My Flintknapping Kit:

Percussion:

My percussion tool Kit is very basic. I use a combination of modern (copper), and ancient (antler). For direct percussion, I generally use a 3/4 inch diameter, fully rounded copper billet about 6 inches long for general work, and a similar sized white-tail deer antler for more precise work. I just seem to find that the antler is more forgiving of mistrikes and can make a finer flake in tight spots. Different types of stone also seem to react to the two billets differently. Go to a Knap-In if you want to see these tools in action. There, you'll be able see Knappers doing their thing, learn different techniques, and improve much faster than trying to learn by trial and error.

Pressure:

My pressure flaking tools are also very simple. I use copper and mild steel exclusively, as they do not need to be resharpened nearly as often as antler tools. My basic pressure flaker is a 3/4 inch hardwood dowel, 5 inches long, with a length of 3/16 inch copper ground wire inserted in the tip.  As I sharpen the tool and it gets shorter, I can pull more wire out because I have a set screw inset in the handle to hold the wire in place. I have a similar tool made from the leg bone of a deer.  I like to have about 1 inch of wire out at a time.  This keeps me from bending the wire as I flake.

Notching:

My notching tools consist of soft steel horshoe nails set in 3/4 inch hardwood dowel handles. I file some to the shape of a screwdriver and others into a point. The screwdriver ones are for general notching and the pointed ones are to regain a platform when the other one doesn't bite any more. These tools must be kept very sharp! These are really all that I use for pressure notching.
I also use punches for some of my notching. A 1 inch piece (protruding) of 16d nail set in a 3 inch section of 3/4 hardwood dowel and a similar length of 6d finishing nail set in another works well for blowing out fine notches.  This is how I make most of my  finer corner notches. 

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