know of.

I could flute my reproduction Clovis points by percussion, and they probably did too. I know of one knapper that could flute a Folsom with pressure, but he had a lot of strength. As for Cumberlands, they would have just about had to have been lashed into a frame and then lever fluted, in my opinion.

 

[ddd-shooter]

I could flute my reproduction Clovis points by percussion, and they probably did too. I know of one knapper that could flute a Folsom with pressure, but he had a lot of strength. As for Cumberlands, they would have just about had to have been lashed into a frame and then lever fluted, in my opinion.

The guy on the show was using a lever. Pretty neat to see

 

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

Great watch! I think Cumberland points are just as fascinating. Very long flutes all the way to the tip. Don't hear much about that culture.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I could flute my reproduction Clovis points by percussion, and they probably did too. I know of one knapper that could flute a Folsom with pressure, but he had a lot of strength. As for Cumberlands, they would have just about had to have been lashed into a frame and then lever fluted, in my opinion.

Or indirect percussion. I saw a feller at the North Georgia Knap-in one time fluting a Folsom indirect.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Posted this in the bear forum, thought y’all would enjoy as well.

On the meateater youtube channel there’s a show called the bear grease roadshow. Todays episode is about Folsom points and bear hunting.
Very much worth a watch.

Listen to the Bear Grease podcast. It's about the best one out there, IMO.

 

[Nicodemus]

Great watch! I think Cumberland points are just as fascinating. Very long flutes all the way to the tip. Don't hear much about that culture.

I can`t find a lot about the Cumberland Culture either. In my opinion, the Cumberland is the most difficult point on earth to reproduce. I personally know only one knapper who can reproduce them with any consistency.

It is a most impressive point.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I can`t find a lot about the Cumberland Culture either. In my opinion, the Cumberland is the most difficult point on earth to reproduce. I personally know only one knapper who can reproduce them with any consistency.

It is a most impressive point.

I think they were a very localized, short-lived culture. Their artifacts were very impressive.

 

[ddd-shooter]

Listen to the Bear Grease podcast. It's about the best one out there, IMO.

I listen every week, and I agree

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

Here it is….very interesting. Real neat jig to make the flutes in the heads.