Made some videos of me knapping gun flints, for those interested.

[Josh Canuck]

Very informative. Thank you.

 

[Shiloh]

Creek bottoms, gravel bars, and landscape supply companies.

I see you live in Arkansas, the best gunflint material I've ever used was white Novaculite, the north end of your state is famous for it.

I live about halfway between the north and south borders.

I’l do some exploring.

 

[IanH]

Thanks for the overwhelming response, fellas. I'm a little embarrassed about the light quality and showing details out of the camera range, but these are literally my first two ever attempts of videoing myself with a stationary camera. Had to tape my cell phone to a tripod with masking tape and couldn't figure out how to mount it sideways so it would stay. It was just to get the point of how I do it across, I've had many questions. The pros have much better rock or at least bigger, cleaner nodules and a lot more practice than I do.

 

[IanH]

I live about halfway between the north and south borders.

I’l do some exploring.

One of the whetstone outfits sells chips and chunks to flintknappers for local pickup, do some internet searching. I think all the surface stone is junk, Novaculite is porous and very prone to freeze cracking especially up on the mountain ridges where it is exposed. I hear they make road base out of it, might find some decent chips in the ditches somewhere. I've been driving by a newly landscaped yuppy hangout and drooling over the two dozen or so softball-sized flint nodules in the gravel-scape by the sidewalk, I may stop and ask them who did their landscaping and try to source some of those, they look like English flint nodules, the kind the entire wall around Canterbury is made of.

 

[deerstalkert]

Thanks for the overwhelming response, fellas. I'm a little embarrassed about the light quality and showing details out of the camera range, but these are literally my first two ever attempts of videoing myself with a stationary camera. Had to tape my cell phone to a tripod with masking tape and couldn't figure out how to mount it sideways so it would stay. It was just to get the point of how I do it across, I've had many questions. The pros have much better rock or at least bigger, cleaner nodules and a lot more practice than I do.

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[sussexmuzllodr]

Problem is finding a good nodule of chert to work on..

 

[Horse Creek]

usually takes me 10 hours to heat treat a batch.
2 hours at 200*
2 hours at 400*
6 +/_ at 450*
Burlington that shatters like glass treated this way will be silky after.

I usually use a Turkey Roaster full of sand to heat treat hard to work stone. I take the temp up slowly to my temp I am looking for them turn it off and let it set for a day. Always make sure your stone is none dry before heating. Water in a crack. Will cause the stone to explode.

 

[Terrier]

Nice. I've been collecting the "parts and pieces" to try working on some TN chert I've been finding. Your demonstration illustrates the "how to" very well. Thanks for making the vids! Hope you'll take the time to do some more... They're appreciated!

 

[BuffaloSoldier]

Thanks for the info about the heat treatment. Will give it a try.

 

[sportster73hp]

I was at the Henry Ford museum parking lot and saw what might be flint or chert . Smaller pieces

 

[Dobegrant]

Very informative,thanks for sure

 

[TDM]

Good job @IanH.

 

[Black_Feather]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[WALT53]

Thanks for sharing it was very informative.