Spalling Alabama Chert! (Flintknapping)

Hope you enjoy!

[@gradybaker6682]

Good start for those stones

[@paulshurmon138]

Thanks for the video.

[@gator83261]

Cool.

[@RedEyedPatriot]

Last year i got ahold of some heat treated coastal plains. It turned super red aftet the treatment. Knapped like butter and i made a couple sweet 2 inch corner notches from it.

[@lukesrockhouse]

hey! question -- I recognize that glove you are wearing. Do you work there? I I do up here in TN! Just curious! I am in southern middle tn and we have some nice chert up here...lots of greenish-black (I think hornstone) and Ft Payne. I do a lot of digging for agates up here (and hunting arrowheads) but have been dabbling more into flintknapping too, especially when I turn up nice big pieces of flint!

[@orlandomartinez4031]

that was awesome stuff where can i get one of them big copper boper

[@megarouge61]

Question, you mention heat treating, and is the purpose to make flaking easier or to make the graininess smooth out? I'm new to all this but I intend to learn.