Ray Hardwood Flintknapper

A great jig for the beginner pro and disabled flintknapper who chips slabs.

Ray hardwood flintknapper. Clay singer student ray harwood flintknapper 1981. Jim spears flintknapper i have actually never met jim spears but he is one of my favorite knappers. Ray s father dabbled with obsidian on occasion and when his brother ted saw the crabtree film in college and came home with new enthusiasm the race was on. Tuesday january 1 2008.

Among the things learned on the trips to the woods was the art of flintknapping. Ray harwood flintknapper thursday september 29 2011. We can sit and wonder where callahan came from and why he was such an influence. Feel free to brows and enjoy this site while keeping in mind that all of the products offered.

Larry made as many tools and points as he could from a single 14 lb. Ray harwood the thinking man. Missouri s archaeology month poster for 2008. Nodule of crescent quarry burlington.

One of the most knowledgeable and talented flintknappers of our time was a virginia flintknapper whom has influenced hundreds if not thousands errett callahan. We have been serving the flintknapper collector and archaeologist with quality books and videos since 1975 with flint jack s gallery exclusively featuring the work of author and master knapper d c. He was mentioned in the waldorf book the art of flintknapping but was sort of a phantom not caring much for the publishing and so on. While lecturing at the university of arizona at tuson.

One piece solid hardwood b two piece hardwood and c two piece hardwood and cane. Ray harwood s journal ray harwood s adventures and more. Ray harwood has always been a flintknapper at least as far as he remembers anyway. To me he was sort of a mystery.

The link is to pete bostrom s site with larger photo resolution and better. Ray s father spent a lot of time in the woods and was able to show ray and his brothers crafts and knowledge his father had shown him. Waldorf s web site and the home of mound builder books and flint jack s gallery. Genesee valley flint knappers association website incorporated in 1994 and based in the beautiful genesee river valley of western new york the gvfka is an association of individuals who share a passion for primitive skills.

Part 2 ted orcutt flintknapper of the white deer dance part 2 of white deer dance flintknapper that not only the obsidian collecting was important but the cerimonialism involved in doing so as well. Photo ray fraser larry s shark s tooth club currently on display at the gilcrease institute tulsa oklahoma. Archaeologist flintknapper primitive technologist. The three groups of arrows ten of each type were shot at identical wood plank targets with hand held bow from a distance of 25 feet 8m.

Saturday october 20 2007. Ray began experimenting with additional methods as he was addicted. Ray harwood s adventures and more. Ray was a young child he would go off in the woods bow hunting with his half native american father.

Women of flintknapping jeannie binning.