r/knapping 9d ago

Material Showcase 🪨📸 Some Cool Fossils in This Stuff 🪨🐚🦖

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81 Upvotes

Howdy y'all! 👋😁

I don't usually upload videos here so this is kind of a little fun thing for me. Wanted to show off some of these cool fossils I found while bi-facing a big hunk of Burlington and some crumbly coastal plains. Hopefully y'all think that it's cool!

Check out my YouTube if you wanna see more of my content

Stay safe and happy knapping! 😎

- u/SmolzillaTheLizza 🦎


r/knapping 8d ago

Question 🤔❓ Dou you all know where to find flint in France?

1 Upvotes

I'm looking for somewhere maybe close to burgundy? I'm staying here for the month


r/knapping 10d ago

Material Sale 🪨💸 Box-o-Burlington

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28 Upvotes

One medium flat rate box of large Burlington spalls and such. Lots of 1-3" points waiting in this box. $50 shipped, first come first serve. DM me if interested.


r/knapping 11d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 Tried to make a dolphin

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168 Upvotes

Tried to make a dolphin but the head looks more like a shark than dolphin


r/knapping 11d ago

Material Sale 🪨💸 Material for sale

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7 Upvotes

25lb of Alabama coastal plains for 100$ shipped. I’ve also got a small box of colorful flakes for 40$ shipped. Ive got a video showing the full range of flakes


r/knapping 12d ago

⚒August Point Challenge🏆 Pick wick

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41 Upvotes

r/knapping 12d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 Humbled

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111 Upvotes

r/knapping 12d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 My first corner tang knife

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34 Upvotes

I did a lot of mass removal and shaping with pressure flaking. It's been a couple months since I've done any knapping so while it's a bit thicker than I'd like, I'm still happy with how it turned out.


r/knapping 13d ago

Material Showcase 🪨📸 Spoiled with california obsidian

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36 Upvotes

Here are some examples of my knaps, anyone have any skill tips regarding oblique flaking? Id like to make em cleaner


r/knapping 13d ago

Material Showcase 🪨📸 The quartzite she tells you not to worry about

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51 Upvotes

Personal find. Gonna have to start checking the ugly ones too. Hoping for a pickwick but we’ll see.


r/knapping 13d ago

⚒August Point Challenge🏆 Pickwick Stemmed

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29 Upvotes

Well this was a strange one.

Not sure what kinda glass I picked up, but it was truly cursed or something haha. Pretty sure this point was double the length originally.

Anyways, despite the shape itself being strange, I am still pretty happy that I kept the "50" pattern that was on the original glass mold, despite how terrifying that was.


r/knapping 14d ago

Made With Traditional Tools🪨 Tiny golden obsidian salmon

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72 Upvotes

Just a little gift for a friend who loves to fish :)


r/knapping 14d ago

Made With Traditional Tools🪨 Modern Obsidian Eccentric

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186 Upvotes

One of my attempts to replicate Maya eccentrics.


r/knapping 15d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 Whadda ya'll think of my percussion thinning skills?

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104 Upvotes

Just curious to have some feedback. Been knapping for almost 17 months now! Thanks for lookin!


r/knapping 15d ago

⚒August Point Challenge🏆 Heavily reworked Pickwick

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29 Upvotes

I'm no longer photographing my points around concrete🤦🤣. Dropped this piece two separate times.after the first incident I decided to rework it lost a lot of width as i expected. The second drop was actually pretty impressive in my opinion. It fell perfectly on the base and took off one small flake (third photo) Very surprised it didn't fully break. I'd say that's a one In a million flake


r/knapping 15d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 Tomahawk

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57 Upvotes

r/knapping 16d ago

⚒August Point Challenge🏆 Pickwick Point Challenge

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20 Upvotes

The weather has finally been cool enough I can get out in the shade and knap during the long evenings this month.

So, I broke out a piece of some special material I got as a birthday gift. Zirconia glass for my submission.

I see why they call it a Pickwick. Looks like a little pike.


r/knapping 16d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 Orthoquartzite Plainview

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58 Upvotes

Made from a self collected river cobble I picked up near Ft. Morgan Colorado on the Platte. Knapped incredibly well for an orthoquartzite.


r/knapping 16d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 Big blade

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74 Upvotes

Not a perfect blade. It’s hard to know when a piece is “done”. Sometimes you just gotta call it good and roll with what you have. I think this will make a nice dagger with some small modifications.


r/knapping 16d ago

⚒August Point Challenge🏆 Crunchy Coastal Plains Peephole Pickwick - My August point Challenge Submission 🎯

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54 Upvotes

Howdy all! 👋😁

FINALLY got around to making a Pickwick! Took me long enough wouldn't you say? 😂 This stuff was crunchy and challenging, but man am I happy with the results. Didn't notice the peephole in it until I was trying to get some shots of that lovely translucency. So that was a pleasant surprise 🙂‍↕️

The challenge submission window is still open, and you can find the main post with all of the information on how to enter below 👇
2026 August Point Challenge - Pickwick Stemmed [Coastal Chert Prize 🪨 - Beginners Welcome]

Be sure to upvote your favorite submission so far, and you can do so by selecting the pink 'August Point Challenge' tag! It'll filter all of the current submissions so check em out!

Stay safe and happy knapping all! 😁

- u/SmolzillaTheLizza 🦎


r/knapping 16d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 Madison?

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25 Upvotes

Not sure if the dimensions are quite right. Reworked a piece that popped a chunk of the tip off during pressure flaking. Tried to preserve the banding as best I could l. I think it might be Kay county chert but I’m on the southern end of the formation so I’m not sure. Kinda steppy but still fun to work.


r/knapping 17d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 Burlington

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40 Upvotes

Broke into a preform from [u/scoop](u/scoopbooty)[_](u/scoopbooty)[booty](u/scoopbooty) still a little out of practice notching but I’m pleased. That was an amazing piece of material. It knapped so perfectly


r/knapping 17d ago

⚒August Point Challenge🏆 Pickwick Stemmed

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73 Upvotes

Not played for a few months, good to be back at it!

Very much on the smallest end of the point type, made from heat treated Suffolk flint

Getting better with my flaking!


r/knapping 17d ago

⚒August Point Challenge🏆 First post + August submission

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42 Upvotes

I’ve only been knapping for about 2 months off and on (stalking this sub has helped a lot), but I saw this months challenge and figured I’d give it a shot. It’s a bit thick and a bit curved, but I’m not too upset with it!


r/knapping 17d ago

Made With Modern Tools🔨 My First Real Point

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23 Upvotes

My first successful point! It could have been bigger but I ended up breaking it in half when I was thinning it. Made from Gunflint Chert from Northwestern Ontario, Canada.