Knapping Secrets | Large Flake Removal

[@wealdjourneyman]

At last, someone explaining knapping in a clear and easy to understand way - thank you!

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

My pleasure. Appreciate you watching.

[@josephcormier5974]

Thank you sir this is an excellent learning experience for I know nothing but what you teach me six stars brother

[@glupshitto1977]

Your wife is going around showing her tits for money on the internet. Saw your name and recognized it.

[@paleotrekker402]

I really appreciate the closeups. That alone is far more helpful than someone just sitting there in the middle of the shot trying to explain what they are doing! I hope you keep doing the closeups in future knapping videos.

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Will do. Appreciate it greatly. Thanks

[@DjSalle]

This gave me a much better understanding of how it's done. Thank you.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

Good explanation Donny. I had to learn a lot of this the hard way. Cut fingers-humanity’s first hazardous waste. But yeah man! Good explanation! I love experimental archeology!

[@drivermark4456]

Thank you sir, you are like the Lewis and Clark of teaching those who really want to know the forgotten ways of the world. A true hero. 👍

[@bigg204]

I have to say it was one of the best videos on Flint knapping I viewed in a long time. Thank you very much for sharing your expertise!

[@AntihumanoSiempre]

Nice run on the fundamentals, concise and to the point. I'd love to see more slow motion close ups, great way to really show the physics of what's going on

[@raytheguyinthechair2791]

What do you prefer to Knapp? Obsidian, dacite, flint , chert, coral, glass? I'm just starting out and trying to figure out what the best materials to learn the are. Thanks for the awesome video. The science behind it makes it easier to understand.

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

No worries. Happy to help. I like hard cherts. The tools produced last a good chunk of time. If your starting out…dacite is affordable and a good stone to learn from. Obsidian I stay from typically, but dacite is good to start with.

[@lightning2849]

Thanks Donnie ! Learned so much ! Your video and explanation was perfect ! Love the slo-mo and had to watch it again. Thank You so much !

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Appreciate you watching. Thanks.

[@20p65s]

Well done, as usual. Just binged MS&B's again.

[@maritimespook]

Right on Donny !

[@cimachu]

Very cool, I've never analyzed my flakes so thourougly except when I want to keep it, this is very insightful.

[@bitterroots7317]

For years I will occasionally use a nice razor sharp flake of broken glass as a box cutter at work, coworkers think I weird but it works incredible well. And now you have inspired me to learn skills to make blades from scratch. Thank you!

[@LegionaireSiggi]

Excellent video and a great refresher on flake terminology for the archies too!

[@thefeatheredfrontiersman8135]

Perhaps the best flake I've ever seen followed these exact concepts. Did you ever see William Lord take a long axis bilit and strike an obcidian blank CD? I still can't forget that one strike. Slow motion. He had a perfect dagger preform and had no more thinning to do. It's on his KZbin channel on "making high quality obcidian dagger " will Lord prehistoric survival" It's pretty easy once you get the motion down.

[@bracoop2]

Hey for some of the beginners reading comments, Donny talks about it a little but supporting the stone is very important for having the flake travel further and terminating smoothly. I always thought that supporting the stone was just holding it but if you don’t support the stone on the leg or in the hand exactly how he does it in this video then you will get step fractures and hinges. Took me a long time to figure this out.

[@fikriasrofi5312]

Your dedication is amazing

[@roylesterjr7052]

Thank you for the enlightenment! Hailing all the way from Navajo Land USA 🇺🇸

[@blackthornknives]

excellent job on explaining the process! Thanks brother!

[@jerrodbeck1799]

Very educational I love the slow motion shots 👍🏻

[@bradpage8967]

Great video!! Really answered a bunch of questions!!

[@delionmoon]

sir, you provide excellent lessons that i enjoy very much!! thank you for that! you're one of the few people on the internet that i found who shows it as realistic as possible. very off-topic, but i wanted to ask you (for purely educational reasons as it seams i can't find answers anywhere on the internet) about animal furs and leathers: how to make clothes and stuff from them, how to preserve the fur better with available resources, and especially how long does animal leather/fur clothing lasts. would be very excited to learn this!

[@charliesimons7993]

Hey Donnie,I've been seeing posts on FB that I'm pretty sure you're not making. They are pics with a "link in comments". Just thought I'd let you know. I enjoy your YT vids. Keep 'em coming!

[@mr.stickstone7445]

Great video Donny! Quick question: do you buy your stone, do you have a buddy that sends you stone, or do you source your stone yourself?

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

No worries. I collect from different locations, I trade with other knappers and buy when it seems supplies are low. I am fortunate to have stone on my land in the Chihuahua desert.

[@mr.stickstone7445]

Thanks very much donny!

[@shannonlandre4442]

Great explanations and examples!

[@BummyTaco]

Man, every time I see this man, it reminds me of the show the legend of Mick Dodge

[@stevenkeithley4336]

Great video Don keep'em coming bud. Stay safe and be well brother 👊😎🤙🍻

[@stephengarrett8076]

Outstanding! Thank you .

