Knapping A Massive Brandon Flint Nodule with Dr. James Dilley
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- Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2021
- One of the most famous locations in the UK for flint is Grimes Graves and Brandon. For around 300 years between 2600 and 2300 BC Grimes Graves was mined for thousands of tonnes of high quality flint from the solid bedrock chalk. Earlier mines on the south coast had been dug for axe making flint, while Grimes Graves was primarily mined for flint that could be used for flake cores. The nearby town of Brandon is known for the gun flint trade that created millions of flints which were sent around the world. I was recently lucky enough to get special access to flint from the area including an absolutely enormous nodule! It was only right to share the breaking open of this massive lump of stone to see what is inside.
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I would give anything to be able to get my hands on such large nodes of flint. They are magnificent mate.
Let's go Brandon. . .
The absolutely beautiful ringing sound from that flint is amazing.
I can imagine the Paleolithic version of Dr. Dilley teaching his family flint napping 200K years ago.
Love to hear a rock sing in the reduction phase! Rock on!
Let’s go Brandon…flint
It took me 11 minutes to realize the massive rock behind you was a tarp.
As about a 10 year old boy I had an uncle that was an Indian relic Hunter. He would find arrowheads, spear points, Stone axes etc. I still remember one time he took me to a site on the Savannah River in South Carolina that was an ancient Indian settlement and in places the ground was literally littered with shards of Flint or churt. I can only imagine how many hundreds if not thousands of years the site was used.
Greetings Dr. James Dilley. I have been a Lithic Technologist/Researcher involved in reconstructive Archaeology. Using only organic materials ( bone, stone, antler etc) for 30 years I have reconstructed core & blade, pecked & ground, & bifacial stone tools in application to gain information. I have collected 3 tons of Brandon Flint used for ballist from different harbors in North America (NJ., Pennsylvania, New York & Maryland). Could you share your knowledge on heat treatment of this material to make it more workable? Also, the principles of hydration in the ground and it's molecular expansion of the material. Since I seek to do only organic approaches I have found heat treatment very difficult without ruining the Flint. This video was a outstanding demonstration by you. Thank you for sharing your extensive knowledge. Vince James (Ajello)
"Let's go, Brandon!"
the change in pitch as it breaks off is immensely satisfying.
I live in Indiana USA and won a 50 lb nodule of Brandon at a local knapp- in. I can hardly wait to get into it. I've been knapping about 20 years. watching you make that handax has me excited about my chunk. That familiar sound has me foaming at the mouth. LOL
In the 1960's me & some friends explored every inch of the tunnels at Grimes Graves with torches. They were all open then, and quite remote and unknown to most people. Now they are all shut off with metal bars.
How has this channel not come up on my feed before now? Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Thank you for sharing your experience with such famous lithic material! Well done Sir! Living in the U.S., the closest I've ever been to working any Brandon flint is through reading my copy of "On the manufacture of gun-flints" by Sydney B. J. Skertchly.
Really amazing work! Thank you for another lesson!
Thank you that was really informative and impressive. Thanks for sharing
As a beginning knapper your detailed description of why the shockwaves travel the way they do was very enlightening. Thank you for that! You just picked up a new Patron.
Thank you for the best demonstration I've ever seen of this art.
As a knapper in the USA, I agree with Orion. I have to control myself to not be jealous of all those huge nodules. Keep up the good work and we can drool over you flint supply. Merry Christmas.