477 - Flintknapping Long Flakes - Angles and Platforms Part 1/3

[@joe4thson]

Thank you, grateful to be able to press play on Jack anytime. I appreciate your help, and view on many subjects that you present. Still working on making a larger variety of tools to follow your advice. Some stones refuse to be worked. Most of my nicks and finger cuts heal in a week. No cut Finger cot protection and a Joe repair kit (first aid kit) helps. Without you videos I probably would have quit knapping.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Awesome. I'm very glad my videos have been useful to you.

[@NathanWeberTheDesigner]

This is absolutely the most helpful video I've seen since starting to learn. Thank you!

[@BarbEricNinja]

You sir have to be the only if not the best instructor on knapping rock on youtube out there. your channel inspired me to start this journey so thank you Jack🙏🏻

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

You're very welcome

[@jimrichards8744]

I have never seen this explained as clearly as you did here! World class!

[@mattminium2411]

thank you so much. I really like how you are willing to share your knowledge freely so that the rest of us can learn the skills. I believe that says a lot about your character.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thanks Matt.

[@rayocaballo6122]

Best knapping video on KZbin thanks for passing on your knowledge

[@bonesstones6584]

This video is, IMO, the most succinct explanation of the forces applied during the use of indirect percussion on the Internet. My flintknapping skills, meager as they are, has been so greatly improved by your explanations in this video, I feel like I should pay you! LOL!

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Glad I could help. I live on praise... heheh

[@carr869]

Love the way you explain things so I can understand. Thanks again for making and sharing this knowledge with us. I’ve already got it all figured out. I’m gonna as good or even better than you. All I have to do is live for another 150 years and practice everyday. Okay maybe 175 years but I’ll get it.

[@codyrose1511]

Damn! This video just changed my entire view of flint knapping and how to properly flake. It put everything into perspective of what I was doing wrong. I'm really new at this and dont know anyone at all that is into primitive things like me so the 3 months trying to teach myself have been rough and I don't have enough material to keep destroying to learn. So glad I found this video and thank you so much for sharing. Now hopefully I can find more material to apply this knowledge.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

I'm glad this video helped you. Have you tried knapping porcelain floor tile or porcelain plates and such? Sometimes you can find ceramic electrical insulators that are pretty big... and they are knappable too.

[@codyrose1511]

I actually just found some really good glass from an old waste yard so I'm happy about that. I live in Northern Utah and most everything I've round is agate type stuff which is extremely Hard Stuff, but I can drive a few hours south and get a bunch of really good obsidian. Hopefully this may or June I can do that.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

@@codyrose1511 Sweet.

[@kensanity178]

Floor tike knapping allowed me to just race along, wasting material, but not money, watching Jack crafty videos, knap more tile, each whack saying: "Now, what would Jack do?" You gotta practice.

[@davidkinney7814]

J.C. Thanks so much for these instructional vids. You are easy to understand and pleasing to listen to. The aids were great and your presentation was excellent. Best wishes from N.E. Texas.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Awesome. Thank David.

[@robertmock2843]

Definitely helpful. I picked up that the angles had to be more inward with indirect as well at least over 100 videos in and still don't have them perfect.

[@awake8794]

Thank you, you made that very easy to understand. And saved me a ton of trial and error..... and supply.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

So glad you liked the video. This is a topic I always get questions about and I'm still not completely satisfied with the answers I've given. I will make more videos like this one after I've mastered a few more advanced knapping techniques.

[@augusthermann2421]

Flintknapping meets science. Good help. I'm always waiting for more. Thank you

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thank you August.

[@Inecendium]

wow what an exellent presentation with a lot of information! your videos always keep me working and not giving up! thank you ssooooo much!!! :D

[@Inecendium]

+Inecendium if you could only show at the end of the video everything on the chart itself would be even better!

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

+Inecendium Ok, I'll show the entire page of diagrams on the next video.

[@Inecendium]

thank you sooooooo muuch!! really make my day!

[@timothylongmore7325]

I learned more about flint knapping in this video than all the rest I've seen , thanks. Do more please.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thanks. These kinds of videos (which I like to make during my down time) are easy to mess up, so I don't make many like this. I haven't made any vids lately, so I guess I should get back into it...

[@timothylongmore7325]

I found several more of your vids. i imagine they're more advanced than this one. which is great. Have you done any entry level. With termonolgy and reducing rocks down into bifaces and pre-forms.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Yeah, just keep looking through my vids. I also have several video series'... one for beginners.

[@brandonanderson5001]

Thank you for sharing this, it's going to be very helpful, please have a great day

[@RockHounder-jn8hs]

this is very nice info.accurate as well wish I would have had this 20 years ago it will absolutely help the people that want too know great job on all your hard work!!

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thank you!

[@Jake-vn2iq]

Great video! This just showed me what exactly i was doing wrong when trying to take long flakes!

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Cool. :-)

[@rdaugherty52]

Thanks for showing this I was having trouble driving long flakes I was just getting little pieces .

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Cool. I'm glad. :-)

[@demastust.2277]

I really like how mechanical your drawings are.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thank you

[@k75rtduo]

Woh , you's answered a BIG problem I am having . Another question is the force you hit with the mallet , do you adjust from soft strike to hard according to the size of material your removing ?

[@titusnelson9499]

Very well done. Thanks

[@johnmoreland8706]

i dig it..saved for later viewing...ordered my plastic rods from grainger...getting started into this hobby/craft..takes time..alot of materials to gather..much less if you can get or find quality stone..im in...

