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A modern replica of an arrowhead/point that I happen to have laying around and was playing with the other night. I love chert/flint and the feel of this kind of rock.
A flint artefact, found within an assemblage of 212 pieces recovered during routine excavations at Herne Bay, Kent.
In this Masterclass, participants learnt to make primitive utility tools such as hand-axes, scrapers and arrowheads from brittle flint with master flint-knapper, primitive technologist and archaeologist Karl Lee.
Karl started our workshop with a demonstration of the techniques and processes involved in flint-knapping, before setting participants the task of making their own flint tools using ancient tools such as hammer stones. He has over 20 years of experience of teaching the manufacture and use of stone (lithic), bone and wooden tools.
An end scraper, found within an assemblage of 212 pieces recovered during routine excavations at Herne Bay, Kent.
Flint artefacts, found within an assemblage of 212 pieces recovered during routine excavations at Herne Bay, Kent.
I made these today from volcanic obsidian rock (glass). Wow this stuff is really sharp and harder to work than flint. Its like a razer blade. But it has a beautiful shine and look to it i think. i still need to put some finishing touches on the arrowheads, but just wanted to show you what this stuff looks like.
The Arrow Point was hand chipped using stone tools (Native American Style), it was made by my father using Chert Stone. I have used a grinding tool along the sides and tip to make sure it's not to sharp.
Flintknapping is one of the methods by which people work stone into tools. Its is also called Flaking or Chipping. It involves striking or pushing carefully controlled flakes off of the stone being worked. This can be done in a variety of ways, including 'direct percussion' which is simply hitting the rock with another rock (Hard Hammering) or a billet made of antler, wood, or similar material (Soft Hammering). In contrast to direct percussion, there is 'indirect percussion' which makes use of a punch between the rock which is being struck and the hammer doing the striking. The final common method of removing flakes is 'pressure flaking'. Pressure flaking is usually done in the final stages of tool manufacture, by using a pressure flaker made of antler or (more common today) copper. Pressure flaking, in essence, involves 'pushing' flakes off of the piece being worked by the application of force to a precise point on the tool edge.
This is for 1 arrow head pendent the wire is silver coated metal. The Arrow Point size is 1.5 inch length and 1 inch width.
This pendent goes great on a leather cord to turn it into a necklace.
Flint is hard to find here, so i started to use glass. It is alot like flint and easy to find. this is a old camera lens that i had for years that i turned into a arrowhead.WOW optic grade glass really works good.!(((not finished with this one)))
A flint artefact, found within an assemblage of 212 pieces recovered during routine excavations at Herne Bay, Kent.
Dustin, Brandon, and I set the table for the two project leaders with the candle we made of chert debitage from our own flintknapping workshop.
Clapton Arts Trustee Liz Shackleton explaining the restoration project and the Heritage Lottery Fund bid to some prospective Clapton Arts Trust members.
For Clapton Arts Trust membership see: beecholme.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/schoolhouse-open-weekend...
Just watched our friend, the flint knapper, make this awesome point! Such an experience! #flintknapping #arrowhead #arrowheads #nativeamerican #artisan #craftsman
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yolstar: That's fantastic!!!
daviddriver: Is this friend on instagram?
mandyatlarge: @daviddriver I'd be surprised if he had a computer! Haha. Unfortunately no.
daviddriver: Oh well just enjoy looking at different finds and flintknapping pics. I have a few pics on my page of my collection of 5 years. It is a good hobby fore andy kids. Anyhow it takes a lot of time and talent to make. Glad u posted those pics. Very neat
daviddriver: It is a good hobby for me and the kids . Spell check on crack sorry
mandyatlarge: @daviddriver he is an incredible knapper. Can give him any style and he can replicate pretty well!
daviddriver: You have some really good pictures! Just checked them out , your dad has skills to.
mfv18: Another left handed knapper love it!!
Flint knapping takes a considerable amount of concentration, as you have to be constantly turning the piece around and noticing whether there are faults, whether surfaces are convex or concave, whether angles are obtuse or acute, the direction flakes have come off and so forth. And then you take another flake off and have to look at it again!
My flint knapping photos were taken on a day course with John and Val Lord. They have a website here:
John has also written a book that's very useful as a beginner:
www.flintknapping.co.uk/shop.html
And John's son Will is also an expert in flint knapping and excellent teacher. He also runs courses, and will teach hide working, prehistoric jewellery making, bow-making and so forth as well.
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The World Bird Sanctuary and their feathered friends put on a great show for our visitors. This demonstration was done in tandem with another booth showcasing the importance of bird iconography in lower Illinois river valley prehistory.
Photo by: Taylor H. Thornton
Clapton Arts Trustee, member of the Conservation Area Committee and the Hackney Society, Julia Lafferty giving one of several hourly talks on history of the building and surrounds - Sunday 17th June during the Open Weekend at the Old Schoolhouse.
A friend of mine use to work at a automotive windshild factory. He brought me 2 12 pound chunks of glass to make arrowheads from. It should make a few nice ones, even a spear head or two.