10-Minute Challenge! Flint-Knapping Chert From Start to Finish.

Decided to try a cool challenge today! I make a complete arrowhead from start to finish in just 10 MINUTES! Hope you enjoy, feel free to leave your comments down below.

[@jasonpercy184]

Not to many paper thin smokers come out in those 10 speed competitions. That's a fine piece you did in 10 .

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thanks Jason, sounds like you’ve been there before

[@kylefessenden3111]

@@GulfCoastKnapping I've never been down to that one, but Jake Webster usually has a 10 speed at his knap in in Brown County, Indiana. Though, we usually don't finish points in 10 minutes, we just end up grabbing a point from our stash and everyone votes on the nicest one, then all those points go into our auction at the end of the night. Plus we do a community point where we all chip in(pun intended) on finishing a point from a spall. Just gets passed around the circle

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

@@kylefessenden3111 sounds like a blast! Indiana is a bit far for me to drive though

[@michaelgalloway914]

Heck yeah I thought that was awesome. How much for it

[@michaelgalloway914]

I’m in Georgia I would love to go to one. I don’t know of any around here in Georgia or Alabama, South Carolina.?

[@markgibsons_SWpottery]

we subscribed! We know what it takes and that was some swift graceful accuracy! Yakoke!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I really appreciate that, welcome!

[@DeepSouthern_Outdoors]

I live near the flint river. I used to knap but it has been 13yrs. The past 10yrs I've seen a boom in modern knapping debitage on the banks of the river in Albany. I love that area. Most artifact dense region in the southeast

[@MDCF1565]

Just moved to Mariweather County, visited the Sprewell bluff a few times. Nice area. From St Augustine Florida est 1565

[@ashleysouthernsass]

Made my leg hurt watching that. Very cool info thank you.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

The leather pads definitely help!

[@jasonsworld333]

As a new knapper this video is aweosme because it shows the xactly a rough version of how to get there

[@ANXIETOR]

10 speed challenges are done at the Flint Ridge Ohio knap ins also. Memorial weekend, and Labor Day weekends. I don’t know how it’s done elsewhere, but at Flint Ridge all the participants put a rock in the center of the seating circle, then when the timer starts you grab any rock that’s not your own. Great fun to watch.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

That’s what we do in Florida! Very cool. It’s a long drive to get up to flint ridge, but I’m sure I’ll come one year

[@eh1702]

USA: Yay, let’s have a speed-challenge flint knap! Rest of world: Uh…why?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

@@eh1702 😂 because it’s fun and competitive😂

[@eh1702]

@@GulfCoastKnapping What next, organised competitive meditating? Competitive speed-tattooing?

[@eh1702]

@@GulfCoastKnapping I am quite old, and was a kid in a time and a place where sex education was nonexistent. There were boys beginning puberty who used to think the most macho thung ever would be to “come” fastest in competitive w@&king. Really. Yes, you can do it but…why?

[@KobraVR]

Will be a useful skill to have in a few years time 😬

[@007Jaredboy]

You did in ten minutes what I couldnt do in an hour 😂 its been a number of years since I did any flintknapping but watching these videos is really nostalgic! I always had trouble thinning pieces without them snapping 🤥 But great job!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thanks! Just takes consistency and practice!

[@parallaxical3067]

That was a fun video. I'd watch more of them. Hint hint lol

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I’ll have to make more!

[@HoverOrDie]

I know this is going to be a stupid question but what is the rock abrasion you do scratching the rock against your piece for? Does it help with keeping the flakes pop off in smaller more predictable pieces? Thank you for taking the time to show us the steps to create fine points.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Sure! Basically it helps remove a solid flake. If I don’t abraid the edge, it will just crush the edge when I strike it. But making the edge dull and strong will produce more force in the stone and break a clean flake👍🏼

[@jamebrooke894]

Looks like the cache of preforms I found years ago, amazing.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

👍🏼

[@TomG-f4r]

Bravo ! : i was..on edge ..i suspect quick and dirty is often the way... You wasted 2-3 minutes yammering to the unwashed masses. , thanks ! - ... Is it normal to be hunting deer with a 5-6 inch point ? ...is that intended for bear ? Or ceremonial? And if it ceremonial would they refine the sharp edge ? Or dull it down for safety and osha an stuff...?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Haha. Usually larger points are used as blades and not projectiles and they would reshape regularly

[@dorsetdumpling5387]

Love to try it - although I imagine that your upper thigh must be one big blackish, purply browny, yellowy, greeny .. bruise?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

You’d be surprised that pad really works! Before I used it I certainly got some bruises

[@JohnStarns-pm9uy]

What is the purpose of the quick scraping stone? Then hit it again same spot you scraped? Sharpening or making it easier to flake? Very interesting

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Great question! That scraping stone is called an abraider. It dulls the edge of the rock, makes it more blunt, less fragile. It allows me to draw a good flake instead of crush what I hit

[@fredellingsen5973]

Outstanding man !!

