How to Flint Knap Cobbles

[@arcanehighlighter6780]

Living by a river in an area without any true flint you don’t know how long I’ve been looking for this kind of video!

[@neveraballfe8253]

Got my first deer with a stone point this year opening day of bow.

[@peanutdoganimations1416]

Nice

[@b.gainzzz-h4y]

Noice

[@prowls-pi5kq]

Congratulations dude

[@patrickcrayton3622]

Thats awesome, nice work.

[@poljakov13]

you built it by yourself?

[@Boomerangguy100]

The way you so skillfully split those rocks is so satisfying

[@veteranironoutdoors8320]

Thank you Ryan! EDIT: how you removed that cortex at the end is brilliant. Set yourself up with a beautiful piece to work. It is easy to see that one is watching a master at work.

[@hunterdailey6323]

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[@Nobody-by5rs]

Last 5 minutes of this video is golden, Ryan! I'll be coming back to this one.

[@branni6538]

Ryan not only are you skilled in your chosen art but you really are a fantastic teacher. Thanx

[@In_fluss]

This is the first video I've seen with you. I'm so impressed with the way you explained that, I straight away subscribed and will start from the beginning. Thank you so much 👏🙏😊

[@huntprimitive9918]

thank you very much for following along!

[@robertcole7874]

I started with stone and bone. Two kiddie pools filled with destroyed chirt later, I had made my first arrowhead. It was lopsided fat and ugly. Seven years later and I can make very effective blades for arrows, spears, and knives. I do love using my stone hammer stones and antler tools but I have now added a copper pressure flaker to the other side of my main antler billet. Copper is truly more efficient but not quite as forgiving as antler for me

[@Dynotop1a]

You do make this look easy, but after going out and starting to practice I realized how quickly my skills were progressing. Once you actually start knapping, making it look easy suddenly becomes a lot more attainable. Thanks a lot for these videos! They are a superb resource.

[@b.gainzzz-h4y]

Who else is a kid and is interested in primitive and knapping

[@animeluiag939]

Yes how old are you

[@animeluiag939]

I’m glad I’m not alone

[@b.gainzzz-h4y]

Animation gaming I am 12

[@cahallo5964]

@@b.gainzzz-h4y Really cool guys, prepare yourselves for absolute autonomy and you'll never be unprepared!

[@thevoltageguy6606]

Yes I’m 13

[@johntseka3024]

I love watching your videos they are very informative on all aspects of knapping. Thanks for the lessons.

[@skelitalmisfit12]

Absolute skill... this is insane. I hope others can see just how much skill youre showing in this video.

[@kristenlegg4223]

Subscribed, great information man and no fluffy BS, just useful well spoken knowledge

[@jonpatterson7211]

Seeing you spall the obsidian at 9:55, it reminded me of a tiny flake of rhyolite if found in Rutherford County, N.C. last weekend. Having lived in all three geographical regions of the state in 62 years, I've found rhyolite points virtually from one end of the state to the other. Yet, the only known deposit of the stuff is in the Morrow Mountain area, which lies in the Eastern Piedmont. It boggles the mind to think that Native peoples traveled such great distances to obtain it. I'd love to know if it was "quarried" at Morrow Mountain, then perhaps moved to other parts of the state in quantities large enough to not make a week long trip on foot necessary to get what they needed to produce points.

[@Not_A-Bear]

I would 100% watch a knapping live stream

[@terrygreennway9655]

I have learned a lot from your videos, thanks so much. Terry Greenway (Columbia Tennessee)

[@olddirtbikerider]

How necessary is it to heat treat flint before knapping? How much for how long should it be heated???

[@santosdho]

After watching this video i got a better performance with my cobblestones. Thank you very much Ryan!

[@Ivftinianvs]

Fascinating. I respect competence and love watching it in action.

[@j.j.sensabaugh4363]

I found some fist size obsidian pieces last weekend hunting deer. It's all over the hill side out here in Idaho. I'm trying to learn how to work with it .

[@billyhunter5161]

You have help me out so much ! Thanks brother me my son and my beat friend all Knapp now ! Great videos plus you put your heart in it man ! 🎩 s off to you bro

[@meidahsaintiaga2774]

Where do you find these types of rocks? How do i find rocks like obsidian in the woods?

