Kineo rhyolite hammerstone and wood 1

[@seansullivan8083]

I have been experimenting with some local river cobbles (mostly basalt). I will definitely have to give wood a try. Thanks for the awesome work. I've learned a ton for you.

[@bracoop2]

Damn dude I thought you were pretty young but then saw that you have videos on here that are 17 years old! Crazy.

[@Reddirtrelichunters]

There aren't very many inspiring individuals on KZbin knapping but you're one of them. Keep it up.

[@Flintknappingtips]

Thank you

[@timhaley101]

I worked with n a native site in southern NB Canada and found artifacts made of this material but with a very heavy patina . Have been wanting to get some for knapping myself .

[@captainflint89]

here in scotland we have lots of tough basalts and rhyolite and quartzite and little flint and chert . you are inspiring me to try wood for the first time on them and see how it does. very counter intuitive it just sounds wrong but seeing is believing !

[@Flintknappingtips]

Give it a go!

[@robertestes5100]

Very nice M. Never thought I'd see you work Kineo. Been watching and learning from you for years. Your too humble. RME northeast Carry

[@Flintknappingtips]

Really glad my vids have been some help to you robert

[@tsink6]

Your the master. Merry Christmas

[@Flintknappingtips]

Merry Christmas Thomas

[@mjbradshaw]

Alright! Was hoping you'd post this once Ant got you some stone. I hit a bit today myself. Thanks man

[@Flintknappingtips]

Let us know how it works for you Michael.

[@clodhopper5892]

Dogwood billet?

[@Flintknappingtips]

Yep

[@johnknappingthings271]

Merry Christmas

[@Flintknappingtips]

Same to you!

[@seanarthur2001]

I mainly work VA quartzite due to cost of materials online and lack of connections. However it’s some of my favorite for it’s colors. I’ll try to make some videos of me knapping however I don’t know how to setup the camera. Any suggestions?

[@Flintknappingtips]

I’ve got my phone in a holder right below my sight and it’s a pain in the butt. It’s a cheap Amazon neck ring. I need movement in my arms more than some knappers so I unfortunately don’t have a lot of advice on filming. Certainly not worth copying what I’m doing I don’t think. Ideally a couple cameras and change of views would be ideal.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Gonna have to try wood, just got a bunch of various rhyolites, (kineo) I need more time to watch KZbin to see how others knap this stuff. My video point came out okay but a little chunky

[@Flintknappingtips]

You’re not going to learn much from KZbin on how to knap normanskill or Kineo. Go meet up w the the wood guys in your area that can help you out!

[@Flintknappingtips]

Also you blocked me on Instagram after our trade, so if you correct that I can maybe help more so our chats are private.

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

@@Flintknappingtips I went and checked you aren’t blocked?

[@Flintknappingtips]

@@Wildernessquestoutdoors was before, if you cleared that up any wood questions I can help with send there please.

[@johnknappingthings271]

How can I find the thread about wood knaping on paleo planet?

[@Flintknappingtips]

www.tapatalk.com/groups/paleoplanet69529/wood-t51097.html

[@oldmanfred8676]

Wonder what the ancient knappers word for dammit was?

[@Flintknappingtips]

Lol, I’m sure there’s some variations.

[@oldmanfred8676]

@@Flintknappingtips, Absolutely!

[@neanderthalnonsense]

That's really neat. I'm gonna have to check out Oscar's channel. I'd be interested in giving this a go as a more economical billet source. Is there limitations on material types for wood billets? Or is it up to my imagination?

[@Flintknappingtips]

Sorry I didn’t see this comment earlier. Wood loves rocks w air or a coarser grain structure. High silica raw rocks that are hard are a problem.

[@neanderthalnonsense]

@@Flintknappingtips AHA thanks for the info

[@neanderthalnonsense]

@@Flintknappingtips aha. Do you think wood would (lol) work better with quartz or quartzite?

[@Flintknappingtips]

@@neanderthalnonsense quartz crystal? Wood no. Quartzite for sure

[@neanderthalnonsense]

@Flintknappingtips appologies I meant the other quartz. Not quartz. crystal kind of a milky white material.