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@Hustle_n_motivate443 жыл бұрын
After seeing this video and being frustrated trying to Knapp glass bottle bottoms with little to no real success and close to 100 pieces that ended up breaking in half, I went to the local dollar store and picked up a thick bottom cheep plate. I broke it and was left with some nice big flat pieces. I do have a few pieces of some nice chert, but I’m a beginner and don’t really trust myself yet. I’ve found that dinner plates have been a lifesaver in teaching me how to properly build my platforms and thin pieces out better. I’ve been able to make some nice points with flake scars traveling at least 85 percent of the surface. Although not perfect the broken plate method has been a HUGE help, especially to a beginner knapper like me who has limited access to nice material. Thank you for this video as it has helped me grow in the hobby and learn more and more every day, building my technique and skill as I go.
@KnapperJackCrafty3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome. Glad to hear it.
@Hopewellmj8 жыл бұрын
Dang - well done and I bet your not even in trouble now for breaking the dish because a porcelain arrowhead is way cooler than a porcelain dish! thanks for the video!
@nelsonx5326 Жыл бұрын
Unless the porcelain dish is a rare one-of-a-kind Chinese thing from the Ying Yang dynasty.
@jayc24697 жыл бұрын
Wow! Truly transfixing to watch. It's like watching a time served caveman--flintknapper. I've dabbled with knapping and whittling as a youth, to understand the _Old Ways_ and it's refreshing to see a _Master_ of flintknapping at work in these modern times - especially using materials other than flint. Subbed!
@KnapperJackCrafty7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@snocamo1545 жыл бұрын
I took about half of a broken small ceramic saucer and knapped out a curved blade knife. Used the homemade ceramic knife while skinning and cutting up a deer and it did a very good job. Was amazed at it's sharpness as I easily separated the hide, fat, and tissue from the muscle. The saucer knife did a good job in cutting up the meat into stew meat chunks, too.
@KnapperJackCrafty5 жыл бұрын
Nice! It's good to hear a success story.
@pjasahi15537 жыл бұрын
Your craftwork is wonderful ( Flintknapping glass, stone and Porcelain ) !!!! Currently I am building my first stone knife with the help of your video. My Congratulations ! Best regards. Jorge. ARGENTINA
@supernaturalswampaids80838 жыл бұрын
I'm just getting into knapping with some bottle bottoms and a 4 inch steel nail.....There is something that is extremely satisfying about watching someone who knows what they are doing make a tip. Your videos are helping me out tremendously! Thank you for that!
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
+Reck Tominvayed Thanks. Bottle bottoms are a good way to start.
@evankonrad35498 жыл бұрын
ok you're officially awesome, definitely following this channel
@josephascroft477410 ай бұрын
Absolutely love this video, as I have access to plenty of porcelain, great as usual mate, thanks 🙏🏻 p.s please don’t worry about time on the videos, I could sit and watch and listen to you doing that all night it’s so interesting and therapeutic
@richarddvll8 жыл бұрын
love your work with other material it shows many ways that you can make a very nice point out of what ever you may have available and in todays times that may prove valuable beyond belief keep posting
@josephascroft4774Ай бұрын
Hi jack sorry I’ve not been watching your videos lately but I’ve been having some serious medical problems, anyway I’m back now and re discovering how great and inspiring they are, thank you so much and God bless you
@KnapperJackCraftyАй бұрын
Thanks Joseph. That made my day.
@mgrenell3 жыл бұрын
Oops, broke another plate. Driving through Tennessee years ago my brother thought I was crazy when I asked him to stop on the side of a country road to pick up a lid off a old toilet seat! John’s glass!!
@KnapperJackCrafty3 жыл бұрын
Yep, I remember knapping that Jonhstone. 😁
@KapnHook8 жыл бұрын
Interesting...maybe I'll explore other materials to knap from here on out. Thanks for the inspiration!
@tommyvinson68 жыл бұрын
Very interesting working the piece of porcelain. Great video to watch. Nice looking point from a piece of plate.
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
+Tommy Vinson Thanks!
@winnievanorden16 жыл бұрын
Ive found the better quality china, the better the flakes. Makes breaking dishing not so sad now.😄
@KnapperJackCrafty6 жыл бұрын
Good to know.
@robertlangley2584 жыл бұрын
Dang you make this look so easy young fella, and it is not. Thx for vid.
@piercecashdollar72178 жыл бұрын
the weed man uses the same zip locks as you lol
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
Smart guy. :-)
@KnapperJackCrafty7 жыл бұрын
Ah, no. I don't smoke weed but I do occasionally smoke a pipe or a good cigar.
@Defrock788 жыл бұрын
That's one hell of a percussion wave at the beginning. You need to make one with that stamp left in tact. Especially the microwave and oven safe. Skewer your rabbit on it and cook it over the fire.
@bobtrower7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jack. I am not a knapper so it was hard for me to understand. I have been trying to find some flint or chert and give it a try. It looks like a very interesting hobby.
@nelsonx5326 Жыл бұрын
Native American Indians made things out of fired clay. Why didn't they make fired clay arrow and spear points?
