3 inch Clovis point by D.C. Waldorf
The Knapper's Corner 
Welcome to The Knapper's Corner. The flintknapping information at this site is made available by D.C.  Waldorf of Mound Builder Books, and Mary Martin of The Knapper's Corner. Mound Builder Books and the Knapper's Corner are dedicated to the advancement of flint knapping. 
For more information call 417-662-3377.


 

Drawing by Valerie Waldorf 
   

UPDATED  Gallery of Points for sale

Updated 02/05/10


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We have just found a batch of STORY IN STONE BOOKS! Supplies are very limited.
Order yours now, before they are gone forever!

 

Price $50. per copy. To Order.

 

D. C. Waldorf's Guide To The Flint Axes Of Southern Scandinavia And North Germany.

D. C. Waldorf's Guide To The Flint Axes Of Southern Scandinavia And North Germany. Though the text is complete enough that it can stand on its own, this small book was basically designed to serve as a companion to the DVD, Making Danish Square-Sectioned Axes With D.C. Waldorf. Much of material here-in has been distilled from the Waldorf’s un-published Danish files and should help to clarify the picture of the flint technology of Southern Scandinavia before the Dagger Period. It is roughly divided into two parts: a simplified overall view of the prehistory and artifacts before the Late Neolithic, and a detailed description of square-sectioned axes and how they were made. Comb bound, 64 pages, with many never-before-published drawings by the late Val Waldorf. If you have D.C.’s guide to daggers, you’ll definitely want to add this one to your collection.

 $15. per copy. To Order.

The 4th edition of cups have arrived!

Price is $10. To Order.

 

 

D.C. WALDORF’S GUIDE
TO THE FLINT DAGGERS OF
SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIA
AND NORTH GERMANY

D.C. Waldorf's Guide to the Flint Daggers of Southern Scandinavia and North Germany. Learn about the Chronology, Typology and Technology of the most complex stone artifacts ever created. This is the first book of its kind written in English. Based on 24 years of study and numerous replications, the technical analysis of how the daggers were made goes far beyond anything that has come before! 8 1/2 X 11, 156 pages, comb bound, featuring 100 original daggers and 24 replicas made by the Author. With hundreds of photos and many fabulous drawings by the Late Val Waldorf.

Price, $40 plus $6 priority shipping. To Order.
 

We have several            New Videos!  

The newly re-mastered Art of Flint Knapping Video Companion and Working Obsidian.
Also, now available D.C.'s new Type IV Danish Dagger Video.
Now available on DVD or VHS.

 

   The next best thing to a live demonstration is a video, and this one takes you to DC Waldorf's home in the Ozark Hills of southwestern Missouri. There he uses his skills to bring to life the techniques illustrated in his book.
   Digitally re-mastered from the original footage and computer edited, it now can be viewed as originally conceived with titles linking the scenes to the chapters and figures in the book.
   The first half deals with raw material processing, working nodules, blocks and slabs with a side-light on making gunflints. Second half, holding positions, platform preparation and pressure flaking are discussed. Also covered are Clovis fluting by percussion, and making of a small arrow point. Running time 1 hr. 48 min.
Price is $25. To Order.
 

                                               
The Making of a
Type IV Danish Dagger is not for the timid or unskilled and Waldorf gives it everything he’s got and then some, in an all out attempt to duplicate the feats of his Stone Age ancestors.1 Hour 55 Minutes.

Only $25 plus postage. To Order.

 

So it's over the hills and far away as D.C. Waldorf journeys to the Northwest in search of this volcanic glass. A stop at Glass Buttes in Central Oregon produces a vision of a knapper's paradise. Next comes the making of a large point from a block of obsidian. The middle of Washington's Cascade Range is the scenic background. On to Dane Martin's Arlington, Washington, home to work a large slab down to stage 3, and take on a huge 300lb bolder. As a piper is called in to honor the fragmented stone, D.C. marches off to the beach at Bowman's Bay for one last demonstration; how to make a small point from a flake of obsidian.
In this digitally re-mastered version the scenic interludes are even more spectacular and the knapping footage, now clearer, still remains as some of the best ever shot. This DVD should be a welcome addition to your lithic library. Running time, 2 hrs.
Price is $25. To Order.
 

D.C. Waldorf's Beyond Thrashing & Bashing. Flintknapping: Next Steps. Special 2 Disc Set.

Price for the 2 DVD Disc Set $30.

Watch Dr Bradley as he creates a Clovis style spear point using what he perceives to be the method used 13,000 years ago. The distinctive bifacial fluted point is produced in a very unique and specific process by this renowned archaeologist and expert in lithic tools. Dr Bradley is a practicing archaeologist with the University of Exeter in England and known world wide for his knowledge of stone tools and weapons.
55 minutes. DVD Only.

Price is $20. To Order.

What is Solutrean Technology? How is this specific method of flintknapping unique. Watch and listen as world renowned flintknapping expert Dr. Bruce Bradley answers the questions through demonstrating the method used during this time period.

2 Disc set. DVD

Price is $25. To Order.

We now have available our Getting Started in Flint Knapping in both
VHS & DVD
.

Now you can get the Getting started in Flintknapping in either VHS or DVD.

Price is $20.  To Order.

 

Now Available on DVD or VHS

Now at last, a chance to see a premier woman knapper, Angela Parker show smaller men, women and determined children how to knap without the massive strength that most men use. See the phenomenal work of 100 lbs. of determination. She uses technique and skill instead of brute force.  Angela uses a unique tool and method of notching to make it easy, see how it's done.

Price $25.    To Order. 

Now Available on DVD or VHS

Jim Redfearn is a master knapper who specializes in many type of Archaic points. All 5 of Jims Video's are now available in both DVD and VHS. These include Dalton Points, Hardin Points, Clovis Points,  Ishi & Cahokia Points and the Calf Creek Points.

Price $25.    To Order. 

MAKING DANISH SQUARE-SECTIONED AXES
With D.C. Waldorf

Waldorf returns to demonstrate the knapping skills used by his ancient ancestors to make square-sectioned axes. These are the technological predecessors of the Type III and IV stitched handled Daggers. For the first time, the highly specialized techniques used in axe manufacture have been recorded on high definition video! DVD

Price is $25   To Order. 

 

  ISHI REDISCOVERED

In his  groundbreaking new video, Jim Williams takes you step by step through the proper manufacturing sequence of an Ishi point. These findings were made upon Jim's visit to the Phoebe A Hurst Museum at U.C. Berkeley California. While there, he had the privilege of personally examining the Ishi collection including Ishi's tools and debitage. The discoveries Jim made were truly remarkable and have never been revealed until now. 1 hour 30 minutes.

Price is $20    To Order.

 

This site is under construction and will be continuously updated so please let me know your suggestions, thoughts and comments,

call Mary at 417-662-3377 or email me at marymm@hughes.net

 

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