DVD flintknapping volume 1

Dvd Flintknapping Volume 1

Neolithic knives DVD

Prehistory mythical flint knives secrets unveiled.

Learn how to recreate exact replicas of Chalcolithic knives and Charavines knives with Bernard Ginelli

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Mousterian biface, available at 27 €. A Bernard Ginelli creation, the Prehistoric flint knife maker

Ref: BF11-019
Mousterian biface

15,5 cm

27 €

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» Biface [7 pages]

» Burin [3 pages]

» Dvd [3 pages]

» Flintknapping [30 pages]

» Livre de beurre [1 page]

» Sales [15 pages]

» Videos [4 pages]

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DVD La taille du silex par Bernard Ginelli

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.

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DVD la taille du silex volume 1: realisation d'une biface mousterien

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]

DVD la taille du silex volume 1: debitage de 2 longues lames sur nucleus en livre de beurre

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]

DVD la taille du silex volume 1: realisation d'un burin diedre

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]

DVD la taille du silex volume 1: realisation avortee d'une feuille de laurier

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

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