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Cool!

[@cronkthecrunk]

Explains why I blew my obsidian to smithereens trying indirect percussion for the first time haha

[@Davidautofull]

nice explanation of predicting flakes. i went to a garden rock yard today and told the guy i need a rock. he didnt know what flint is. thats hard to believe. god job, looking forward to more.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

A lot of rock yard guys don't know about flint. They know about gravel. You might ask about "bull gravel" and see what that looks like. Some gravel is knappable.

[@k75rtduo]

+JackCrafty Isn't what I find in Cobdin and Dongola Illinois (Southern Illinois ) really Chert ? I also was told true Flint was only an English stone found in large amounts of Limestone . Was I told wrong or is this a fact ? They mentioned "The White Cliffs of Dover" was the place to find true Flint . (that can't be right )

[@johnmoreland8706]

k75rtduo im in missouri..st.loius..our chert..ozark..is dueable but tough..hard to locate great material...but..im finding some..

[@k75rtduo]

A friend and I drove to Mo. along the Interstates and whre they had to blast the rock to level the road we would stop and check for Chert . Found a lot of workable material but only where limestone was present .

[@k75rtduo]

A lot of Mo. Chert has to be heat treated , I got some from under Forrest Park , bit it has been blasted and was fractured too bad to work .

[@briantaulbee120]

this is very helpful for me to understand using an indirect percussion tool.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Very glad it helped.

[@tradron]

Great explanation of a sometimes-confusing topic. Thanks, Tradron ps... let me know if you want to do one-on-one teaching, please

[@furrbuscussamustcuss4123]

Very Helpful, I'm Just getting into to indirect percussion. Thank you for the videos.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Glad you liked this. Thanks.

[@furrbuscussamustcuss4123]

I just recently tried an aluminum bit and didnt seem to have as much luck with it over copper. I wonder if I'm missing something. I looks like you have an aluminum tip in some of your sticks.

[@furrbuscussamustcuss4123]

My name is Jesse by the way.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Yes, I'm using aluminum now. It's more difficult to use than copper, especially on hard stone, but it's not as difficult as antler. For me, it's a good way for me to stay closer to the techniques I use with natural materials.

[@furrbuscussamustcuss4123]

I understand. I'll keep using it untill I get a feel for it. I guess I have mostly George Town Flint and Flint River Georgia rock. I keep trying to work floor tile but the unfinished side always gives me trouble. Thanks again for the videos and information. I have learned so much from what you have posted.

[@Onyxk1ll3r]

great video as always. all the best - Caleb

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thanks Caleb.

[@sonoman00ify]

I'm so frustrated. My biggest problem is thinning down spalls or thick bifaces. The result is always the same. 90%. It stays thick in middle. At some point I get at least one section that is thick and stays thick. I am learning while destroying perfectly good ston. Yesterday I finally figured out how to remove a 90 degree side by flipping it over and striking each low side. I have seen it done but it finally came to me yesterday after hitting the shit out of rock for four hours. At least that something. I guess.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Sounds about right.

[@sdm650]

Very informative. Are you going to cover when you use what size bit and striker?

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

I guess I'm going to have to now. :-)

[@ramiroramirez3387]

Vidio 0:32 on how to thin arrowheads

[@blackbearsixmusic7751]

excellent - thank you

[@sugarbluedriftwood8643]

8:45 you have 130 written in 3 locations describing 2 different angles...isn’t a Hertzian cone of force 100 degrees ?

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

I address this mistake in the next video in this series. The 130 degrees is not wrong, the arrows are wrong. And, yes, Herzian cones are about 100 degrees. If you add 100 + 130 + 130 you get 360... a full circle. There is a 130 degree angle on each side of the cone. That's where I get that number from. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l37JoaymirucoZI

[@billreed986]

this is a great video thank you!

[@JSkulkingBushwack]

Thanks a lot for this lesson...lots of help.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thanks Tom.

[@joeyjfivelujan5777]

great video! ! thank you for sharing this .. its appreciated ..

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thanks Joey.

[@brianscholten9920]

thank you that helps a lot any more hints are welcome have a great day

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Thanks Brian.

[@12ernie]

Good video,I'm just starting out, this helps a lot. Thanks for making these videos! What book would you recommend for the beginner? Ernie

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

I always recommend John C. Whittaker's book, " Flintknapping - Making and Understanding Stone Tools"

[@joesmith-ds9mg]

This is the technical explanation of why I’m such a failure

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

I hope you're trying to be funny because that's pretty fricken funny.

[@thomasl2193]

Very informative

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Glad it was helpful 👍

[@dingusmcscrungophd5219]

I'm now more confused than when I started

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

This is a three part series. Whatch the other two as well. Then ask me specific questions. I don't explain things as well as I should, so I understand the confusion.

[@joe4thson]

Don’t give up, you can do it! There are many ways to get to your goal. Some techniques I have seen are beyond me, i am weak in grip from arthritis so pressure knapping is almost to much for me. Good luck!

[@brianglover7629]

The templates really help me

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Cool

[@TheTikinator]

I like your drawing/drafting/lettering skills. You must have a background in engineering or architecture.

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Yep. I have a degree in Drafting. I also studied structural engineering for a while.

[@Rosanneboone]

5 stars, thank you

[@KnapperJackCrafty]

Your very welcome

[@kevinsmith1044]

THIS !!!!!