@KnapperJackCrafty Жыл бұрын
Pottery was a very late invention. Almost all of Native American history did not include pottery. By the time pottery was invented, projectiles such as darts and arrows were getting smaller, and the stone for small points was easy to get. Besides, pottery is much weaker than points made from shell, bone, antler, and horn.
@johnmoreland87067 жыл бұрын
well im not about to attempt china for my first attempt...so i went out to home depot..for a glass block..wish me success..you guys are am8zng
@CostaBushcraftandSurvival6 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Hugs from Brazil!
@KnapperJackCrafty6 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@francismarcoux89445 жыл бұрын
I thougt porcelaine was see thru. This looks like fine white earthenware
@clintburgess85684 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@nakoawarrior31864 жыл бұрын
On a step fracture or where your want to run a flake across,....where you want the plate ruffles to disappear use the amber gorilla glue. Try to do the fulsome flutes,..... take some clay roll it in the shape of your flute put a thin layer of glue in the flute dam and put it in the microwave till you see it boiling,.... about 3 seconds,.... stop,... and in about a minute you will hear a pop and the material is removed. Try it at your own risk,..... it puts holes in Corelle plates,........it pulls chunks out of granite. Boiling it activates it,....it might work in your application as well.
@KnapperJackCrafty4 жыл бұрын
Perhaps you should try it and report back to us.
@Slappos8 жыл бұрын
nice, this really is a lesson to people who cant find good natural material and are tired of glass
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
+yoomd1 Yep, this might give them a little variety but it's not that fun actually. I like glass better than this stuff. :-)
@Slappos8 жыл бұрын
+JackCrafty really? huh, well have fun with ur bag of goodies lol
@jakobgrunstein10926 жыл бұрын
you had a lot of pre-cast flake scars on that one
@KnapperJackCrafty6 жыл бұрын
Yep
@lostpony4885 Жыл бұрын
Peen the bottom of the bit to give it more friction
@kylem55768 жыл бұрын
I want to try iron slag. I live near a very old iron mine and there is TONS of this blue slag and I'm thinking about trying to make something out of it.
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
Might as well try it. Let us know how it works out.
@josephascroft477410 ай бұрын
Oh how I wish I could send you a photo of my first attempt at this 😢
@KnapperJackCrafty10 ай бұрын
😆
@josephascroft477410 ай бұрын
Please forgive me if this is a silly question but what are you holding the knapping rod on how are you holding it? When I attempt to hold it under my leg it just falls down,
yeah, I wish I had more of the thick stuff when I made this video.
@GINGERGARY18 жыл бұрын
it looks like you need three hands, one for the glass, one for the chipper and one for the hammer thing
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
Yep, sure would be nice to have three hands. If you're wondering how it do this, look back into some of my earlier videos for a zoomed-out front view.
@knowledgewillincrease75086 жыл бұрын
Amazing work. Since some of your arrowheads remind me of fish. I was wondering if anyone ever made fishing lures like this?
@KnapperJackCrafty6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I don't think fishing lures were made of flint back in the day. It's an interesting idea, certainly.
@eribertoacedo95054 жыл бұрын
Knowledge Will Increase Polynesians made hooks I have a friend that has one tattooed on his shoulder I asked him that is one primitive looking to hook his reply and they work good the fish swallows Now we have lunch.🕶"
@kcotney368 жыл бұрын
Try the glass that is made when they use thermite to join rails on railroads. Just walk around on the edge of the railroad and you can find it.
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... I'll have to look. Thanks!
@kylem55768 жыл бұрын
Its basically slag
@OtterLakeFlutes8 жыл бұрын
oh wow me too I'll look. I used thermite to weld/solder electrical ground lines to their rods, but of course we didn't use NEARLY as much as a railroad would have, haha. Didn't think about how there did those. huh! Neat. If there's a bit of boron or something, some sands should be nicer than others.
@munchkin56747 жыл бұрын
Do you have any videos on how you make your knapping tools and the variety of tools you should have? The method you use of striking the knapping tool with a mallet affords so much more control.
@KnapperJackCrafty7 жыл бұрын
See my videos 244 and 245.
@eribertoacedo95054 жыл бұрын
I am a tin knocker I've made arrowheads out of sheet metal that works good didn't bend as much or broke off but all in all pair of tinsnips 22 gauge sheet-metal you have arrowhead🕶"
@marycomeau93642 жыл бұрын
Preliminary thinning flakes?
@KnapperJackCrafty2 жыл бұрын
I can't remember if I did that on this one. I usually forget to do it, and on my older videos before a certain date, I hadn't started the practice at all.
@dkoriss17 жыл бұрын
Hi Jack, incredible craftsmanship there, do you think this kind of arrowheads are capable of taking big game ?
