One day I had a powerful vision. An elder spoke to me, here is what he said... The stones speak. They speak a diverse orchestra with the instruments in your hand. Each tool and method will make a sound. And once you learn to consistently make the notes again and again there is nothing you can't make... Pick up a suspect stone and tap it with the deer hammer. If it speaks ( TING TING!!) it can take any shape you desire... Stones absolutely talk you have to learn to listen to them. For every tool a modern carpenter and butcher has, they had their stone version back then. It's the art of setting up the right angle ( platform) and releasing the right amount of energy in it. there's a reason why the shark, wolf, and python have such long pointy teeth. Play the final edge to the shape of a carnivores teeth. when you set it a certain way, you will have the sharpest naturally occurring edge on earth... I have been waiting for the right time to share this lesson with you. Flintnapping changed my entire view on mankind forever. I feel this lesson is extremely relevant to you as well Chad.
Wow! This is a really deep revelation. I appreciate that you have shared this with me. I'm going to write this down and post it where I can often see it. I love this. Thank you so much!
Sorry for being a few days late with this upload. I've been working so hard shooting videos. I hope you enjoy! Disculpas por estar unos días tarde para subir este video. He trabajado mucho rodando videos. !Espero que lo disfruten!
I do flint knapping myself on a regular basis, so i thought i would give some suggestions on how to get better results from your knapping. The first issue i saw with your knapping was your hammerstone. The ideal hammerstone should be a round-ish rock that is a hard stone like granite. For the size of rhyolite you had there you would want something fairly small, at least for only making the edge. You might also want to look for some higher quality rhyolite. The stuff you were working with looked quite grainy. The smoother and glassier the inside of a stone is the better it will flintknapp (generally.) If you have any questions about knapping reply to this comment and ill try to answer your questions as best i can.
Thanks for your information. I am very much a beginner at flintknapping. I have knapped several small spear points and arrowheads but none of them turned out as good as I would have liked and most were with other materials, mostly smooth beach rock that I split in half and then knapped the edges. I haven't found any smooth rhyolite thus far. I will look for a better hammerstone as you suggested. I know that this process will take quite a lot of time to learn but I do hope to get fairly good at it. I appreciate all your tips so thank you very much.
@@ChadZuberAdventures thanks for the reply, if your using beach stones for knapping, or anything not commonly used for knapping I would recommend breaking open the stone and finding the stone with the smallest grain that you can and knapping that into your blades.
I remember not being able to sleep one night, and I opened UA-cam, and there was this guy breaking a hole in the side of this "Mud Hut". I was hooked since then. I've learned so many things that are so useful. Thank you Chad for all of your informative videos.
Hahhahah! I remember that all too well. I was surprised how difficult it was to make that hole and it reinforced the idea that adobe walls are really the way to go.
In this fast paced age of useless passtimes like facebook and tiktok turned full time hobbies, it is very therapeutic to see a man spending two hours on cutting a branch with primitive tools. May be I am reading too much into it but it showed me the real way to success, i.e., painful but slow and steady persistent progress towards your goal. Looking good Chad! thanks for your great videos.
I'm glad that you can actually see value in hard persistent work. This video was very much an experiment to see if I could successfully cut a branch with a most primitive tool. Most people are seeing it as a waste of time and energy. I got a good workout from this too. When a person goes to the gym to lift weights or run on a treadmill, etc. they only move around weight and burn calories but accomplish nothing else. In addition to a good workout I managed to cut a branch as well. Hahahahaha!
Chad, I believe you can somehow utilize fire to harvest the tree branches. Possibly make a hole at the top side of the branch and use hot coals to burn a hole through, weakening the branch until you can snap it.
You know what, I have totally been contemplating that idea. First I need a small vessel to carry the fire. I've done this before where I made a torch and placed it on the ground and then I positioned a branch at the top of the flame and it slowly burned through and split the wood. It's a great technique to passively cut through wood and I will definitely be doing this soon as I make a small clay vessel and collect some pine sap to light on fire.
