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Neolithic knives DVD
Prehistory mythical flint knives secrets unveiled.
Learn how to recreate exact replicas of Chalcolithic knives and Charavines knives with Bernard Ginelli
Learn how to recreate exact replicas of Chalcolithic knives and Charavines knives with Bernard Ginelli
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Section pages:
» IMAGES VIDEOS
THEMES OF THE PAGE:
» Biface [7 pages]
» Burin [3 pages]
» Dvd [3 pages]
» Flintknapping [30 pages]
» Livre de beurre [1 page]
» Sales [15 pages]
» Videos [4 pages]
Most seen pages
Images, videos & DVDs
Bows and atlatls for sale
Mousterian bifaces for sale
Flintknapping glossary
About leather knife sheaths
Bow arrows and darts for sale
Ginoogle, the paleo image gallery
Available flint knives
Ginoogle full version
Arrow points & necklaces for sale
The different flint knives types
About bow arrows and darts
Knap-in classes: dates
On-line videos
Content detail
| Title | LA TAILLE DU SILEX Volume 1 (FLINTKNAPPING Vol 1) |
| Duration | 81 minutes |
| Chapters | 4 |
| Format | 16/9 (compatible 4/3 ) |
| DVD Zone | Multi zones |
| Audience | Any |
Our first DVD, made in Octobre 2007. FRENCH LANGUAGE ONLY, NO SUBTITLES
Bernard chips a mousterian biface, a "livre de beurre" core, a dihedral burin and breaks (mistakes happen !) a laurel leaf.
Every step of the tool creation is thoroughly commented all through the video.
Mousterian biface
Bernard knaps a mousterian biface out of a freeze-thaw spall, just as Neanderthal used to do until 30.000 years ago.
Hammers and debitage techniques are detailed and commented all through the process.
Duration: 15 min. complete version and 6 min. for the short one [Sample]
Hammers and debitage techniques are detailed and commented all through the process.
Duration: 15 min. complete version and 6 min. for the short one [Sample]
Long blades driven off a livre de beurre core
The making of the Grand Pressigny specific core. Its long blades were parcitularly used int the making of Charavines knives.
Bernard explains how to shape the core and knaps 2 long blades.
Duration: 34 minutes [Sample]
Bernard explains how to shape the core and knaps 2 long blades.
Duration: 34 minutes [Sample]
Dihedral burin
Tool made on a blade tip, true ancestor of our modern planes or chisels, the burin was used to scrap, chisel and carve wood, antlers or bones. The easy steps involved in its creation and usage are detailled.
Duration: 5 minutes [Sample]
Duration: 5 minutes [Sample]
Broken laurel leaf preform
Even the best ones can sometimes knap... gravel !
Bernard tries to knap a laurel leaf but breaks the preform during the thinning process.
Duration: 27 minutes
Bernard tries to knap a laurel leaf but breaks the preform during the thinning process.
Duration: 27 minutes
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