Wonderful and inspiring! Can't wait to make some tools and get started on something I've wanted to learn since I was a kid in the 60's! Thanks for taking the time to create and share this.

@darktechnologyjoeramirez4252

2 жыл бұрын

You chose the right knapper to learn from!Don't make any tools just go for a walk find some rocks and a bottle and get started.

Beautiful work, Jack. You're an artist. And good explaining too.

That thing is gorgeous. You sure make it look easy.

@KnapperJackCrafty

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

It is always surprising to see how thick the bottom of a bottle really is.

@American-Plague

4 жыл бұрын

What really surprised me when I first started was how thick an old school TV screen really is. No wonder they're so damn heavy!

@jimmyrustler8983

3 жыл бұрын

@@American-Plague Oh yeah, Coupled with the CRT and the Flyback in them. They are great for electronics projects too, or as a dust collector, by simply turning them on 🤣

Glass flak in the eye would be really painful and cost an emergency trip to the hospital. And some sleepless nights. Eye protection is very important I like the blue 🔵 color nice work. Thanks for showing this craft.

@KnapperJackCrafty

Жыл бұрын

Yes, glass can be dangerous.

Ahhh, one of my favorite materials to work with when I started knapping. It's really neat to look at finished arrowheads made from blue, green, brown and red glass bottle bottoms. I've read that Native Americans broke the red glass out of railroad lanterns to get material to make arrowheads. Nice video :)

@American-Plague

4 жыл бұрын

Australian Aborigines also used to climb the poles of telegraph lines and steal the glass insulators causing the lines to suddenly go dead. The repairmen eventually solved this problem by simply leaving a couple extra glass insulators at the bottom of the poles. 😎

Nice piece. Thanks for the video. Terry

a beautiful piece of work..liked the glove tip too

Very good explanation at starting at 8:00. Thanks for your time and sharing with us.

Crushing the edge is when the tool makes sort of a "crackling" sound when trying to remove flakes instead of a snapping sound. Crushing creates only very small flakes and fragments and leaves the edge looking crushed and powdery instead of smooth, clean, and sharp.

To bylo rychlé a krásné. Díky.

Nice video. Very instructive. Thanks!

I like the way you pressure flake... I'll have to try that... Thanks for showing!

I tell you what would be awesome. If someone could film this with a dead on horizontal shot at super high speed then show the flaking at different angles to show what is happening with the knapp/percussion. It would look awesome and maybe demonstrate what's happening when the tap occurs.

Interesting and informative video. Thanks for posting it.

Well done friend, I have no local source of stone so I've been using a lot of glass. Thanks for showing us your method!

Never heard of knapping before, but this was pretty cool!!

Pleasure to watch. I have just got back into knapping while I am on a temporary military operation. Indirect percussion has opened new doors for me.

@KnapperJackCrafty

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet.

Great piece jack

@KnapperJackCrafty

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

i know i still have a whole lot to learn ,but it allways did take me just a little longer to get the hang of some things.but i am persistant .thanks again for the videos

Thank you for your videos they are awesome!

@KnapperJackCrafty

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Very helpful, I am fairly new to knapping and love seeing all of the different techniques people use. Forming a rectangle is very smart for starting with a thicker glass bottom, I will try that next time I use thicker glass.

@KnapperJackCrafty

9 жыл бұрын

Cool. Good luck with the knapping. Protect your eyes. :-)

Enjoyed your sharing nice work.

@KnapperJackCrafty

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

A pleasure to watch

@KnapperJackCrafty

8 жыл бұрын

+Randall Kelnhofer Thanks!

VERY NICE WORK.

Looks great! I used to use pepto bismol bottle bottoms......kinda cool too.....

very nice work,your good at that sir

glad I didn't have good and big enough pieces yet im afraid I would have wasted some good stone,but now if I come across some good stone im sure it wont be wasted ,thank you so much for youre videos,it is truly satisfying to be able too know I could make a small arrow head,givin the chance.you are a cool dude hobbit.

Because flaking across the concave side in the beginning means that you will have to try to run long flakes in a concave surface, which doesn't make sense and doesn't yield good results. I get better results when I run flakes on the concave side during the last stage if thinning the point.

