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Indirect is awesome!

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Tracker0721:
Yeah I’m thinking up some different ways to hold it for sure. Until then that’s a good idea to have a stepping block for that leg pinching it.

Do you put pressure into the platform like when pressure flaking and then whack it or just set the tip ontop of the platform as if bopping it??

bjrogg:
I try to put pressure into also. I find I have to be careful though. Seems like sometimes tool will slip and end up on top of stone as I swing baton. Then I screw the whole point up.

Bjrogg

PS I’m not saying that the way I do it is the right way. It’s just how I do it.lol

Tower:
I almost hate to agree with you but I do.  I have been dabbling w/indirect & it definitely has it’s place in my tool box.  I have been having great results w/it

JackCrafty:
I made a video a while ago showing what I call a "Kelly strap" for indirect percussion. I named it after a friend of mine who showed me how he was using it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1rfTWMlw4

There are various types of indirect knapping. I came up with the "behind the knee" technique (or supported horizontal punch) but there are others:

shaft punch
unsupported horizontal punch
rocker punch
vertical punch
palm punch

You can find these techniques on youtube although it might be hard to find them because they may not have that terminology in the description.

Some Youtube creators who use indirect:

flintknappingtips (shaft punch)
jason newman
freeze cracked
hunt primitive (just recently started using it)
gregpryorhomestead
paleo greenByrd

JEB:
Good video Patrick. Thanks for posting it.

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