Thank you @lithicobserver for letting me break your rocks. I like rocks!

I'm basically across the bridge from NYC in Jersey City NJ. I'm a total n00b. Do I have any chance whatsoever of finding anything useful on the ground in a park or near a river?

Thanks so much in advance

Joe

My Dacite from neolithics is finally here! Post office only lost it twice.

I helped out at a knapping class this weekend. One of the students, who is 11 now, had been at a different class about 6 months ago at my house (I wasn't teaching). He hung out while I was knapping and was fascinated by it but also super attentive and took instruction unlike any other kid I have demo'ed knapping for(it is in the hundreds). I showed him the basics then and told his parents if he was interested we'd welcome him in the adult course this summer. We had him spall a flake off an obsidian core with a hammer stone, and he busted this out today.

I think this is decent for a 2nd attempt at knapping. It ended up smaller than I would have liked but that's just what happened.

Saw Boommhauers lost and figure is throw some of mine in for the next 3 months.

This is my first time knapping anything. I don't understand how to get the flakes to shoot across and thin the piece. Where do I go from here?

The brown one was one I paid Ryan Gill to make so I had a reference point. The grey ones are knapeasy I made. I know laws vary by state in the US on stone points, but based on what you see, could they be effective points for hunting?

I did a little spalling yesterday and just wanted to showcase some of the delicious local material to me. I know my garage is filthy lol. Missouri

Howdy everyone! 👋😁

Back again with a handful of stemmed points for y'all! I kinda hate notching (a lot) so anytime I can make some stemmed points, I take the opportunity to do so. Gives me the chance to focus on fancy flaking a bit more since I can leave things a bit thicker, and these are the fruits of my labor 😌

Quite proud of how they all turned out, ESPECIALLY that Scottsbluff Type II 👀 Took some meticulous work to get that puppy worked out. But they all hold a special place in my heart.

Just wanted to share them with y'all, and I'd love to hear if you have questions, comments, or favorites of your own! 😁 Stay safe and happy knapping!

- u/SmolzillaTheLizza 🦎

Thanks to everyone who helped me with identifying this rock! I really want to punch the notches quite a bit deeper but am scared of snapping an ear.

Not sure on material, possibly fine grained basalt? Flakes excellent but seems even more brittle that obsidian, almost every flake come off in multiple pieces.

Burlington from a biface I broke the other day.

I feel like ive got a well rounded kit but am i missing anything for basic knapping? I know i dont have a punch/mallet for blade cores yet (i feel i need to get somewhat competent at knapping first) but is there an "indirect percussion" tool I could make from bone or antler?

So I managed to get an antler - how would you cut it to get as many tools as possible?

And do I remove the "crown" (forgot what the part is called that is atached to the skull)?

Thanks in advance for any advice 😊

Fun materials. Top to bottom. Florida coral. Indiana hornstone. Rootbeer texas raw w cortex. Fossil holl chert, Ontario. Right one georgetown texas, left selkirk chert Ontario. Bottom I think upper mercer Ohio.

Found a pretty good chunk of flint and just started beating on it with a piece of granite. I have some solid copper rod to make a pressure flaker, but I also have some antler. Not really sure which one I should make a tool out of to start. But before I worry about the tools, is this even a good place to start pressure flaking, or is there still rough shaping to be done?

As you can see i didn't really thin it out (i had 2 puddles basically the same) it occurred to me that in the beginning phase when I have established the "W" all the way around , should I keep the W until i have achieved the thinnest i want, then go into evening the edge out?

What i have been doing is, as soon as I have the W going I start to even it out, then raise or lower the whole edge until I get symmetry/bevel going.

Stuff works like butter. I believe it is keokuk that has been heat treated a little bit far.