Pretty cool I grabbed a piece of obsidian at the same time I started this video watching you. Mandu I need some help LOL

@KnapperJackCrafty

5 жыл бұрын

Haha

Glad you like it. Look around a bit... there's a ton of flintknapping videos out there. :-)

Glad to hear that! Persistence is key. :-)

I like your ishi candle ;)

Thank you sir! I actually watched quite a few. The resulting pieces are beautiful. What do you do with them when you are done?

Watch some of my other vids... it's not pressure flaker. I made it out of a 3/4" diameter UHMW plastic rod, drilled a hole in the end, and inserted a piece of copper wire. Pretty easy. You can buy the rods at Harbor Freight or ebay and the wire is available at Home Depot.

They work very well... just like obsidian.

well I finally got it lmao,i finally slowed down enough to see what I was doing wrong ,why I couldn't get the small pieces of flint to spall and flake,yep I was watching you but I wasn't puttinto practice what you were saying.i still don't really have any flint or chert worthy of making an arrowhead but I can make it spall and flake im so happy I cant stand it .

The blue glass makes it look beautiful

O ok. Thanks for all the help

Sure. If you have the equipment and the know-how to melt glass the go for it. Large bubbles and interior stress cracks will mess up your knapping, of course, but those are the only things that may be a problem.

Cool... I'll look into it.

Yes, you can use wood but the plastic is a lot like antler and has a bit of "bounce" to it and it works better than wood. The bounce helps to transfer energy into the material, I think.

This is very cool.

@KnapperJackCrafty

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Sweeet helping me lots right on

Wow, that was cool. Thx

@KnapperJackCrafty

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Excellent video. Have you ever worked with glass insulators? I know that Ishi used them back in the day, I've recently acquired some from an old antique store, but I'm not exactly sure how to go about knapping it. Any thoughts?

you make it look so easy

@KnapperJackCrafty

7 жыл бұрын

I wish. :-) Thanks.

Damn brother that one is beautiful 👍 Gene Gorringe Mi ✌️🇺🇲

I showed a kid one summer how to do this with just a pebble and a beer bottle bottom using an antler tip for pressuring. I shared mine during the lesson telling him that he could buy his own from a Petco or Bass Pro for five bucks. :)

very, very cool !!!

I bought 18 slabs of obsidian, thinking that it would be good to start learning on, it probably is but I still can't seem to figure out how to start a piece. My slabs range from 1/4 to 3/8 thick and 5 to 7 inches long. I would love to see a video about this please.

Thank you and how do you take off longer flakes to thin the arrowhead down?

superb

I agree. All we need is a volunteer... :-)

Thank you!!

Little helpers... heheh. Actually, I'm holding the percussion tool behind my knee. I show this more clearly in one of my videos about "How I make a Video".

Beautiful! this would make an excellent necklace! I want to know, are they usable for hunting purposes? How well do they penetrate hide? From my point of view they look pretty effective.

interesting technique,Ill try it.

Hmmm.. I got to go find one of those...

Excellent...do you hold it in place behind your knee when knapping with it?

Thank you! Do you know if I can use any rocks local to Eastern , N.Y. ?

Also, you can leave the original surface showing on the concave side and not even worry about flaking it. The concave surface is already in the shape of a flute and will aid in hafting... so why mess with it if you don't have to? :-)

No, no :D I meant that it's nothing new that I've enjoyed it ^^ It's awesome as always :) I've collected some bottles to make arrowheads, but don't have such a nice blue glass. Only green, brown and white. Maybe I'll find somewhere if I really try :P

About cleaning up all that glass? I lay a 12x12 sheet of plastic down on my car put or if I'm working on tile floors, I sweep it all up then I mop the floor 5 times using mop & glow to bring back the shineyness. But, it takes several coats of mop & glow or insta-shine.

@KnapperJackCrafty

7 жыл бұрын

Cool. :-)

@bongofury67

7 жыл бұрын

Car put??

Thanks!

All the glass ones go to my kids. They especially like the blue ones but I've made all sorts. I need to put up a video with a green arrowhead next, I think.

@marycomeau9364

2 жыл бұрын

Are there colors not in your glass collection?

Nice. Very nice :) I really enjoyed this video (but it's nothing new) and I love that glass color. Need to search somewhere for nice bottles to knap. I hope that this glass shard was not pain in the a*s :P Best regards, Greg

There are some knappable stones in NY, one of them being onondaga chert. There's also esopus chert, and normanskill chert. You may want to google "New York Lithics and Cherts". It's a business that sells chert to flintknappers.

