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Flintknapping Video Cut Tine Tip Antler Flaking
AncientTech:
--- Quote from: Hummingbird Point on April 16, 2016, 10:41:01 am ---Very enlightening. I hope to see more.
Keith
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I have a Facebook page called "Knap Yucatan". I will be uploading more, there.
AncientTech:
--- Quote from: Ghost Knapper on April 16, 2016, 08:18:56 am ---It is hard to see the percussor in the video. In there anyway you can post a photo of it? Like everyone else has been saying thanks for sharing the clip.
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Ghost Knapper:
Did you model the base after a particular point style? I see you replied to my question about the percussor but I don't see it in the provided photo? I took a clip from the video and it looks almost identical to the antler tine.
The top photo is a picture of the antler tine cropped and flipped upside down. The lower picture is from the video, it is blurry but they look like they are the same tool.
AncientTech:
--- Quote from: Ghost Knapper on April 16, 2016, 05:28:01 pm ---Did you model the base after a particular point style? I see you replied to my question about the percussor but I don't see it in the provided photo? I took a clip from the video and it looks almost identical to the antler tine.
The top photo is a picture of the antler tine cropped and flipped upside down. The lower picture is from the video, it is blurry but they look like they are the same tool.
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I used the heavy end of the tine as a percussor, some. But, it is not good for the process, because it is bulky. I have a shorter basal end that seems to work a little better. But, that being said, these are the wrong tools. My strike motion is not completely optimized. A good strike has a certain feel to it. I am almost certain that I will be able to get the right strike motion, while using a hafted antler hammer. It does not have to be large.
Ghost Knapper:
--- Quote ---This video is currently going around the world, through Facebook. I am getting a lot of feedback from people over in Europe. A German person pointed out that the technique shown here was shown on an old black and white clip from the Amazon jungle. According to the individual, the arrowhead making process was exactly the same, in the clip. I never showed this to anyone, before.
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Not to be quarrelsome but this video you linked to you stated was exactly the same as an old black and white clip from the Amazon. If it is exactly the same instead of modifying the technique (switching to a hafted antler hammer) why not stick with it and become more proficient?
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