[@vaughnjones588]

Good job I’m just a learner and I only work with Obsideian right now but man that’s good work you did, and I think you had like two minutes left you undercut yourself.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thanks Vaughn! And you might be right. I enjoyed knapping it even though it didn’t take long

[@mrkiks32]

I think it came out great. 👍🏻

[@K.S.24]

What is the purpose of filing on the rock edge with the other rock between strikes?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

To strengthen the edge! If I don’t it’ll kinda crumble and a flake won’t take off

[@Undetected68]

Hi im new to flint knapping and was wondering how do you know where to hit abd does it hurt yohr leg when you hit the rock even with the leather pad

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I think I just get used to the pain😂

[@JohnMartin-ze8cf]

Thanks for doing these videos for ua

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Of course, thank you for watching

[@しょうやん-l7h]

You must Scribe the Stone 2023

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Will do!

[@turningwood720]

Very amazing skills. Well done. I like it very much. Thanks for sharing.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thank you very much!

[@2greeksandacamera]

You make it fun and educational to watch.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I’m glad to hear that thank you!

[@deplorablecovfefe9489]

Imagine how much of that stuff was around before man started collecting it for 30k years...

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Oh I can only omagine

[@colinking3314]

Haha parts of Africa ppl started making stone tools 2.5 million years ago 🤯 wild to think about

[@hawkdreaming]

I can only make one suggestion.. keep doing what you are doing😊! I wish my floor looked like yours!

[@davidarbuckle6596]

What does the abrader do exactly?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Strengthens the edge to produce a clean flake

[@Modernnannenginemarineengine]

Impressive when I tried I kept Breaking the whole Piece in half very easy to do. You made it look easy. Truth I was knocking Crap stones against worst ones lol. Great job. Your honoury Cave man PFC

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Haha thank you, just a little time and practice goes a long way!

[@Cabbageface]

after the past couple of days of binge watching knapping videos and seeing varying times it takes to complete them this was an awesome video to watch, i'd love to try this when i eventually I start knapping and get to a competent level, even try it periodically to see how i've improved over time

[@OwnageTheCat]

do it my dude, it's the most satisfying process on the planet

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I really appreciate that! I hope you can start soon

[@mathewwoods9111]

Had a professor tell me at a show that, if you find an artifact that Is absolutely excellent, the clan was doing very well. They had the time to dedicate to making it. You can imagine the need for tools was quite extensive and always in demand due to loss and breakage. I have found far more crudely (quickly made) points than I have "smokers" . I can guess that a certain skill level should also be accounted for as well.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

That’s a fair point, if food and materials were plentiful, they could absolutely enjoy the process and take their time. But I find lots of crude points as well.

[@chris_coppit]

Smokin fast. Almost scared me how fast you were going.

[@JoseEc5bkgure-eo5xy]

eso de hacer hachas de silex tendria que estar prohibido, ya que luego no se sabe si son originales , cuando se encuentra alguna

[@francisjames1327]

I'm getting better at it but I keep knapping it down to where I have the one side pretty flat but there is always a big piece of rock on the other side and when I do try to by it winds up being it off anyone have any suggestions Yet

[@georgepretnick4460]

I suspect the speed and constant progress in this video is much, much closer to the reality of knapping in the paleo period. Paleo Americans didn't have video cameras, so they didn't take a half hour between strikes like Jack Crafty does.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

It’s very possible! Probably didn’t take too long for them to knap something out.

[@fredellingsen5973]

Helluva job in 10 minutes bud!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

@@fredellingsen5973 thanks!

[@Lucas-pv2wn]

What size bopper is that?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

It’s the largest on flintknappingsupplies.com

[@general5104]

Ya got a bunch of arrowhead starting chips out of it. Lotsa cutting edges. I think you made an excellent Spear-Head ! If you stuck that into something, I'm SURE they'd get the point!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I agree!! Thanks!

[@scotloggan1885]

WOW!!!! That's perfect dude! It doesn't need to be paper thin.... i wish i could be that good!! The chemotherapy & radiation treatments made my hands sjake SO bad, it takes me 2 to 4 hrs to make one & then its not half as good as yours. I Really Really like your video! You leave me speechless!!!! Please make some video's on creating & setting up platforms. Thanks again Sir.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Will do! Thanks for all the kind words!