As he was sawing with that rock I kept yelling at my phone ‘Chad! Use it as an axe. Mount it on a stick put your weight behind it!’ I don’t think I’ve been so invested in someone’s YT channel and their projects. Just loving these videos
Just found your videos, so I apologize if you've already done this/covered this. One way to 'saw' a branch could be a very controlled use of fire/coals. I remember reading canoes were made this way, using fire and coals to carve out entire trees. Great videos and thank you for spreading lost knowledge!
Живя в городе, я смотрю ваши видео и погружаюсь в атмосферу первобытности и природы, очень расслабляет и помогает собраться с силами вновь) спасибо за ваш труд! Living in the city, I watch your videos and immerse myself in the atmosphere of primitiveness and nature, it is very relaxing and helps to gather strength again) thanks for your work!
Maybe a bow drill with a stone bit might be useful to take the bulk of the material out, and then use a stone saw to chip away the rest... Might be less taxing on your Energy. This videos are perfect to induce into reflection about the amount of time and effort necessary to make things that we give for granted, and the power of will and temperance needed to accomplish them from scratch. Every step of the process is a triumph of the body and mind in perfect sinergy. And having energy to spare in the filming, editing and uploading the videos is remarcable. Thank you for doing this and sharing with us. Greetings from Argentina.
Yes, this creates so much appreciation for the steel tools we have today. A hacksaw could cut this in a minute. Amazing contrast, huh? But this experience is a testimony to the fact that even with the most basic tools, tasks can be accomplished through patience and persistent effort.
Thanks for sharing another great video. On my dad's farm in Alberta, Canada, one of my older siblings found a Cree Native arrowhead in a field. My dad said that long ago, he and his brothers found tomahawk stones by sloughs on his farm. In a field on the farm, once I found a petrified log. Cheers, Chad!
That is really cool to find those artifacts. One time when I was very young I found an arrowhead lying next to a small creek. I never found anything else after that.
I will make a better one. This was just the first one. It was a test of the stone's capabilities. Now that I have a baseline reference point to measure against I will be able to test out new designs and techniques.
É bom assistir seus vídeos porque eu percebo que basta ter paciência para se ter sucesso em uma ação. Hoje em dia nós buscamos fazer tudo da forma mais rápida para já ver o resultado, mas o processo é importante e satisfatório. Ter paciência é uma dádiva. Obrigado Chad.
No worries mr.zuber. you will have to practice more with flint knapping. Once you get more experience in it. You will be able to make more jagged edges to help saw the limbs easier. Your building up skills that are extremely useful in survival situations.
Thank you Chad for the great video! It is amazing what you get done with just your bare hands , and creative mind. Truly amazing. Just a thought, I wonder if using a smaller stone like a chisel would be a little more efficient. You know take a smaller, sharpened rock that is thicker on one end, then sharp at the other and hit it with a stone. Working with the grain of the wood might be easier than to work work against it. Just take out little chips, kinda like you would do with an axe. Awesome what you do and accomplish. That spring was truly a gift.
Hey Chad, I would recommend finding some really solid stones and grinding/pecking them into chisels and adzes/Celts. I imagine they might work well against the solid nature of juniper.
Yeah, that would work well but would also take a long time to make. I made this simple tool in fifteen minutes. Later, after I finish the hut, I will have more time to dedicate to fabricating quality tools.
Only advice i could offer is to research the difference between percussion and pressure flaking, and perhaps keep on learning stone identification to procure better materials. Everything i have seen you do seems at least efficient, rudimentary, simple maybe, but efficient, i have been in awe the whole series until i saw that "saw", I don't think i could do 1/10th what you've done out there as successfully, i wont mistake my one strong point for your 20 here so please do keep experimenting with stone tools, there are lots of people to reach out to these days way better than field guide books etc. Thanks for your content as always, " Regards. J. W. Newell.
In this journey I have taken a different approach than many others. Rather than studying how to do something and what the best materials are I am starting from the very primitive basics based on my own discoveries and observations. I'm having a very "organic" experience. In other words, I'm developing the technologies based on my own observations and experiences. I choose this way so that I may think out of the box and perhaps discover ways that may be unknown today. There are several things that I've done different from what others may recommend and they work well. Particularly regarding health and fitness. I've gone ways that nobody else I've ever heard of has gone and I have found that these ways work. So, without being taught by others I am relying purely on my own experiments to develop methods. Does this make sense?