[@dredger9mm]

That is just amazing. Yeah, you do make it look easy! And thank you for sharing!

[@clancywoodard310]

Do you have any tutorials on how to make some of the points from the tribes of the Southwest like from the 1870s and 1880s

[@seanarthur2001]

Bipolar is really good too for taking care of really rounded cobbles. Quartzite is usually really good quality stone if you can get cobbles or boulders.

[@chrisbaxter2996]

Once again you inspire. Great info brother keep them coming.

[@FISHUNTREECOUNTRY]

Ryan, you're an excellent teacher

[@CharlesHuse]

Quick tip: if you don't have time to go out to the boonies to find raw rock, or there isn't any natural areas in your locale to search, try your local landscaping supplier. If they supply bulk river rock and such, call them and see if rhey will let you pick thru their supply and buy a couple 5 gallon buckets of usable rock.

[@huntprimitive9918]

very true. Most of those cobbles are no knappable, but great for picking up hammerstones. Some places like Alabama, Mississippi, and texas do use knappable gravel in landscaping

[@signaturerush]

@@huntprimitive9918 hey Ryan is texas ok for hammerstones? Some guy told me that there’s hardly any in texas.

[@entrepreneursfinest]

That jasper cobble you showed is about the average size and stone type I have to work with out of the gravel pits near me. It's harder to work with but it forces you to learn a lot faster.

[@neanderthalnonsense]

This is the exact type of video I needed. Thanks so much. Big fan.

[@jarrodcopeland1353]

How do you know what, or, when, stones need heat treated? What's the indicator? Love the content. Always so informative.

[@eclipsearchery9387]

When they are too hard to pressure flake. heat treating generally makes them 'softer'.

[@cameronpain1422]

I think it would be cool to see you do a vid or two on how to work something much more common/challenging Such as basalt or quartzite. With your skill and instruction it would be very helpful.

[@aaronengland5622]

those rocks work a little different from what he's used to. Stuff like Quartzite and mudstone for him would be as confusing as watching me try to work a piece of obsidian. If your wondering what that looks like it's just me staring at a rock angrily and asking it what I did to deserve this kind of BS lol.

[@mitchellbarton7915]

What do you do with all the extra flakes? Could you shape them into some arrowheads as well? Or would they be too thin?

[@chadtristan7782]

They’re good practice but maybe not usable for hunting.

[@mitchellbarton7915]

@@chadtristan7782 good to know, thanks

[@vljenewein]

Can you do a short but informative video of the use of copper billets? I wanted to buy one,and asked a long time friend and experienced flintknapper if a 1 1/8" would be a good size for a bopper.? I asked him what size he uses most. He said he uses 4 and sometimes 5 different sizes depending on what he is working on. So a brief tutorial on copper billet sizes would be GREAT!

[@Adam-st4xm]

Is there good stone in Michigan?

[@jolly_stuffs85]

When he said "Go look for your own rock" I felt that 😢😔😩

[@jerrygreenest]

Hey, can you do a comparison table, of how much reliable a material is, for hunting with bow, I mean arrow heads made of: - Wood - Bone - Cobblestone - Flint - Obsidian - Antler - Iron/Steel Parameters might be: 1. How many shots one can do with a material, before the point completely breaks, in ideal. Wood 1 times, Obsidian 2-3 times, antler 6-8 times, etc. 2. How many times the arrow head can be resharpened, commonly. Wood 0, Obsidian 1-2 times, Cobblestone 3-4 times, etc. 3. How much time to make one arrow point with a material, when already experienced. 15 min per 1 arrow head, etc. 4. How rare/accessible material is, roughly. Rare, very rare, etc. I've seen you made some other comparison tables, and have a lot of experience with those, therefore can share a lot of useful/interesting info. I guess your subscribers will be interested as much as I am!

[@warriorworkstraining]

THIS is the video we needed. Thanks!

