I hate to sound like a broken record, but...
If you took away the so-called technology we have today, and people had to survive "off the land" 90% of them probably could NOT!!
I have a friend that lives in Comstock, Texas. Way down near Big Bend State Park. He makes some of the most beautiful points and knives you've ever seen! Flint knapping is truly a very unique art form and a great skill. They have a couple of big shows around Texas every year. If you are looking for "original points", you have to be careful. There are some really talented knappers out there! And thankfully, most I have met will tell you it's NOT original peoples, but that they made it!
I saw my late Father-in-law turn down 4K for a single point. A professor of Anthropology at Texas A & M had told him it probably dated back to at least 10,000 B.C.. That point is now in the collection of my middle son.
Me and that old man had a LOT of adventures together! He started collecting points and artifacts back in the late 1930's as a kid roaming the then newly cut roads in East Texas.
His family moved here from Kansas following the oil field work. Roads were being plowed all across East Texas so they could drill the newly discovered oil here. After school, he'd walk those plowed roads. He literally picked up hundreds of thousands of pieces! He had an enormous collection at his passing! The collection was divided up between grandkids. And since his oldest daughter and I had the most kids...
But dang...I sure miss that old man!!
Most folks out there today can't even sharpen a knife correctly! I've got a 30 year old son-in-law that won't even try to sharpen a knife by hand!!
Claims he CANNOT get the right angle. I told him it's a good thing he has a Work Sharp!! Otherwise, he'd starve!
My "Hat is Off" to all who try to knap flint. It is NOT easy!
And Matt...those are really neat pieces!!! Congratulations!!!
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming "Wow, What a Ride!