[@stormtheowl]

I randomly felt the urge to watch flint knapping today. It's truly so satisfying to watch and listen to rock against rock and copper on rock. Half of the time I don't understand the terms and phrases being used, but that doesn't bother me! I almost want to try out flint knapping myself, but I'm so anxious about all the health concerns and shards in lungs, so I'll leave it to the professionals! The ASMR is amazing! I've subbed for sure! 🥰

[@sargent5410]

i recommend wearing gloves for new people and if your scared of getting stuff in your lungs keep your mouth closed when making big hits and by a good kit its gonna take a little bit to understand but its really fun i go hunting with them and they always work!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I appreciate that! Glad you liked it

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

I would love to see you do a Folsom point . I have several in my collection from a CENTURIES OLD Bison Jump Cliff from the mud bank just down stream and from the sand bar below the jump. Every spring after a big and I mean BIG FLOODING RAIN THAT BAR BELOW THE JUMP AND DOWNSTREAM IS LITERALLY LOADED WITH EVERY TYPE POINT KNOWN TO EXIST FOR THAT AREA. Sure lots are broken or discards but every season I come onto a hand full of real treasures. Amongst my prize finds are a full half dozen intact complete Folsom style arrow points (not as big as the spear type point but none the less deadly. I have 2 complete Folsom style spear points, and last spring I came onto the holy Grail for this area a obsidian knife still hafted in its antler handle ! The sinew binding was of course rotted and gone but the blade was completely intact and the (what looks like Deer of some sort ) Antler handle was still holding on to the blade. The Antler looks burned or maybe just blackened from all those years above water line where it was completely in cased in this hard clay like rock....it's not sandstone or just clay....it's hard but if your careful and have the patience you can remove it with water, dental picks and some brushes....I had it aged at the local State University and of course they tried and tried to get me to donate it to them and give up the location of this spot but if I do....the land owner (whom I have known since his father owned the land and we were classmates in school) will never let me on his property again ever....We have seen what happens when a fossil is discovered on your property and you donate it to the State University Museum of NATURAL History....so we're not going there. I have always been fascinated by Flint Knapping and how skilled these early indigenous people became at using what they had to make tools and weapons out of. See the funny thing about this Knife is sure it's Obsidian but the closest place you could find obsidian is in Wyoming....a long ways off from there so how that got turned into a beautiful actual knife shaped knife and wound up there is one of histories great stories that are best left to ones imagination. Another cool note is many years ago when the opposite bank downstream from the jump got grazed off badly by hungry cattle left in there too long and we had little to no rain that year.....you could plainly see dozens of big circles in the ground from above the jump.....you couldn't see them another time because of tall grass but that one year you could plainly see where the Indians would put up their Tents year after year as they moved through and hunted Bison by driving them off that jump....they could get enough meat there in the summer to last them through the longest of winter months. I've collected axes, 2 headed clubs with the grove in the middle where they would place a Ash handle and wrap it with sinew and hide soaked then hung to dry and it made a very formidable weapon....spear heads if it was flint and had anything to do with skinning or cutting it's in that area somewhere....just takes mother nature to bring it out once or so a year.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thanks for the comment, I’ll definitely have to try a fulsom in the future!

[@susanshemin4911]

He was an American Indian in his past life

[@chiefbiglew]

years ago there was a knapper went by bow hunter he made a nice clovis in under 10 min dont know what happend to him he quit posting years ago.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Yes, his videos inspired me to make my videos. Great guy and awesome knapper. Maybe he’ll make more in the future

[@ryanbeard1119]

Vid add looks like your Knapping peanut-brittle....

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I can almost taste it!

[@teatowel11]

You should try to knap some caramel candy as a haloween prop. It'd go well with a caveman costume

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

That’s true😂😂

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

Any questions? I teach for free you bring your chit and i will teach you

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Let’s see your work?

[@electrichospital]

Thanks for sharing. How did you make your hammers.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I bought them from flintknappingsupplis.com!

[@eh1702]

Only Americans could imagine making a speed challenge out of knapping flint.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Haha

[@tomsmith6094]

I have a question? Do people buy them from you ? Or just hubby or you collect them ?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I typically collect the material myself if I can!

[@gregoryselner7261]

Just came across your channel. Buying my first flintlock rifle and I will need to learn how to sharpen my flints. Hoping your videos will help me. Enjoyed watching this video and I subscribed.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Appreciate that Gregory. I hope to slow down and provide some teaching videos in the future. Thanks!

[@davidvaught5194]

Smoker in my book.💪✌️

[@janicesmith5270]

Why don't these modern flint knappers use the same tools as the native Americans did?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

We do! But I enjoy using these instead. Personal preference

[@thephenom724]

Even though it's not finished yet, that's still pretty impressive 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thank you!

[@BillyT886]

I thought he was holding a big piece of peanut brittle

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

😂

[@markluttrell1991]

Very nice job 10 minutes That's an awesome point Love the material how did you do in the competition

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I won!

[@johnkeck1025]

There's a lot of stone like that here in eastern Kentucky.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Very cool!