[@giansotolongo8037]

only place i want to be is in the woods

[@electronicfreak1111]

Yeah I wish I could just live there

[@animeluiag939]

FBI be like: ok so you will need to learn about the property taxes and how work with restate and also how you will be working for this how far you be form the world I hate the world for having to pay for everything

[@electronicfreak1111]

@@animeluiag939 sounds like you’re a communist

[@Imagoofygoober69420]

@@electronicfreak1111 no if someone wants to live in the Wild they shouldn’t be forced to pay the government property taxes and bs and not to mention hunting laws and that crap

[@ethanhoward6126]

@@electronicfreak1111 that’s the opposite of communism, which believes in high taxes

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

That white rock you split i have seen sum but when I break it it’s not black inside it just white and brittle

[@jimslim8759]

That was Georgetown flint unless you found it in Texas it was a different rock

[@your_eulogy2688]

Found some knapping marks on jasper and/or agate in the pnw some points as well. A couple of these pieces I'm curious how they were going to turn them into points with the rounded Coble edge on a couple of these pieces I've found. I'd like to be able to turn what I've found into what they were trying to accomplish making if that makes sense.

[@twinhawksoutdoors2757]

Great video! Always enjoy the flint knapping videos.

[@lifeattanglewood]

This is such a great video, Ryan. Thank you for making it. 🙂

[@blown93vert93]

What are some rocks I can look for in the central valley/ northern california . Anything useable in river beds and such? I live in an area that used to be native

[@Daemon1356]

Wow youtube is working I actually got a notification happy days 😁

[@roybrauski9409]

I'm trying milky quartz it has a concoidal flake taken off naturally and it is smooth inside really tight not loose with any cracks

[@salarreola2099]

? The stone you are using,? Is cook a stone,or is a raw stone, ?

[@theyoungoutdoorsman5814]

Absolutely awesome great job Ryan keep up the great work and how about trying to knapp some quarts or quartzite points and some really low grade and quality stuff to see if it can be done!!?

[@raysymonds7147]

Southeast of Birmingham, AL around the caves there is obsidian !

[@richardduvall6512]

Love the video and the directory just turned out a little thick but nice point out of gorge town flint. What I have is pretty clunky with lots of inclusions in it so it's hard to spell out effectively do you have any suggestions

[@bobriddle6068]

Theres a large field of obsidian just off I 80 in central nevada. Persjing Co. West of Ry patch Reservoir. 30 miles North of Lovelock. Go across dam heading ne from dam a mile or so the field should show. It's an easy 6-8 square miles.

[@carlosortega5130]

Eastcoast up In Massachusetts there's sand stone it works for making arrow heads

[@giansotolongo8037]

im in florida what counties have you found rock?

[@MrKilo1357]

Love it brother. Super talented thanks for the tips.

[@reedfamilyoutdoors7028]

Hey Ryan I have watched a few of your videos about flint napping and I was wanting to make some arrow heads. I was wondering if you could tell me were I can find some rock. I live in the mid west. Thank you and have a good day.

[@patrickcrayton3622]

I live in Wyoming and find a lot of chert in the red dessert along the continental divide.

[@TheBottegaChannel]

So, just finished watching your video. My questions are: what stones in Colorado should I look for to test my hand at arrow smithing? How can I recognize those types of stones in cobble form?

[@Fish_Master]

Have you ever tried aluminum billets. I find they work well

[@mingshey]

I love your channel, but I happened to learn about the health hazard of silicosis in stone knapping. You seem to be regularly knapping stones, so please take care.

[@loadapish]

Im from scotland, theres a lot of ancient volcanoes in Scotland so there must be plenty of good rocks here then?

[@chadtristan7782]

Would gravel rocks be knapable too? Like the dark gray ones that you find in most places?

[@entrepreneursfinest]

Hey Ryan, great video! Question: Have you ever worked with any of the Mississippi gravel type stone? Where I'm at in central Louisiana is a tough area to find workable stone in any consistent size or type. The indigenous tribes made some very impressive points I've found from some really hard material that I can't even begin to work!

[@huntprimitive9918]

yeah it's pretty much the same stuff as the Tuscaloosa I use. should be a yellowish color and turn to red when heat treated?

[@entrepreneursfinest]

@@huntprimitive9918 It could be. Usually this ranges from a tan to a light cream color and has a really hard outer cortex thats generally brown. It does turn red or pink when treated though. Most pieces are no larger than your fist here.