@@ChadZuberAdventures Yes, I understand your motivation better now. I for one am glad i had the advice i did but respect your determination to DIY. Regards J.W. Newell
@@jaymannewell Thanks a lot. Indeed I do have a lot to learn. I had no idea what kind of stone I had used until I researched it for about an hour trying to identify it.
Hey Chad? what do you do for defense against large animals such as pumas or coyotes? Could you do a video on weapons and hunting tools from indigenous peoples in your area? That would be really cool.
Mostly they'll stay away from him unless they're sick or starving. Also more likely to be active at dawn or dusk when he's at the Hut with fire. On the off chance? I don't have an answer. But I'm pretty sure the chance is slim
@@michaelsorensen7567 Up here where I live, in the PNW, its still rare to get attacked by wild animals, but I see coyotes, bears and bobcats a lot. My neighbors horse was killed by a cougar just a year ago, so I am a little curious about what non-firearm weapons people used to use.
I have seen and been very close to coyotes many times throughout my life even as a child and they are the most timid creatures. They always would run away, even when in a pack. I hear coyotes up here almost every morning and evening when they make a kill and do their victory howl but I haven't yet seen one. As for pumas or mountain lions, I assume that they probably exist here but I haven't seen them either.
@@Koreviking I am interested in ALL the culture of the indigenous people from the area, Chad has already shown multiple different tools they used, foods they have eaten, and I am interested about how they defended themselves from wild animals and such. I do like weapons, yes, but not necessarily from a warfare standpoint. I LOVE history and survival. Tools, like weapons, are a huge part of that. I will not speak for all Americans, but learning is a passion of mine. Have a good day, person who named themselves after the vikings, arguably a very warfare oriented peoples.
Your videos are amazing, very inspiring and informative. However I can't get over how you sound like a young Ron Swanson. It makes these videos even better.
I think an axe would work well, you rely on putting force into an axe more than using its sharpness, but with a saw you use its sharpness which is hard to do if you make it out of stone
I wish people could understand that this type of stone is too brittle to be an effective axe. It takes a lot of time (many days) to shape an axe head from a good hard stone. I don't have the time to do that right now.
For the roof of the eventual hut, maybe a series of overlapping roof sections made of woven juniper bark? Only make it "half-woven" in the sense that you'll want to start your weaving technique for the lower sections the usual rectangular way, save that while you wrap around the sides and top edge, you let the strips dangle free off the bottom edge, and even weave in extra strips that'll hang and bunch and hopefully overlap. As you get higher on the cone of the roof, layer by layer, weave them either in narrower sections, or start them on the diagonal at a corner (there are UA-camrs who have shown how to do this with palm leaves), and weave it enough in place to make it securable, but again leave the long ends hanging free off the "diagonal edge" so that it can form a sort of palm-frond or reed-style thatching. That way you can secure the woven parts to the roof framework with minimal cordage, and even some wooden pins (think of the way wooden lacing pins hold the material of a Plains tipi together, only in this case they're laced through the woven mat and around some of the support struts of the roof). Then just make a "reed bundle" cone for the very peak of the roof. ...Primitive-fired clay tiles might work, but that's a lot of clay to try to refine. Plus the weight of them on the roof would require getting the roof struts / rafters very firmly constructed. If I recall correctly, the hogans of the Dine (Navajo) people have wooden rafters overlapped in a specific stepped/rising/domed pattern, then they simply put more adobe on top and slick on a thick layer of pure or near-pure clay over everything, and patch it as it dries so that the clay will keep the rain from soaking in...but don't quote me on that. Definitely do some serious research when it comes to your roof!
The romans are said to have used crushed volcanic rock to strengthen their concrete. Also, bones can be fired and then dissolved in water to make quick lime.
Cool that you're getting into flintknapping, I'm quite interested in it myself! One thing to mention though, I've heard that leftovers from modern flintknappers may confuse archeologists and experimental archeologists put a leather tarp under them to collect the leftover flakes they produce for this reason, so if you care about that it may be an idea, though not an archeologist myself so don't know how big of a problem this is.
