Starting flintknapping

[ionicmuffin]

I would like to get into flintknapping and am interested in what books(if any) are good to have. Do i need them? or can i just look up material online? where can i get such flint? what tools would be the minimum to start?

[Ncsnipe]

You can get a lot of info here by asking questions and also there are a lot of great vids on YouTube. Several of the videos show how to make your own tools? Jackcrafty who posts here regularly, posts some great YouTube videos. As far as knapping material, it depends on where you live. There might be material near where you live and you can always do like most and start with pressure flaking glass. You're in for some fun.

[ionicmuffin]

i live in Washington state. Ive read that there is some "free" flint that you can get in Washington and Oregon. im not sure what type. so your staying all i need to get started is some homemade tools and some glass?

[Sparrow]

The best material source in the northwest is the Glass Buttes down by Burns Oregon.Free for the picking.  '  Frank

[RickB]

Here's a link to flintknapping e-books that one of the guys compiled and posted on the internet - great references. Rick B

http://flintknappinginfo.webstarts.com/

[iowabow]

Best book on knapping is written by my friend John Whittaker call flintknapping. Amazon has it. He lives in Iowa. This is my opinion.

[JW_Halverson]

Watch for people renovating houses and ask if they are throwing out any toilets.  Bust 'em up and call it "thunder chert", john-stone, or the scientific sounding "crapite".  Porceline works pretty good for starters, and cheap to come by!  You can also stop by a local glass shop and ask them to save scraps of 3/8" plate.  Glass is another good learning "stone". 

[BowEd]

Gotta say you got a way with words JW.LOL.Imagine it's gotten a little cooler by you lately.Stirring up the hunting bug heh.