[@paullanier8280]

@@entrepreneursfinest Hi Steve Smith , the southern central part of Louisiana has a region of tribesmen that threw brown glass beer bottles in ditches. That's what I've used . Or at least the bottoms of beer bottles. The tribe was Tchopatoulas. Or at least that's what the sign read where I found a paper sack with a couple each weekend . New Orleans area .

[@entrepreneursfinest]

@@paullanier8280 I'm familiar with that tribe and have used some of the same material. Unfortunately my wife has forbidden me from using the accursed stuff along with obsidian after she came out bare footed where I'd been knapping and discovered what can only be termed ill effects. The 44 ounce variety of the stuff you reference seems to work nicely 👌

[@paullanier8280]

@@entrepreneursfinest So sorry that your wife had a flat on her toe . My wife would go on about her injury for years. I place an old t-shirt that I've ripped out a vertical seam and place it in front of me when I knap glass or obsidian. After use, I shake it into a bucket . All good . Only wish I could be about a foot tall and I could go knapping in the safest place where she never goes. The dish washer. Sadly, she told me three guitars back that I can't buy any more guitars. The three won't fit in the dishwasher. Hahaha !!!

[@HWPcville]

Not knowing rock, how would one learn which cobble is worth keeping and which isn't? Is it just a matter of knocking a flake off and looking at it?

[@ZyonSigil]

i love your videos and something else i was thinking of could you do a primitive vid about boiling deer antler and making it into a arrow point?

[@bracoop2]

22:40 that’d make a great achulean hand axe 😊

[@allendeanhuscusson459]

I’m unable to go down to the directory as you suggested I’m on a 7 gen ipad

[@fietsbel1234]

Again thanks for a good video! 😊

[@edgarjanes8075]

So we have this thing called the Midwest it's between the East Coast and West Coast I believe you all call them fly overstates do you know what kind of rock we would use?

[@alexisguzman1538]

Excelente trabajo.

[@tashagroves618]

What kinds of good rock can be found in NE Arkansas?

[@randomstuff9095]

Where can I find some in New York

[@normmeunier9657]

Hi Tan or anyone else who would know. Is there knappable rock in New England?

[@rubenskiii]

Living in a country that’s been swamp and delta for most of it’s history and the parts that wheren’t where sea but are now green pastures finding knappable stone is a challenge, same with finding antler(we have deer but all the places they live are basically public parks where everyone and their mother goes, so even though I’ve been countless times: not even a rabbit bone remains. I don’t want to buy things online, goes against my principal and it’s difficult to see who is a nice seller and who is the type of person that goes to riverbeds with their pick-up truck to basically steal everything there is to sell for profit. I don’t want to support that. So pebbles, cobbles and random garden decoration stones it is. It is hard, and it feels more like magic than a skill to me but I’ve managed to make usable tools, smooth quartz is slowly becoming my new friend hahaha.

[@allendeanhuscusson459]

What do you mean by heat treated stones? What’s the difference and does it help?

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Some particularly tough rock, when bakede in an oven, at correct time and temp, is reduced in toughness, hence easier to flake.

[@gabeferrington4718]

What kind of stone would be found in Louisiana

[@erichguenter8974]

I wish they would say the direction how they hit the rock straight down at a angle into the rock or straight into it

[@bonesstones6584]

Holy sh*t dude, that jasper Hardin (?) is beautiful, really nice work!

[@huntprimitive9918]

thank you very much

[@deanredwardsedwards68]

Do a video on knapping Novaculite. Arkansas sharpening stone native to Arkansas

[@randyburleson8273]

Awesome stuff, do one on Tuscaloosa gravel......any help is appreciated.

[@ZygmuntKiliszewski]

Bravo, beautiful job 👋😀.

[@ThomasTrapp4500]

Do you have any videos specifically about making arrow heads out of quartz? that's the only thing I can find in southern Indiana.

[@patrickcrayton3622]

From my experience quartz does not have a predictable fracture pattern, quartzite on the other hand seems to work fairly well though it is pretty tough. When I'm having trouble finding stone I look for old porcelain and thick pieces of glass to practice with. Hope you find something that works for you.

