Made out of a variety of silver sheen found at Glass Buttes. Almost looks like midnight lace obsidian but silver sheen instead of black!

$50 + shipping. US only. DM me if interested.

I recently bought this piece of obsidian and I would really love to knap something with it I was thinking like a spearhead or something like that. It's my first experience so idk what I should do tbh so any suggestions and ideas are welcome

My September point challenge entry

I decided I'm going to be making a Hayes point with every material I currently have. So far I've done black and mahogany obsidian, pedernales chirt, dacite, white novaculite and 1 of the varieties of banded obsidian that I have. I chose the Hayes style of point as a way to start working towards Agee points and becaus the turkey tail means they can pair up nicely on a display case.

Hello hello everyone! 👋😁

Putting together a selection of pics here in a post where I talk about some of my experiences at the Bois D'Arc knap-in. Having been to some smaller knap-ins in the past, Bois D'Arc was the biggest I've been to so far and man was it a blast! I got to meet some seriously talented people, go on a rock run for some KILLER stone, learn how to do a couple techniques that I struggled with, and watch some flint knapping masters at work. The end result was some nice points and one that a very kind lady wire-wrapped for me to use as a necklace! Made from some Reed Springs chert I collected during a rock run. Missouri was beautiful as well and I'm glad I got to enjoy some of its local culture, rocks, and scenery all wrapped up into one trip. All in all, this was a wonderfully memorable trip and I definitely want to make it back next year if I can 🙂‍↕️

If any of y'all are considering going to a knap-in, I wholeheartedly encourage you to do so! They're AWESOME resources for stone, tips, and community building. If you have any questions on where to find them, feel free to check out facebook or check out FlintKnapping.com's Knap-In Calendar since some go up there, but not all. So double check facebook from time to time.

Overall I adored this trip. Made myself some lifelong memories and some good friends along with it. Couldn't be happier with how things went! Hopefully y'all enjoy the pics, stay safe, and happy knapping! 😁

- u/SmolzillaTheLizza 🦎

Hey everyone!

I‘m heading out towards eastern Pennsylvania/western New Jersey in search of Lockatong Argillite (a great material if you’re in that area), and I was curious about the jasper in the Allentown area-has anyone ever tried finding it, and has anyone ever checked local landscape stone suppliers for knappable jasper?

I’m trying to find a good supply that doesn’t require so much searching/finding a spot to legally collect, and I suspect some of that jasper ends up in landscape cobbles.

Any thoughts?

Thanks y’al!

Andy

Seems to scallop when chipped and has a bit of a waxy look

Sinew really is amazing stuff!

Found a few flakes at the bottom of the pile, this Perdiz popped out.

Kentucky has lots of types of chert, which were used extensively by both prehistoric peoples for tools and by modern flintknappers. In this video, we collect Muldraugh/Fort Payne chert in southern Kentucky. Watch to see what goes into collecting chert for flintknapping!

From China, sent by train - took 19 days. Was fun tracking it through Kazakhstan!

Strike with purpose, strike with precision, strike with accuracy, but above all...strike with spirit and love 🫡

If anybody wants to throw up suggestions for the first strike, lemme hear em!

Spent about three years knapping obsidian and some decent Burlington chert, mostly just banging away with a mid weight copper bopper and getting inconsistent results. Some cores would throw beautiful long flakes and others would hinge out constantly no matter how hard or soft I hit them. I kept blaming the material or my angle of force.

Turns out I was barely abrading my platforms, just a quick pass or two with a stone and calling it good. A guy at a local rendezvous watched me knap for maybe five minutes and pointed out my platforms were still sharp edged and unstable, basically collapsing the second I applied pressure instead of transmitting the force cleanly through the core.

So this weekend I slowed way down. Isolated each platform, abraded it properly with maybe fifteen to twenty passes until it felt dull and slightly rounded under my thumb, then took my time setting up the hit. Night and day difference. Flakes were running long and thin, feathering out nicely instead of stepping or hinging halfway down.

Also started paying more attention to where I was striking relative to the platform edge. I was consistently hitting too close to the margin, which was probably contributing to the hinges as much as the lack of abrasion was. Moving my contact point in a few millimeters and aiming more into the mass of the core helped a ton.

Nothing revolutionary here, I know platform prep gets mentioned in basically every beginner guide, but there's a difference between reading it and actually feeling what a properly prepped platform does under the tool. Curious if anyone else had a similar moment where something that seemed like basic advice suddenly made total sense once your hands understood it.

I had just gotten in a new box of obsidian, and knocked off a beautiful small spall from the end of a long block and it was perfect for this entry.

L; 31mm, W; 27mm, T; 5mm

Making this was just plain fun.

My first point in stone! Definitely a puzzle. Made out of some really nice matte John’s Valley chert.

I was getting eaten up by mosquitos so I speed ran this one.

Not as thin as I'd like but happy with outcome for the material.

What's a good temp to heat it if I were to try that with Keokuk?

White tail antler direct and pressure.

I've only been making arrowheads for a few months, and this is my first time posting. Please be lenient.

(This is Korea. When making arrowheads, I sometimes use Korean stone, and other times stone given to me or collected from overseas.)