[@benlacrosse4872]

Awesome video as always. in my opinion your the best primitive survival channel ive seen. So now im curious if you or some skilled knapper looked at my flakes could they tell me what im doing wrong? Like if i should get a bigger or small hammerstone or more striking force or less and give me some useful insight on what i could improve on just by looking at my flakes?

[@spokilt]

Blessings to you and yours

[@Fynn-Victus]

Great tips, the pinky support I was missing 😂

[@bracoop2]

Dude Donny thank you brother. Awesome lesson.

[@bracoop2]

Hey, it’s amazing how far you’ve come in 3 months! 😂

[@nc_1045]

Nice video Donny I learn a lot with them I think a tattoo video would be cool to watch Have a nice day man 🤙

[@philipwrightscartoonscaric5858]

Absolutely brilliant stuff...!

[@Tiangco1]

can you please demonstrate the cutting power of these knapped knives? I would like to see the upside and downside of flint v obsidian v chert pls. I appreciate you sharing this insight.

[@mickymcfarts5792]

I need glasses or something. I was like "kidnapping secrets?" This ought to be good.

[@gamershurtful8222]

Happy new year Mr Donny. greetings from Indonesia

[@jimmiegraybill2524]

It looks like the support of your fingers is directing the shock through the stone to a certain point and where your support stops is where the flake stops

[@Zoladog]

Such a good video

[@theperfectbanjo8610]

Love your work

[@mtbadger1346]

Excellent

[@Sheepdog1314]

excellent - thank you

[@mattgarey-hendricks1787]

So interesting to think that this is how our ancestors made arrowheads!

[@Spheredrei]

Great video.

[@MrDreimax]

Thx a lot This Gentleman is a god ..... Hello from germany

[@Jeff-fc3tw]

This video actually makes me want to try getting back into knapping. I tried to really learn this and busted fingers and Cut up hands were my results. Yup, I was Awful 😞

[@michaelwolf6855]

I tried knapping a stone knife from fairly thick churt and kept ending up with a sharp round block. This really explains why. Lol

[@kalstreksandtrails7606]

Awesome video bro

[@pauloribeiro6993]

🇧🇷 Nice

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

Not gonna lie - at first glance, I read this as "kidnapping secrets" I thought it was a dark documentary about some trafficking circle.. then I read it again. Lol

[@arumatai]

doesn't the supporting with the finger also increase the chance of splinters flying up into your face/eyes? has this ever been an issue for you?

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Not an issue at all. Safety glasses and gloves wouldn’t hurt, but I don’t wear them all too often.

[@arumatai]

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks thanks!

[@torobolinofuell]

When you were partying, I studied the flake.....

[@mikeinglesby5651]

Hey I'm really curious, is there any chance on getting a more in depth walk along identifying churt, flint, and other knapping stones? To be honest I've been working on the upper Delaware. I find great hammer and other tool stones but I'm having trouble finding anything to make bladed tools. What am I not seeing?

[@joe_momma4455]

U kinda sound like Jhon Marston pretty cool

[@bloodnsteel26]

Do you prehaps know how they used to make bone rings for your fingers the primitive way?

[@AccountE117]

When looking to make a working blade that you can carry and use often in the field or when hunting, what length and width of blade would you say is a good rule of thumb? Thanks in advance

[@ProWalter2]

How did you get the ends of your antler billets rounded? Did you grind down the burrs into a rounded shape?

[@jimmiegraybill2524]

I've had far less step fractures since watching your tutorials. However i still get a little knob or hump that forms on either side because i can't seem to carry that flake all the way through it. Is my tool too hard or soft? I'm using primarily a small section of deer antler and mostly hammer stones.

[@17Liberty76]

Can you imagine the off the charts intelligence if the first people that intentionally shaped stone or created fire? Nothing before them. Just observation, trial and error

[@hazknow12]

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[@Quietluxury83]

Like video☺

[@Jaelin_Showers]

Can you please make a video of what is going on. Exp: what is going on is this you 365 24/7 is this just for learning purposes family friends kids when this started etc

[@deeaaaadd1159]

Alguien me comentaría algo de sus tatoos ? Me causan curiosidad

[@thegingerpowerranger]

First

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Early Tribe!!!

[@beowulf2005]

Hey Danny do you know when you shopping it you can see how sharp as it is to cut through paper easy a very sharp scissors or a razor you can test it on the hair on your arms and see if you can cut it off gently with a sharp knife and then you can practice shaving with one during the night sincerely my covid name and it Beowulf.

[@NineCircles13579]

What region do you reside

[@kenb7264]

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Have you ever had any bear run-ins? If so how do you handle it and/or prevent it? 🤔

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Not too many. A handful of encounters.

[@kenb7264]

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Dang, well glad you're safe and sound. Really enjoy the videos! Hopefully one day you could do something explaining the bear run-ins and how to handle it if you have no firearms, etc. As I'm wanting to get out there myself but have no idea what to do if a hungry bear wants my fish/other food that's cooking..or just keeping them away in general.

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[@jamesgranderson2890]

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