2087 - Part 2/2 - Cold Challenge

🛸 Flintknapping. Knapping rocks. Making stone tools. Arrowhead. Lithic reduction.
Updated December 17, 2024
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WHAT IS HIGH GRADE STONE?
Anything you can run a 1/2" flake on with a pressure flaker.
HEAT TREATING:
Heat treat a few FLAKES of everything you got except HIGH GRADE Raw Stone, Obsidian, Dacite, Basalt, Hornstone, Sonora, Fort Payne, or Rhyolite. Start with flakes and spalls less than 1" thick for 200°F for 24 hours to dry it out. Then raise the temp to 275°F and hold for 4 hours. Let cool down for 12 hours. Chip and compare. If no difference, put back I at 200°F for 1/2 hour, then raise to 275 for 1/2 hour, then raise to 325 for 4 hours.
Let cool down for 12 hours. Chip and compare. If no difference, put back in at 200°F for 1/2 hour, then raise to 275 for 1/2 hour, then raise to 325 for 1/2 hour, the raise to 375 for 4 hours.
Repeat with temp going up 50°F until you reach 600°F or nice chippable stone. Whichever comes first. If no good result, or things blow up, let us know.

[@thebigblue20044]

wow 🔥you created some amazing pieces, very good barks, full of concepts, instructions and mysteries, you made me laugh again, the video is really cool, Thanks Pat. 🦈🔱

[@miketufts9765]

Nice work I really like that triple flow, and again you make me think of a illuminated display case, just enough light to warm the piece, for translucent points, my brain is like a dog when he sees a squirrel😁

[@RSnyder-vx8li]

Like that idea 💡 Mike. I know you could build a display case with those skills of yours. A lamp shade case might be cool. Frosted glass on the inside, clear glass on outside. Just have to figure out how to hold each item secure in the shades panels. 5 or 6 cases (panels) combined to make the lamp shade. Be a lot of work, but it would be so cool 😎.

[@miketufts9765]

@RSnyder-vx8li that would be cool!

[@mikemason4758]

35:16 I once told some one to not worry about the problem spot yet. Said pass around it a couple of times and they would find a way to remove it. Advice I gave and should have used in life🤷‍♂️.

[@RSnyder-vx8li]

The triple flow is very predictable on flake the flake scars. "How do I know?" "I don't." Thats a classic 👌 💯 🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👍 so much fun!!! "Knapping triple flow makes me giggle" 👍🤣🤣🤣 so funny 😁

[@DavidDelorenzo-tn5he]

It looks better when it’s got a little definition to it then real smooth

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

@@DavidDelorenzo-tn5he Yes

[@jesseparra570]

Wowza!! That 2nd pap3r thin trqnslucent point is killer!! As always amazing job

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thanks Jesse

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

12:56 awesome blade. I can never seem to support obsidian correctly that thin and I snap it. Normal clear glass holds together better for me.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Hmmm. Yeah, glass is good, but there's something about Obsidian that makes it less boring.😉

[@RSnyder-vx8li]

True that folks! 😮😊

[@ronaldcarbonneau77]

Nice looking material. And nice point. Not something I would try. You just do fine.

[@mikemason4758]

26:18 agnostics.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

😂

[@ChefAdoptee]

Knapping is easier in the cold, or at least when the rock is cold. Sometimes I’ll put a rock in the freezer for a bit if it’s giving me trouble

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

I've heard that before somewhere. Now I'm even more confused... 😂

[@TimFeagins]

Wonder if the cold makes it brittle. A hair dryer could test a difficult cold piece, when warmed up?

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

It's an interesting question. Yeah, a hair dryer would warm things up quickly, but my hand warms up the workpiece also. I'm almost afraid to experiment with it because of the possibility of stressing the glass/ Obsidian too much. Also, I have no way of knowing for sure if it's the heat that's making it easier or just the fact that my brain is getting used to the material.

[@RSnyder-vx8li]

An archeologist talked about finding flint flakes in one area of house floors that were excavated. At a paleo site in Montana or Wyoming. Suggesting that these fellows were finishing their points indoors during winter. Folks have to eat regardless of weather conditions. I'm sure they knaped outside when they could, can't imagine doing that with temperatures like some are experiencing this winter. 🤔🤔🤔👍😀

[@dominothunder8701]

First again. Obsidian vids are coming to an end soon

[@jamesmclaughlinprimitivele4587]

Is his name Bernie?