View Full Version : Flint knapping
Mate put them up here and if Luke wants to move them he can I would love to see them.Have you had a go yurself?I will dig up some old pics of the last ones I did(very rough).
Cheers KIM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/kimall/P1010335.jpg
Looks good Kim, looks like hard stone, do you know what sort of stone that is Kim and where did you get it from...Glenn...
Hi mate yer it is the china from broken toilet cistern I got to practice on.You are right on the hardness thing as the experts say it is hard to learn on because it is so hard but it is free so good to learn on.I have read about heating the rocks they use to make them easier to work and might try this if I can get a bit more of an idea about temp and time etc.I found a site on fleabay selling Chert so may buy a bit of that soon to.
Cheers KIM
Americans have a more exotic name for that one mate, "Thunder Chert". Heat treating it might be the way to go as the tiolet suites are heated to very high tremperatures to cure the china and galze. Wonder how they would go in the microwave...Glenn...
Thats rediculas Glenn how am I going to get a toilet in the microwave.The missus will kill me.:)
Just make sure you wash it first mate, you never know where it's been...Glenn...
Ok serious now,working in a plumbing shop has some bonuses like being able to get the broken cisterns(the tank) and they are nice and flat pieces you get which makes life a bit easier for the knapper.When this stuff breaks it leaves a VERY sharp edge.
Cheers KIM
I will have to have a look for the rock I brought home from Longreach that aborigionals used to knapp with. The rock is white and has a greasy feel to it. They use to carry it up from the chanels and knapp it on the Jump-Up, usually under the trees.
Do you use copper nails to knapp with?...Glenn...
Yer a copper rod in the end of a round stick and a copper bopper for the hitting part.I will post a pic of my tools tomorrow
Cheers KIM
I had a bit of a play today with some glass and got this far towards a b/head from the bottom of a beer bottle.I broke the bottom out and used a pressure flaker to get it to this stage.Starting to get bigger flakes going further across so must be getting better.
Cheers KIM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/kimall/P1030064.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/kimall/P1030067.jpg
That's going well Kim, nice long flakes running towards the centre...
Garden Gnome!
12-08-07, 10:46 PM
Agree with you there glen Kimall work is quite nice indeed.
Below is two of the many photo's of some of the works of Peter Rodgers who is on the left and just one of the many works of art that he has done I will get more photo's up as soon as I can find them.
Sorry about the quality of this photo but it was the best that Pete could do at short notice at the time of making.
The head is made from Obsidian, a very beautiful stone when held up to sunlight.
I would have never known that was Pete without his beard, I was talking to him on the phone the other night. He does some nice work allright...Glenn...
Garden Gnome!
15-08-07, 04:49 PM
I agree with you there Glen. We were wondering who he was when he turned up at The Gathering, just pulled up walked over to the camp fire smiled and as soon as he spoke we new it was him then, when questioned about the missing hair he replied I'm on the market for a new girl and I didn't wont to frighten her off;);) but when she gets to know me better then I will grow it back:lol:
I spoke to Pete last night and he said he will make me some heads but it wont be until the new year so its back to practiceing.He seemed like a top bloke but when he started saying good things about you Glenn he lost me and I dont remember much after that.:)
Cheers KIM
Kim you are reinforcing Maggies little talk to me last week...Glenn...
Is that greybeard without the greybeard? :confused:
No greybeard lives south of Brisbane Luke. Pete comes from Cobar...
On behalf of Gnome, who seems to be having dramas posting :confused:
Ok so it has been a while and I said that I would post some picks of Knaped Broadheads from John Horsch's collection. So hear they are:
This is the second shelf of his Knaped collection amoung other things.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/The_Gnome_2007/Collectionpart2.jpg
Thess are the heads that John has done himself the smaller ones are all from Chirt the Large Dark top left one is from Obsidian & the Large Light coloured bottom right one is from Ballast Stone.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/The_Gnome_2007/ChirtObsidianBalast.jpg
These next 2 photo's are self explanitory.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/The_Gnome_2007/Old1.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r228/The_Gnome_2007/Old2.jpg
vBulletin® v3.7.0, Copyright ©2000-2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.