[Dusty Road]

With all the interest in survival skills I'm curious how many have taken up flint knapping? I've been doing it for 40 years never thinking of it as a survival skill but just as a hobby that I love to do. For someone trying to develope or gain skills I would think that would be a must have. These were all made with stone, bone or antler all found on the ranch. Bone works well for pressure flaking but I prefer antler plus the base of the antler make great billets. Making bows arrows and atlatl's are pretty simple and all can be made using flint. Broken glass is another very usefull tool, it very knapable.

[Dusty Road]

For those that are interested theres a friend of mine that has a series of video’s on Youtube, he’s one of the best knappers I’ve ever met and the best teacher. But I will caution y’all, it’s very addictive.

http://www.youtube.com/user/paleomanjim

[X-spurt]

NICE!

[bgill]

Yes, flint knapping is a great survial skill and have had it marked for SHTF. Nothing fancy but I’ve taught it to a few youth groups.

Never thought about putting my stained glass into that category until now, so thanks.

[Kirkwood]

I used to do that when I was a kid and had a local source of material. I got pretty good at it, but you are a master.