I'm not concerned about archeologists digging around here but it would be good to do the flintknapping somewhere else so that I don't step on sharp flakes.
Hi Chad, I don't know if since October you have found a way to improve your saw. If not here is my suggestion: instead of trying to create uncontrolled teeth by randomly breaking the side of the stone, you could try to shape them one by one with the help of a little harder stone. Sharp theeth are much more effective and beside accelerating the process of cutting they allow you to save a lot of your precious energy. Since you are using a soft stone as a saw you may have to resharpen them frequently but I think that it would still be a better trade off compared with a semiflat and badly sharpened blade. As concern the lenght you dont need the saw to be very long; I think 10 cm could be enough. However reducing the weight of the stone and possibly mounting it on a stick as a handle (similarly as you did for your fruit knife) would allow to apply more power to the cutting edge. In terms of efficiency the saw doesn't require much pressure downward while is important that it can move fast back and forth. Hence the lighter the stone and the longer the handle, the better the efficiency. Best regards and thanks for the efforth you put in this documentary.
Another way (but this could be a dumb suggestion as I don't know anything about pottery) If your pottery oven with some improvements can reach such temperatures as 1250 degrees you could try to precisely shape a saw of clay and sand and cook it in order to have a ceramic saw. It probably wouldn't survive the first test but who knows.
Imagine a world were you could live a natural life for free, sleeping in self created sleeping areas, eating as humans should of and socialising like humans should of. 'freedom' It would be the perfect eco system. The world moves too slowly but I fear it will dry out of change in future generations, we need an event that will take us not 2 steps but 10 steps forward. 'peace'
It would also not support nearly 8 billion people on the planet. A LOT of people would die of starvation, disease, and the wars fought by desperate people trying to keep their kids alive.
@@ChadZuberAdventures I don't think I'd be willing to make that tradeoff. I agree that the way things are now needs some improvements. For example, we desperately need to improve the quality of life of people stuck in the bottom half. That said, I wouldn't be willing to go back to a time when "Eaten by wolves/bears" was a not-uncommon cause of death to accomplish that. I like running water instead of running for water. I love that we can grow so much food we throw most of it away, and it's a privilege to be able to buy eggs cheaper than I can grow them. So how do we have the freedom of 10,000 years ago with the abundance of now? I don't know.
@@ElizabethGreene Yes, people were eaten by wolves and they still are. People still get killed by bears and sharks. But now people also get killed by automobiles, drunk drivers, senseless murders, drug overdoses, hospitalizations, Dairy Queen, cancer, diabetes, politically created famines, wars, terrorist attacks, biological and chemical warfare, laboratory viruses, abortion, attending high school, and so much more.... Today's abundance is a result of modern day greed and slavery and we should all be ashamed of ourselves for it.... Sorry for sounding so boldly negative but I often ask, "Really, how better off are we?" 😉
I would recommend breaking it between 2 stones, as if it were a clamp and thus form the feelings of a closure, another option would be to go to the river and polish it like a blade against a rock (the water is so as not to heat the stone and it breaks) P.D I speak Spanish but use a translator in case you don't understand
You could make a small indenture in the top of a branch you want to cut off with your stone saw, and then use coals to burn through the rest of the wood. It may be a bit more fidgety, but will save you a lot of energy, I think.
I was just about to comment this. I agree, an axe is far more efficient. rather than sawing little by little you could either use a sharp ended rock or a round blunt one to hack away at branches.
Just a suggestion for the Saw. The bones you found from that cow, it might be an idea to maybe find away to use the teeth from the cow. Only thing I can think of that might be a problem, is tying the teeth together onto a stick or something. Unless you know could wedge them between a split stick (or two sticks), then use twine to clamp it together.
@@ChadZuberAdventures tbh I knew it might have a number of problems. However, after some research the earliest on record for a saw, was the Flint Saw. So might be worth looking that up as alterative!
May I suggest More better Knapping and of course flint saw tooth edges set in to wood handle with pine tar or pine pitch glue. You could also use those teeth of the cow that died to use as saw teeth. However, I'll caution you they do wear away faster. Hopefully that helps.