[@codyrose1511]

Awesome! Thanks for the shared knowledge.

[@evanhawk2574]

Man,I got some rock earlier this week,& lost my best 2 on my way home in the river. It wasn't just a gathering trip,_& I got a few cobbles,& a cpl duds. But I got a decent piece or 3 also. Some was rotten,but that bigger one I lost in river was nice. Grrrr

[@kingdoggo2630]

Hello @HuntPrimitive , I have tried to make a Recurve bow 3 times, but every time I steam bend the bow, when I string it the curve on the limbs bends back into place.I was wondering if you could help me understand why this is happening.I also suspect that it might be because of a knot in the wood, but I would like to know from a professional, Thank you.

[@DogsaladSalad]

hey doggo! i make bows quite often and recurves can be pretty tough. after steaming a bow limb make sure to let the wood rest! dont string it for several days. i wait 3 days because i have a moisture meter and 3 days is long enough fpr the wood to drop back down to less than 12%

[@Dominic.Minischetti]

So cool! Is there cobble in Florida?

[@godzilla964]

What kind of rocks could I find in Central Texas?

[@huntprimitive9918]

lots of great stuff on the edwards plateau. Texas has a lot of really good chert varieties.

[@godzilla964]

​@@huntprimitive9918I live in Austin. I've found chert embedded in the cliffs of the Barton Creek Greenbelt.

[@rmcl1153]

Hi yeah new vid

[@terrywright6269]

You could save the little pieces because you can make them squares and but on a club

[@bradleykmdean]

Holy man good job on all the subs

[@huntprimitive9918]

thank you very much

[@fizzlebug]

May I ask, what kind of rock is the one that you call "paternalis"? Never heard that before...

[@huntprimitive9918]

Pedernales is a type of Edwards chert from Texas

[@fizzlebug]

@@huntprimitive9918 Excellent, thank you! :)

[@robertschiek8120]

Hey gill, what rocks could I find in the north Midwest area? Think like Wisconsin and Minnesota.

[@huntprimitive9918]

That I am not sure. You likely don't have a lot up that way

[@robertschiek8120]

@@huntprimitive9918 welp, guess I got a new reason ya go to your website. Thanks for the help!

[@Cloudstrife112233]

Have you ever worked rhyolite? I don't think I've seen you make a video with it yet. I just found a pretty decent piece in my parents rock bed and I've been trying to find some comprehensive videos as good as yours.

[@TheLurker-XYZ]

1:47 “Who can guess what that is?” *Me who just went to Glass Butte to collect Obsidian:*

[@creaturefpv]

Should my legs be really brused afterwards?

[@huntprimitive9918]

at first yeah they will be.. but over time you'll toughen up in that spot

[@ZyonSigil]

so i have another question if you might indulge me once more in your opinion what do you think would be easies to start with making a hafting style flint knife or an arrow head? i mean cause my brain would tell me to start with a flint knife its bigger and may be more forgiving but that may be just me.

[@huntprimitive9918]

Both are going to require the same skill set, but typically points are a bit more refined. Blades can often be a bit cruder and still work

[@ZyonSigil]

@@huntprimitive9918 ty this was helpful. love your videos they always inspire and make me want to get out more and learn. Me and my son love watching your videos and trying what we've learned.

[@huntprimitive9918]

@@ZyonSigil Thank you very much and very glad to hear that. Thanks for following along!

[@FrauWNiemand]

You choose interesting stones. Splitting the Obsidian is like perfect visual ASMR for me. Do you think you can knap dolomite? I think I leave a su.b here and wait for this video.

[@exdy-eb3dv]

What if the cobble is perfectly round? How do you make a platform?

[@huntprimitive9918]

with bipolar fracturing. basically hit it straight on to crack the piece in half. hopefully that helps you out

[@exdy-eb3dv]

@@huntprimitive9918 thank you so much man!

[@josegodoy9160]

Hola pregunta cuantos grains o gramos debe tener una flecha para arco de 50 libras

[@joshuac6796]

Ok, so I did just as you did but now I just have rock dust. Please help.

[@glenw3814]

Amazing tutorial. 👍🍻

[@JOHNCornish-qv2hv]

Thank You Great Video