My Keeper Case Collection of Points I made using Onondaga Chert! Case #4

[@dawnbrown9898]

Wow Ken! Those are fantastic!!

[@darrenwilson-uw5vm]

Beauty work!

[@chrisg514]

Superb craftmanship and something to aspire to. I'm having problems getting pressure flakes to run any distance on a similar flint material which means the edges quickly become too steep. Any tips you can share please. Tried all sorts but they just don't seem to want to go so it must be me.

[@Paleoman52]

I also had that same problem getting flakes to run farther, but I eventually learned to use my antler billet longer to drive thinning flakes much further than I could pressure flake them. I have a couple of good videos in my playlists you may want to check out. I show exactly how I thin the pieces and I keep things simple. Good Luck!

[@musicmanhotrod]

Another awesome case Ken...i can almost smell that one...lol! Thanx fur sharin' friend. ✌🏼😎

[@Jeremypassmore123]

Beautiful point ken I'm still working onandaga someday I'll make something worth showing I hope

[@FlintSpall]

Yeah,My nose is running now.

[@Paleoman52]

I didn't mention in the video that a common name for Onondaga is "Stinkrock", LOL! Always a pleasure to hear from you Hal. Some of the best trades I ever made was with you, I appreciate everything you made and sent to me.

[@russcalabrese7561]

What a great display. Really nice deep fluting on the two Clovis points, all very nice samples of the different time periods. I think the meadowoods are my favorites in my collections because of the thin pure artistry those people displayed in making those points and you represented them perfectly on yours my friend . Thank you for sharing and stay well.

[@Paleoman52]

Thanks so much for your comments Russ, I agree, Meadowoods are my favorite too. They are really tough to get them just right and this one is close so I am quite pleased with it.

[@RSnyder-vx8li]

Love those points. I field collect all over southeastern michigan and Macomb county is known for frequent points made of onanadaga chert. Found many myself. Most common materials for this county are: Bayport chert, Onondaga chert, Kettle Point chert and stoney creek chert.

[@Swamp-Fox]

Onondaga chert is beautiful! Your case is absolutely amazing! I could not pick a favorite if I had to.....I like them all! The new camera seems to be working great. Looking forward to the next video!

[@Paleoman52]

Onondaga chert has an old look to it and I like that. I made some adjustments to my new camera before I shot this video to hopefully improved the quality.

[@davegobeli6771]

Beautiful work for sure and interesting explanations.

[@Paleoman52]

Thanks Dave for watching and commenting.

[@joshfung2131]

Keep them coming! I love these vids. I knapp and its great to see some great examples!

[@Paleoman52]

I have a cool case coming up possibly next week so stay tuned. I hope these videos help with your knapping, good luck!

[@joshfung2131]

@@Paleoman52 Great, keep the content coming. I bet your in you basement just pulling out hundreds of cases with great points to share with us, and the amount of quality stuff you produce is unreal!

[@coyotearrowheadhunting3083]

.Or friend, here the most common material is Basalt, almost all the time of the Early Archaic they used it, but it is a difficult material to work with. Genesee tips are beautiful, that scaly wow. The Clocis will always be a hunter's dream, as you say this is the product of a lot of effort, blows, injuries and time. That Susquehanna point is also beautiful, all the points friend are a great achievement of perfection. Here in my area the most complex tips are the Stockton and Snacketown although there are many complicated serrated tips as well. I learned a lot from your video friend. The best for you and blessings.

[@Paleoman52]

Thanks so much Coyote Arrowhead Hunting for those comments, Many blessings to you too!

[@gordonmccall5263]

Great stuff Ken! I'm really enjoying this keeper case series!

[@Paleoman52]

I'm glad to have you watching Gordon. You'll have to stop by one day and see these in person.

[@gordonmccall5263]

@@Paleoman52 That's a deal!

[@richardtoston964]

I live in central Maryland. And have found a lot of the same point types here. You do awesome work

[@Paleoman52]

Thanks Richard, it is cool to hear that you find similar points to what we find in Western New York state.

[@bscott8192]

I have Iroquois heritage. It is still a goal for me to obtain some Onondaga. But man if I could ever be skilled enough to fasten me up a case just like you did. Your case is amazing. Hope the next video has more dreamy Onondaga.

[@cabelly27]

I find this my fav case so far Ken as being your local stone and being so hard to work. Love the vids my friend.

[@Paleoman52]

Thanks Craig, I have to agree, it is awesome to make things from your local rock and these are the best of the best for me. Our winter has finally arrived one week before Spring begins and we are buried in snow and cold. I'm really ready for the warmer weather!

[@cabelly27]

@@Paleoman52 sounds like our summer we hardly had but jumping up above 100 this weekend. The weather was weird this season.

[@phrotojoe]

Ken,does Onondage knapp like Esopus,some of the Esopus I find is awesome and makes great points while other Esopus is junk,far and few between the premium rocks.Great show and tell,hope this white stuff goes soon. hb

[@Paleoman52]

Onondaga and Esopus knap very much the same. You have to make sure your platforms are abraded well and you have to hit it pretty hard. I have worked Esopus and I felt it was a lot like working Onondaga.

[@cricket6410]

Any idea what the thin drills were used for? You have made amazing points…and the turtle is wonderful!

[@Paleoman52]

Those drills may have been pins or perforators, it is anybody's guess as to their actual use. The turtle is neat, I really love chipping those little guys out.

[@davelink1318]

Amazing work, they are so nice, I find chunk's of flint every time I go hunting and they look like that, here in northeast Ohio, would it be the same? Just wondering.

[@Paleoman52]

It is quite possible that you are finding Onondaga in Northeast Ohio, the glaciers that were in our area possibly pushed some Onondaga as far South as you are.