I'm a beginner at flintknapping. I certainly don't claim to be good at it. With practice I will improve over time. Due to time constraints I didn't choose to set the stone in wood however it has been on my mind. I think this was a good way to first test out the stone before committing to making a tool that may not work well anyway. Cow teeth are kind of thick for saw teeth don't you think?
Hokey-dokey, I love you to bits man. Your cinematography and concept of beauty just calms my entire life down. You're fantastic, Chad. But why aren't you creating a barrier between you and a live fire when you're sleeping? Not sure what to say here - this is just one of the things I worry about in life. 😞
Thanks! Regarding the live fire I don't want a barrier because then I won't feel as much of the warmth of the fire. The fire is safe. Only one time did a small ember explode and hit me.
I was going to ask if you were going to start to produce stone tools, quartzite should be easily available. Rhyolite is a good stone for tools. I would definitely be on the lookout for flint, chert or jasper as well.
One day I had a powerful vision.
An elder spoke to me, here is what he said...
The stones speak. They speak a diverse orchestra with the instruments in your hand. Each tool and method will make a sound. And once you learn to consistently make the notes again and again there is nothing you can't make... Pick up a suspect stone and tap it with the deer hammer. If it speaks ( TING TING!!) it can take any shape you desire...
Stones absolutely talk you have to learn to listen to them.
For every tool a modern carpenter and butcher has, they had their stone version back then.
It's the art of setting up the right angle ( platform) and releasing the right amount of energy in it.
there's a reason why the shark, wolf, and python have such long pointy teeth. Play the final edge to the shape of a carnivores teeth. when you set it a certain way, you will have the sharpest naturally occurring edge on earth...
I have been waiting for the right time to share this lesson with you. Flintnapping changed my entire view on mankind forever. I feel this lesson is extremely relevant to you as well Chad.
Wow! This is a really deep revelation. I appreciate that you have shared this with me. I'm going to write this down and post it where I can often see it. I love this. Thank you so much!
Wow, what a beautiful freaking post
Sorry for being a few days late with this upload. I've been working so hard shooting videos. I hope you enjoy!
Disculpas por estar unos días tarde para subir este video. He trabajado mucho rodando videos. !Espero que lo disfruten!
اتمنى اعيش معك نفس البيئه حياه حلوه بعيده عن تكنولوجيا تحيات لك من عراق
I just decide something and its choosing whether to do my homeworks or to watch this well, i choose this ofc
Its okay sir,, solid fan here in the Philippines. Keep safe always
its fine
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This mans going to start his own kingdom one day.
Little by little
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@@ChadZuberAdventures dont forget to invite us😀
@@ChadZuberAdventures - I want in when you do please 👍
@@ChadZuberAdventures your going to need some workers to help make bricks
I do flint knapping myself on a regular basis, so i thought i would give some suggestions on how to get better results from your knapping. The first issue i saw with your knapping was your hammerstone. The ideal hammerstone should be a round-ish rock that is a hard stone like granite. For the size of rhyolite you had there you would want something fairly small, at least for only making the edge. You might also want to look for some higher quality rhyolite. The stuff you were working with looked quite grainy. The smoother and glassier the inside of a stone is the better it will flintknapp (generally.) If you have any questions about knapping reply to this comment and ill try to answer your questions as best i can.
Thanks for your information. I am very much a beginner at flintknapping. I have knapped several small spear points and arrowheads but none of them turned out as good as I would have liked and most were with other materials, mostly smooth beach rock that I split in half and then knapped the edges. I haven't found any smooth rhyolite thus far. I will look for a better hammerstone as you suggested. I know that this process will take quite a lot of time to learn but I do hope to get fairly good at it. I appreciate all your tips so thank you very much.
@@ChadZuberAdventures thanks for the reply, if your using beach stones for knapping, or anything not commonly used for knapping I would recommend breaking open the stone and finding the stone with the smallest grain that you can and knapping that into your blades.
@@gaininggrain3554 I will try finding better stones down by the stream.
you are the best survivor in the world
I haven't seen his videos in a year, but decided to watch him again, and i will not regret it
Enjoy! And thank you!
