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BommareZ

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flintknapping
Oct 30^th, 2009 at 5:09am

I live in an area where there's a lot of flint and now I have some nice rock laying around in my backyard
so I was wondering if there is something like a "manual" for flintknapping?

Im broke at the moment so I prefer free (like pdf or something)

does somebody has some tips for tools as wel?
some things you can make yourself at home?

hope someone has some tips

I'd rather own a sling and a stone..... than stock in a corporate giant

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kuggur slingdog Ex Member	Re: flintknapping Reply #1 - Oct 30^th, 2009 at 5:48am Looky here: http://www.paleoplanet.net/ Other than that I think Paleoarts who´s been pretty active on this forum lately probably has some good advice, you could send him a pm.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: flintknapping Reply #2 - Nov 1^st, 2009 at 3:15pm There are some cool pdfs here: http://www.arrowhead-maker.com/ http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/oldcave/projects/stone/bottle.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh7pc2Q6XFI There is a ton of other info on the web.
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: flintknapping Reply #3 - Nov 2^nd, 2009 at 9:18pm It's easy, even a caveman can do it.
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BommareZ Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 63 ypres, belgium Gender:	Re: flintknapping Reply #4 - Nov 5^th, 2009 at 1:50am thanks for the replies already found a lot on paleoplanet but sometimes you find so many on the net that you get really confused
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Reply #5 - Nov 5^th, 2009 at 12:26pm

BommareZ, when you get a few bucks pick up "Flintknapping" by John C. Whittaker. it's the best book out there for beginning knappers. the web is a great scource for info, but like you said, it can be a bit of overload. also, there are a lot of people on youtube and other places that claim to be 'experts' and offer advice that frankly don't know what they are talking about. stick with the basics for now, precussion thinning and pressure flaking and don't worry about trying to absorb everything at once. Wink

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BommareZ Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 63 ypres, belgium Gender:	Re: flintknapping Reply #6 - Nov 10^th, 2009 at 3:02am just found the book "naked into the wilderness" by John McPherson and the videos find it really interesting he has two videos explaining how to flintknap he explains easy so it s easy to follow especially when you are not english (you know what i mean with this?) is this relayeble? thanks anyway paleoarts for the book suggestion
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