[@goobergriffith8489]

Nice you know the flakes are more sharper then the points makes you wonder if they did points for to impress and for show cause u can’t get no sharper then a flake I have often heard that the women made must of the tools and knifes and stuff because they had more time while the men hunted and gathered food but very well done I been trying to to it for a year now I have to order my rock I mess up a bunch trying to get better turn big rock into Little Rock I believe I should work on a chain gang lol about three more years I have it down I ain’t got patience and scared to mess up what Little Rock I can get

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Flakes are much sharper your right! But they are also very fragile so I think that’s why arrowheads and blades were made

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Keep working on it and you’ll become a great knapper!

[@highplainschipper6564]

Nothing to be ashamed of there buddy.very nice

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thank you!

[@charlessims1992]

Good job my friend

[@dmaschy599]

If I found that in a field,that would a good find.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

For sure!

[@bjellison905]

Man i cant use a bopper or my thigh. I bruise up. I can see where and how to hit with my hammer stones better. No way i could do this. Great job.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Keep at it! But thank you!

[@bjellison905]

@@GulfCoastKnapping thank you. I definitely will. I can make decent points but my larger stuff breaks which i think ill have to use my thigh for the bigger pieces

[@Lucas-pv2wn]

Maybe a dumb question, but what does scraping the chuert with the other Stone do?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Great question! The stone I use to dull the edges is call an abraider (abraiding the edge). The edges are naturally pretty sharp, and are too fragile to produce a good sized flake, so by rubbing the rocks together, I can dull the edge and produce more force into the stone, removing a larger flake. You can also you a grinding wheel to abraid, or just any old rock or sandstone. Hope this helps!

[@Lucas-pv2wn]

@@GulfCoastKnapping thanks!!

[@danieldonathan3361]

The 10min challenges stress me out, haha. I never participated. If you're at silver river, I may see you there.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I certainly will be, look forward to it

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

Yes my Clovis points go from 300$ TO 800$ EACH

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

@@SteveChildress-cy4wc Good for you brother that’s great

[@chucklearnslithics3751]

Looks like you're ready to me! Good luck!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thanks chuck, it’s a tough challenge!

[@DigginIt-MarkH]

Awesome you got my Sub..😎✌️👍

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thanks friend!

[@n8vsavage78]

Warm it up in the sun it will help

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

👍🏼

[@whiskeysudsjackwagon8510]

Where can I buy some of that flint, or trade?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Email me at [e-mail]

[@atomicburrito]

Very fascinating to watch! I could watch these videos all day long!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Glad you like them!

[@smokeeater8387]

That was awesome brother👍🇺🇸

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thanks I really appreciate that man

[@PatricesProjects]

Looks great. Amazing that you did it in 10 minutes.

[@MatteoDifiore-nx9ib]

I like it nice work 😊

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thank you!

[@wlfwlker3704]

Nice work under time constraints 😮

[@Bradmoore1979]

That’s incredible man!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Appreciate it

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

I use deer antler it throws a bigger flake

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

Alot less waste

[@Conservative-Leftie]

Great job.!.. that's turbo-knapping...😊

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

You got that right!

[@texasflashcoveinstaller4317]

Bad ass !!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thanks!

[@Eddardstark9308]

This man’s pretty brave with his balls that close to some razor sharp shards of obsidian on the chair

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

😂

[@johnfugate3432]

Like it

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Thanks John👍🏼

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

Enough said i was just trying to help flintknapers out no worries

[@cbrjs]

Do you think they would waste this much flint back then? Do you use the large chips for arrow heads?

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

I use nearly every flake I draw off most of the time👍🏼 and yes I believe they did frequently. That’s why you find flakes littered across fields and streams

[@williambrandondavis6897]

Waste? The entire planet is made of rock and we have only scratched the surface.

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

I have been knapping flint for 45 yrs i am self tought you people don't have a clue

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

I use my flakes to make birdpoints i

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

He is wasting good flint

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

Yes he is i take a flint that size ican make a adal adal point and anywhere 6 to 10 birdpoints

[@SteveChildress-cy4wc]

I live in junction texas home of perdanalas flint and rootbeer flint James river flint is the best tho

[@jeffwhitfield4173]

You're being mighty critical there, Steve. Put your money where your mouth is

[@pauldykes9984]

I have been collecting stone and tools for a very long time,and am starting the actual work in the morning... Thanks for all the inspiration!!

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

So glad I could help in some way!

[@mskiUSMC]

Your video thumbnail made me think you were holding a 40mm grenade.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

😂

[@tonyc7168]

It's not ten minutes, it's obvious you already started on it.

[@GulfCoastKnapping]

Caught me. I spent 3 extra seconds knocking the spall off a boulder.

[@travisfischer2607]

THAT. WAS. AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn’t have believed a Neolithic jewel could be done in so little time if I hadn’t seen it done in so little time with my own eyes. Awesome!