hammerstone use and demo

[George Looney]

Hammerstone,,, a demo of basic concepts,,,with "scrunching" He is a great fella and a super abo knapper'
Hammerstone Basics - YouTube

[questor]

Some good lessons learned from that one. What I have long been envisioning as pressure flakes, may actually in many cases be 'scrunchie' flakes. Either way, still helps to determine an area of a camp where finish type lithic work was probably being done. Nice to see a more-so authentic method of knapping/edge set-up. Am not a knapper myself, but thanks for the insight.

[justonemore]

Thanks George!
Great videos.

[George Looney]

you welcome,,,info and demo from a modern knapper like this fine feller,, using the abo method is worth it's weight in gold. I'll say it again,,,you can't beat hands on. for learning.

[MikeE]

thanks George the guy had some good info about how they wear...the material for the first two stones, looked like Greywackle.. a very hard meta-sandstone to me.

[George Looney]

mike,,,have a look at some of his hammerstone Clovis work,,amazing.
Clovis Technology Nub Theory (hammerstone) 2 - YouTube

[George Looney]

here is #3 maybe better
Clovis Technology Nub Theory (hammerstone) 3 - YouTube

[jmaduzia]

Excellent videos George, thanks for posting. This guy has the Clovis overshot technology(Outrepasse Flaking) down pat, and with a hammerstone, nice work. Do you happen to know this knappers name, is it Marty Reuter?

[George Looney]

His name is Lucas, from Rolla Mo.I'm sure you have seen his post on Paleo Planet ,,he goes by Goose, he and Marty are super knappers and friends,,,,Marty is on here from time to time.and I think Marty is the one that coined the phrase "scrunching". not sure bout that tho. I just wanted to post this because everyone is always asking "is this a hammerstone" and how did they use it.

[George Looney]

Johnny,,,this is Marty R. punch notching,,gotta look fast tho,,,he is so quick..
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punch notching - YouTube