I remember not being able to sleep one night, and I opened UA-cam, and there was this guy breaking a hole in the side of this "Mud Hut". I was hooked since then. I've learned so many things that are so useful. Thank you Chad for all of your informative videos.
Hahhahah! I remember that all too well. I was surprised how difficult it was to make that hole and it reinforced the idea that adobe walls are really the way to go.
In this fast paced age of useless passtimes like facebook and tiktok turned full time hobbies, it is very therapeutic to see a man spending two hours on cutting a branch with primitive tools. May be I am reading too much into it but it showed me the real way to success, i.e., painful but slow and steady persistent progress towards your goal.
Looking good Chad! thanks for your great videos.
I'm glad that you can actually see value in hard persistent work. This video was very much an experiment to see if I could successfully cut a branch with a most primitive tool. Most people are seeing it as a waste of time and energy. I got a good workout from this too. When a person goes to the gym to lift weights or run on a treadmill, etc. they only move around weight and burn calories but accomplish nothing else. In addition to a good workout I managed to cut a branch as well. Hahahahaha!
Chad, I believe you can somehow utilize fire to harvest the tree branches. Possibly make a hole at the top side of the branch and use hot coals to burn a hole through, weakening the branch until you can snap it.
If you could fashion a bellows somehow it would help.
You know what, I have totally been contemplating that idea. First I need a small vessel to carry the fire. I've done this before where I made a torch and placed it on the ground and then I positioned a branch at the top of the flame and it slowly burned through and split the wood. It's a great technique to passively cut through wood and I will definitely be doing this soon as I make a small clay vessel and collect some pine sap to light on fire.
This is my favorite late night TV. Looking forward to seeing all the amazing work you do.
I will never regret finding this channel, you are the best
O/ Matt
@@bambi8179 what does this mean? XD. I speak Spanish and we don't use it
@@MatthewYT__ It means waves hello lol
Thank you so much!
As he was sawing with that rock I kept yelling at my phone ‘Chad! Use it as an axe. Mount it on a stick put your weight behind it!’ I don’t think I’ve been so invested in someone’s YT channel and their projects. Just loving these videos
Thank you for Russian subtitles!
Не за что
Just found your videos, so I apologize if you've already done this/covered this.
One way to 'saw' a branch could be a very controlled use of fire/coals. I remember reading canoes were made this way, using fire and coals to carve out entire trees.
Great videos and thank you for spreading lost knowledge!
cant wait till you start building the hut. hoping its gonna be a epic one!
I already started and it's going well!
This man is so amazing!
you are so great at making videos
Thanks!
Ya
Physically exhausting stuff. Your determination seemed endless. Chad, keep going strong. 👍👍👍
Thanks, will do!
@@ChadZuberAdventures 👍
Живя в городе, я смотрю ваши видео и погружаюсь в атмосферу первобытности и природы, очень расслабляет и помогает собраться с силами вновь) спасибо за ваш труд!
Living in the city, I watch your videos and immerse myself in the atmosphere of primitiveness and nature, it is very relaxing and helps to gather strength again) thanks for your work!
Horosho spasibo Russiya, Kak dela
A big hug from Uruguay
💜✊🏻🌱🐾👣💜
Abrazo!
Episode 90: Primitive space shuttle to fly to space
nice videos man they're very enjoyable
Hahaha, thanks!
Primitive telescope. First view of Martian God.
Gracias chad por subir nuevo video
Gracias por mirarlo
Mr.Chad don't you know that your a good Director also every scene of your videos was looks very cinematic.
I'm learning, but thanks!
hey bro! you are still very good as always 😎👍👍
i think so too
I try! Thank you!
I love this series
Thanks for sharing the beautiful video 😊👍
Maybe a bow drill with a stone bit might be useful to take the bulk of the material out, and then use a stone saw to chip away the rest... Might be less taxing on your Energy. This videos are perfect to induce into reflection about the amount of time and effort necessary to make things that we give for granted, and the power of will and temperance needed to accomplish them from scratch. Every step of the process is a triumph of the body and mind in perfect sinergy. And having energy to spare in the filming, editing and uploading the videos is remarcable. Thank you for doing this and sharing with us. Greetings from Argentina.
