Old knapping pics/some of my tools (pic heavy)

[turboM70]

It’s been way too long since I knapped. Ironically it was in the city I last did and now I have the space and don’t.. too many irons in the fire. Looking at these makes me want to get back chipping. I mostly used ‘abo’ tools and was inspired by Marty Reuter to try some different tools:

Buffalo horn punch(bought at pet store):

Jim Winn’s sandwich method/adds mass:


Clovis platter; was getting thin then…

Clovis preform/Warthog tusk punch (simulates ivory):

High margin/big hammerstone work. Big chunk of Georgetown; notice flakes on top of my leg for size reference:

Some more tools:
Shaft punches:

Short moose billet ala Ken Wallace:


So there you have it. I started knapping/making arrows in my late teens (now 40+) but have had a lot of stops along the way. I cut my teeth at knap ins like Castile NY and started one in college. I also got to hang out with master Woody Blackwell but I’m not sure his skills transferred to me ?

It’s a community I miss and seems like firearms and music led me away from it. I need to get back in touch.

 

[Paymaster]

Good work.

 

[turboM70]

Good work.

Thanks!

 

[trad bow]

That’s a skill I wished I had learned year ago. You do excellent work

 

[trad bow]

I need to learn how to knap and sharpen flints for my flintlock.

 

[turboM70]

I need to learn how to knap and sharpen flints for my flintlock.

Thanks for compliment and you could definitely learn to.

 

[Nicodemus]

That`s some nice work. Fine billets too.

 

[turboM70]

That`s some nice work. Fine billets too.

Appreciate! Speaking of billets, I dabbled with copper but always had better luck with antler, etc.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Nice work for sure. And I see that NC rhyolite preform you snuck in there.

 

[turboM70]

Nice work for sure. And I see that NC rhyolite preform you snuck in there.

Thanks and yes, good eye! My friends dad got a huge pile of it when he had to clear a storage shed a while back. The grade was higher than most; about in the middle, but still tough!

 

[NCHillbilly]

Thanks and yes, good eye! My friends dad got a huge pile of it when he had to clear a storage shed a while back. The grade was higher than most; about in the middle, but still tough!

I think green rhyolite is my favorite material. I used to beat on local quartzite with big wooden billets a lot, but my hands are getting about past that these days. James Parker was the one who got me started on that stuff.

 

[turboM70]

I think green rhyolite is my favorite material. I used to beat on local quartzite with big wooden billets a lot, but my hands are getting about past that these days. James Parker was the one who got me started on that stuff.

It sounds like we may know similar people if not each other? Sending you a PM