@KnapperJackCrafty7 жыл бұрын
Well, ceramic is as strong as some of the weaker stones, so yes, as long as you have a powerful bow. :-)
@dkoriss17 жыл бұрын
thanks for your reply Jack, keep up the amazing job
@YsabetJustYsabet7 жыл бұрын
NICE! How durable would you say something like this would be? I live in AZ, and in hiking I've found broken "miner's china" (totally plain but solid white crockery sold by the mine stores to the workers back in the 1800s) pieces pretty often, and once or twice I've found scatters of what looked like flaking debris. So I've wondered-- do you know if this was actually done by any of the tribes in my area (O'odham, Apache and Jocome mostly back then) in the 1800s or earlier?
@KnapperJackCrafty7 жыл бұрын
Certainly possible. Glass was used by many tribes, so it's not too much of a stretch to include ceramic crockery. I haven't seen any specific examples, though. And yes, ceramic is durable enough for arrowheads.
@bobtrower7 жыл бұрын
It looks like you must have three hands. How are you holding that white tool while hitting it with that stick??????
@KnapperJackCrafty7 жыл бұрын
I hold that stick behind my knee. Watch some of my more recent vids. :-)
@miguelbinha7 жыл бұрын
Hello! Do you think limestone like the one they use to make the traditional pavements in Portugal would be suitable? Thank you! Trying to put together my first tools eheheh
@KnapperJackCrafty7 жыл бұрын
No, I don't think the limestone would work. Sometimes chert can be found within limestone and that might work. Chert is similar to flint.
@miguelbinha7 жыл бұрын
the stone cuts so precisely, that's why I was hoping that stone would work...
@telfordguy34uk4 жыл бұрын
How have you got your copper knapper held on your leg please ???? Hitting it seems a lot more accurate and safer . Whats the technique???? Thanks
@KnapperJackCrafty4 жыл бұрын
Do a search on KZfaq for " jack Crafty front view".
@telfordguy34uk4 жыл бұрын
@@KnapperJackCrafty thanks.
@telfordguy34uk4 жыл бұрын
@@KnapperJackCrafty Excellent, you just saved my knuckles from a pile of grief. x. I like the way it can be moved up and down by clenching the leg muscles. Thanks
@KnapperJackCrafty4 жыл бұрын
@@telfordguy34uk you're very welcome.
@rodney739917 жыл бұрын
how are you hold the copper point. your left hand hold plate. right got wooden better. copper hammer look swing on henge.
@KnapperJackCrafty7 жыл бұрын
I hold the knapping tool under my knee. See my other videos.
@rodney739917 жыл бұрын
thanks
@robertlangley2584 жыл бұрын
I would have snapped the point off 49 times during this video and shot myself in the head (just kidding silly). Good job fella.
@KnapperJackCrafty4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It's funny how something so stressful can actually relieve stress... if you dont snap it.
@WAGONJON8 жыл бұрын
What happened to the end of the vid? It cut off short!
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
+WAGONJON I don't know actually. I assumed that everything was OK but I guess some of the vid was cut off. I may have to upload it again but the number of views is better tbat all my other recent videos so maybe I shouldn't try to fix what isn't broken..... :-)
@WAGONJON8 жыл бұрын
Yeah leave it!
@ConLeche298 жыл бұрын
I wanna try this
@monke.insurgent8 жыл бұрын
to long of a video edit some stuff
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
Editing is not my thing.
@monke.insurgent8 жыл бұрын
+JackCrafty ok people have there oun ways
@papoints32308 жыл бұрын
+JackCrafty I like the length of your videos. You are thorough, I always learn something. I was curious, how many points do u make a week?
@KnapperJackCrafty8 жыл бұрын
+PaPoints I used to make one point a day on average. Now, maybe one point per week -- unless I have to fill an order for multiple points.
@shelbyseelbach95682 жыл бұрын
No thank you. To my mind, once you are using metal tools to knap stone tools, you are missing the entire point. Thumbs down.
@KnapperJackCrafty2 жыл бұрын
Once you understand the dynamics of how flakes are removed, you can use almost anything. That's the entire point. Ancient man used what he had, not what he morally thought was right.
@shelbyseelbach95682 жыл бұрын
@@KnapperJackCrafty I never said anything about what was morally right. Nice try. You are either making stone age tech or your not. Morals have nothing to do with it. If you're going to use metal, why not just use metal arrow heads and be done with it or use a hydraulic press and geopolymer and make stone arrows that way. Hell, why not put a piece of stone in a CnC mill and let it carve the stone arrowhead for you. It's almost like watching two knights in armor holding lances and then they get in cars and joust. Sure, they're jousting but the lances seem a little unnecessary and it's not really jousting at that point. So, thumbs down.
@KnapperJackCrafty2 жыл бұрын
@@shelbyseelbach9568 you are employing a false dicotomy when you say say that you're "making stone age tech or you're not". This is a tactic for moral arguments. The tech is in the flaking, not the tools.
@shelbyseelbach95682 жыл бұрын
@@KnapperJackCrafty I have no idea why you keep trying to bring morals into this? I'm not. It's funny. Not as funny as a guy using steel implements to make stone arrowheads, but funny just the same. Once again, if you're going to use metal, just use a metal arrowhead and skip the BS.
@KnapperJackCrafty2 жыл бұрын
@@shelbyseelbach9568 I do use metal arrowheads. Are we good now? Or am I still evil?