Yes, this creates so much appreciation for the steel tools we have today. A hacksaw could cut this in a minute. Amazing contrast, huh? But this experience is a testimony to the fact that even with the most basic tools, tasks can be accomplished through patience and persistent effort.
Love your videos, love how you show each step instead of jump cutting to the finish
Thanks!
new episode, love it as always!
i find it sad that you are barely getting as much views anymore though.
Great video, liked
These are such pleasant videos to watch
You've always been good, Chad!
Thanks for sharing another great video. On my dad's farm in Alberta, Canada, one of my older siblings found a Cree Native arrowhead in a field. My dad said that long ago, he and his brothers found tomahawk stones by sloughs on his farm. In a field on the farm, once I found a petrified log. Cheers, Chad!
My dad grew up on a indiana farm and often found arrowheads and axe stones too
@@brighton2862 That's awesome. Cheers!
@@brighton2862 ^.^
That is really cool to find those artifacts. One time when I was very young I found an arrowhead lying next to a small creek. I never found anything else after that.
Might I say how you make a Sawzall out of stones is beyond impressive 🙃
I will make a better one. This was just the first one. It was a test of the stone's capabilities. Now that I have a baseline reference point to measure against I will be able to test out new designs and techniques.
Keep doing what you're doing, you're inspiring others, I said this multiple times but I love your intro, love from South Africa ❤️
Enjoyable as always
Patience and determination plus skills equals positive outcomes.
É bom assistir seus vídeos porque eu percebo que basta ter paciência para se ter sucesso em uma ação. Hoje em dia nós buscamos fazer tudo da forma mais rápida para já ver o resultado, mas o processo é importante e satisfatório. Ter paciência é uma dádiva.
Obrigado Chad.
chad, you are truly inspiring. Thank you
i cant wait to see the hut
Construction is underway! It's going to be awesome!
No worries mr.zuber. you will have to practice more with flint knapping. Once you get more experience in it. You will be able to make more jagged edges to help saw the limbs easier. Your building up skills that are extremely useful in survival situations.
I thank you for every video because it's everytime good :)
Rat vui khi xem kenh cua ban
Tus videos son muy primitivos! Me encanta todo sobre la naturaleza, hace que me sienta más libre. ERES INCREÍBLE BRO!!
Good job, my friend.
Thank you Chad for the great video! It is amazing what you get done with just your bare hands , and creative mind. Truly amazing.
Just a thought, I wonder if using a smaller stone like a chisel would be a little more efficient. You know take a smaller, sharpened rock that is thicker on one end, then sharp at the other and hit it with a stone. Working with the grain of the wood might be easier than to work work against it. Just take out little chips, kinda like you would do with an axe.
Awesome what you do and accomplish.
That spring was truly a gift.
Hmmm, that's a really good idea that I should definitely try. Thanks for the great idea!
@@ChadZuberAdventures Thank you Chad!!!
never give up, u are the best!
Hey Chad, I would recommend finding some really solid stones and grinding/pecking them into chisels and adzes/Celts. I imagine they might work well against the solid nature of juniper.
Yeah, that would work well but would also take a long time to make. I made this simple tool in fifteen minutes. Later, after I finish the hut, I will have more time to dedicate to fabricating quality tools.
@@ChadZuberAdventures Sweet! Been really enjoying this series keep up the good work 🙏🙏
I think you should use fire and wet clay. You can fix both side of juniper with wet clay, and use fire in the middle of the juniper.
That sounds like a really good idea. I hadn't thought of that.
very interesting video, It will be easier to make a stone wedge and with another stone to drive it into the branch and thus cut the branches.
Not with this kind of stone. It would easily break.
Only advice i could offer is to research the difference between percussion and pressure flaking, and perhaps keep on learning stone identification to procure better materials.
Everything i have seen you do seems at least efficient, rudimentary, simple maybe, but efficient, i have been in awe the whole series until i saw that "saw", I don't think i could do 1/10th what you've done out there as successfully, i wont mistake my one strong point for your 20 here so please do keep experimenting with stone tools, there are lots of people to reach out to these days way better than field guide books etc.
Thanks for your content as always, "
Regards.