Yes, I hold it behind my knee. I sit low enough to allow for this or I put my foot on something to raise my knee.

I've heard of fingerless gloves, but not gloveless fingers... also I prefer antler tips to copper pressure flakers since they thin it out more.

This tablet has a mind of it's own. it supposed to say carpet, not car put.

17:39 is where you changed your approach to the same way I pressure flake mine the whole way. When you hold it in the palm of your hand to flake - I find I can't get the knack of doing it like that. Is this frowned on then to do it in the manner which you changed to after 17:39 ? Does it really matter that much ? I find that I can hold the point at such an angle and put pressure on it to make the flakes travel better and not create such a steep bevel edge.

@KnapperJackCrafty

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Patrick There is nothing wrong with using pressure the way you do. In fact, that's how most people remove flakes from glass. I'm the exception. :-)

I think ill make some of these for my atlatl darts.

Good morning! i was just wondering... can i already use wood instead of plastic for the rod, or maybe is the material important to the process?????

The white material is UHMW plastic rod.

I would use the steel. Mild steel is less brittle and will give you better results than brass.

I can utilize glass bottle bottoms but can never fully remove the curve , my points always end up being bent .. Any chance of a small series on curved flakes and bottle glass ? Being bad at spalling I often end up with thick and fairly curved chunks or twisted ,curved thin flakes .. There must be a point in them but I struggle with the curves

@KnapperJackCrafty

2 жыл бұрын

I've got more glass and obsidian videos coming up...

how is he holding the striker?

Keep me updated. :-)

Where did you get your tools and from what bottle did you get the glass?

I love watching this stuff. I love the glass arrowheads. I have collected Indian arrowheads for years. You do great work. Do you sell these?

@KnapperJackCrafty

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Nope, I don't sell these.

i want to make a percussion flaker but dont have any copper rod in my work shop i do have brass though would that do the job till i can get some copper ? i also have steel rod and some good size round nails what would you recommend please have just spent about two and a half hours watching your videos they are fascinating

@nathannielsen1669

4 жыл бұрын

I use #9 copper ground wire. Have alot of extra copper thanks to my old job.

where could i get the u h m w plastic rods. my local harbor freight dont carry those any more

@KnapperJackCrafty

3 жыл бұрын

Ebay or grainger.com

Just wondering, if you were to melt a bunch of old beer bottles into a core would that be a good material to nap?

it amazing how u do that

Will you show all the tools you used on this head ,thanks

@KnapperJackCrafty

2 жыл бұрын

Do a KZread search for "jack crafty tools"

your welcome and i wish i can do that

how log have people been using glass for knapping ?

Cool.

Is that a copper or brass tip on that tool ? It also looks like it is loose, is it supposed to be loose ? And the handle is long, do you hold it between your legs, then whack it lightly ?

Hey mate Ive herd of an ishi stick but it doesn't seem to be like the tool you have Could you please tell me the name of the tool with the rounded point that you put against the rock then hit with the other thing Thanks

Nothing worse than making a nice glass arrowhead then waking up the next day with shards in your fingertips!

Thanks

Would you recommend practicing on glass before knapping stone? I ask because I'm having difficulty riding the right stones near me

@KnapperJackCrafty

Жыл бұрын

If you have nothing else, then yes, I recommend bottle glass. But heat treated stone is best.

@justinhall2117

Жыл бұрын

@@KnapperJackCrafty is all the stone that you're knapping heat treated first off camera?

Hi, do you have a video showing how you are holding the rod which is doing the striking onto the glass, how is it secured. Many thanks.

@KnapperJackCrafty

9 жыл бұрын

see this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZWkqcNxfdWTnbg.html

@macumuzahn

9 жыл бұрын

Many thanks to you Sir.

No worries. :-)

Thanks mate :)

oh! ok, iguess that makes sense. would i be correct in saying that this skill is best learned by DOING ITover and over?

@KnapperJackCrafty

8 жыл бұрын

+Seth Warner Yes. We measure success "by the pound" in this business. :-)

Is that Cooper in that synthetic material

@KnapperJackCrafty

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Sorry, the rods are available from Grainger, not Harbor Freight.