1177 - Challenge - Raw Crescent Hills Chert Flintknapping

[@briantaulbee6452]

Interesting piece of rock there.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Yup. Easier to knap than I expected.

[@briantaulbee6452]

@@KnapperJackCrafty same. Always impressed by your work.

[@maytagmark2171]

Maybe Jeffersonville?

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Tom says it's "Crescent Hills Chert" from Missouri

[@canastasiou68]

I never heard of heat treated stone until i started watching your videos, mind you I've mainly watched British flint knappers ,until a few months ago. 5

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

I see

[@captainflint89]

yea even the uk archaeologists were slow to consider heat treatment for the finer arrowheads found in burial contexts . there is evidence in scotland of heating poor quality irish flint to make nice knappable stone . there is a paper available on this topic with a search using "fire in the flint" and "john lord"

[@dougwylde]

Where did you get the billet?

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

www.ebay.com/itm/350796121959?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=CWgJSJOzQge&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=1q_3LDvnSFK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[@patrickbush9526]

Looks like Jeff City chert I'm heading out to get some this afternoon

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Sweet

[@sergeantcraphead]

Hey man my stone requires a lot more effort and energy, see? Look how hard I'm smacking it, cool right? That means I win because my stone has more incipient cracks than yours does after I hit it. Nice moose bilit, I bet I could crack that in one hit, here watch I'll show you