Major Kudos to you for not using machines for short-cuts !!! Nice seeing how it was REALLY done !!! Six and a half grams per hour !! Love the great info learned here !!!!
done a axe out of basalt the same way, ruff chipped it into shape then ground on sandstone with water several hours till i was happy with it. lots of work. i applaud your determination!
Opposite to flaked edges, a polished axe edge doesn´t leave any working points, where forces caused by the wood being cut could damage the edge. With mesolithic core axes, edges are mostly done by removing a flake from the side papallel to the edge, thus forming a new edge by the negative, but these edges have one concave side, are due to that very fragile and break very easily when stressed hard. Polished edges have two convex sides and are more durable - different epoches, different skills.
Excellent video. Would the grinding go faster with a wooden jig holding the unfinished axe, perhaps with a weight fixed on top? That way a better grip could be used, less energy expended overall, etc.
Thank you! A friend of mine tried a wooden sledge with add. weight: ua-cam.com/video/6Gby-pPcBzs/v-deo.html from 07:00 on, Danish archaeologists tried this, too, in the 1980ies, and according to the traces on some original axe´s surface we´re sure that it was also done this way.
Thank you... There is also a good video illustrating the difference between knapped and polished axe heads: watch?v=sT99CvsSt1Q It shows that the polished axe makes a 'cleaner' cut into the tree. I would imagine therefore that one would use knapping to make a knife/arrow head and polishing to make an axe/adze. Different uses, different techniques.
Wonderful work, thank you (for uploading it, but most especially for doing it!). Can you give any idea of how sharp the edge is that you produced? And how does the sharpness compare with a knapped flint edge?
Ist mir grad so eingefallen: Arbeiten auf einem Tisch scheint mir nicht optimal zu sein, so kann man sein Körpergewicht nicht für mehr Druck verwenden. Ginge vielleicht schneller wenn man wie beim Mehl mahlen vor dem Schleifstein kniet.
Major Kudos to you for not using machines for short-cuts !!! Nice seeing how it was REALLY done !!! Six and a half grams per hour !! Love the great info learned here !!!!
done a axe out of basalt the same way, ruff chipped it into shape then ground on sandstone with water several hours till i was happy with it. lots of work. i applaud your determination!
Thank you! Edge is that sharp you can cut paper with it. Of course it´s not as sharp as a knapped edge, but more durable.
Opposite to flaked edges, a polished axe edge doesn´t leave any working points, where forces caused by the wood being cut could damage the edge. With mesolithic core axes, edges are mostly done by removing a flake from the side papallel to the edge, thus forming a new edge by the negative, but these edges have one concave side, are due to that very fragile and break very easily when stressed hard. Polished edges have two convex sides and are more durable - different epoches, different skills.
Outstanding commitment.
I loved the way you showed how much of the rock that was polished down after so and so many hours ;) Keep up the good work! You are amazing! :D
Glad you showed the time. Many videos make it look like it takes only minutes.
Congratulation - very nice documentation and lovely axe!!! And singing grinders are a good possibility in due to the missing of stoneage-IPods :-)
Excellent video. Would the grinding go faster with a wooden jig holding the unfinished axe, perhaps with a weight fixed on top? That way a better grip could be used, less energy expended overall, etc.
Thank you! A friend of mine tried a wooden sledge with add. weight: ua-cam.com/video/6Gby-pPcBzs/v-deo.html from 07:00 on, Danish archaeologists tried this, too, in the 1980ies, and according to the traces on some original axe´s surface we´re sure that it was also done this way.
That must have been a wet, cold day outside.
Thank you...
There is also a good video illustrating the difference between knapped and polished axe heads:
watch?v=sT99CvsSt1Q
It shows that the polished axe makes a 'cleaner' cut into the tree. I would imagine therefore that one would use knapping to make a knife/arrow head and polishing to make an axe/adze. Different uses, different techniques.
It'd be cool if that sand stone was on a big ass wheel.
Wonderful work, thank you (for uploading it, but most especially for doing it!).
Can you give any idea of how sharp the edge is that you produced? And how does the sharpness compare with a knapped flint edge?
amazing!!!
hahah the sound!!!!!!! MY BRAIN . good work though
I've ground a shale axe head before and it only took two hours , but Flint is alot harder so I guess it makes sense , anyway you have a new sub :)
Thx
and shale breaks easy when you try to use it
Ist mir grad so eingefallen: Arbeiten auf einem Tisch scheint mir nicht optimal zu sein, so kann man sein Körpergewicht nicht für mehr Druck verwenden. Ginge vielleicht schneller wenn man wie beim Mehl mahlen vor dem Schleifstein kniet.
Great work. Superb Film in Museum-Quality!
Felt a bit like sitting on the axe ;-)