J. W. Newell.
In this journey I have taken a different approach than many others. Rather than studying how to do something and what the best materials are I am starting from the very primitive basics based on my own discoveries and observations. I'm having a very "organic" experience. In other words, I'm developing the technologies based on my own observations and experiences. I choose this way so that I may think out of the box and perhaps discover ways that may be unknown today. There are several things that I've done different from what others may recommend and they work well. Particularly regarding health and fitness. I've gone ways that nobody else I've ever heard of has gone and I have found that these ways work. So, without being taught by others I am relying purely on my own experiments to develop methods. Does this make sense?
@@ChadZuberAdventures Yes, I understand your motivation better now.
I for one am glad i had the advice i did but respect your determination to DIY.
Regards
J.W. Newell
@@jaymannewell Thanks a lot. Indeed I do have a lot to learn. I had no idea what kind of stone I had used until I researched it for about an hour trying to identify it.
Love your episodes Chad!
Thanks friend
Que buenos videos saludos desde Jalisco México 🇲🇽
Muchas gracias!
1:25 That's like finding a skeleton of a hiker covered in algae in a mountain pool
Hahahah
Good luck 🍀
Great. Perfect video. 😀🖖👍
You've got quite the immune system.
That spring water woulda gave me dysentery 😅
Very nice my friend, you are very work
Thank you very much
That stone rings with a beautiful voice
Great video as always
Tienes más paciencia que el santo 😇 Job. Saludos
Hey Chad? what do you do for defense against large animals such as pumas or coyotes? Could you do a video on weapons and hunting tools from indigenous peoples in your area? That would be really cool.
Mostly they'll stay away from him unless they're sick or starving. Also more likely to be active at dawn or dusk when he's at the Hut with fire.
On the off chance? I don't have an answer. But I'm pretty sure the chance is slim
@@michaelsorensen7567 Up here where I live, in the PNW, its still rare to get attacked by wild animals, but I see coyotes, bears and bobcats a lot. My neighbors horse was killed by a cougar just a year ago, so I am a little curious about what non-firearm weapons people used to use.
I have seen and been very close to coyotes many times throughout my life even as a child and they are the most timid creatures. They always would run away, even when in a pack. I hear coyotes up here almost every morning and evening when they make a kill and do their victory howl but I haven't yet seen one. As for pumas or mountain lions, I assume that they probably exist here but I haven't seen them either.
@@butterbutbetter.987 Why are Americans always focused on weapons and warfare?
@@Koreviking I am interested in ALL the culture of the indigenous people from the area, Chad has already shown multiple different tools they used, foods they have eaten, and I am interested about how they defended themselves from wild animals and such.
I do like weapons, yes, but not necessarily from a warfare standpoint. I LOVE history and survival. Tools, like weapons, are a huge part of that.
I will not speak for all Americans, but learning is a passion of mine.
Have a good day, person who named themselves after the vikings, arguably a very warfare oriented peoples.
Try to make chair and table etc.. Hero😍❤💪
every your action so good really really lifestyle 👍👍👍💙💙💙
Interesting tehnic
Your videos are amazing, very inspiring and informative. However I can't get over how you sound like a young Ron Swanson. It makes these videos even better.
Looks like you have a nice view from where you are
Yes, thanks, the best view
Next episode: "Primitive shaving razor and barber's chair from a cantaloupe." You rock Chad!
Sounds like a good idea to me. I hate the beard!
كان هذا رائعا للغاية
💗💗💗👍 استمر يا أخي.
Nice video!
Que bonito jaguar ^^
Bastante kkkk
Super chad zuber🎩
Peace wish from old subscriber,❤️
Thank you Hidden Hunter!
I think an axe would work well, you rely on putting force into an axe more than using its sharpness, but with a saw you use its sharpness which is hard to do if you make it out of stone
I wish people could understand that this type of stone is too brittle to be an effective axe. It takes a lot of time (many days) to shape an axe head from a good hard stone. I don't have the time to do that right now.
@@ChadZuberAdventures ah ok. I understand. I guess I don't know much about it haha. I am really enjoying the video though, and learning a lot! 👍
@@der-gus I will experiment with more tools after I finish making the hut.
maybe it would have been great if you made a movie in the jungle!
You should look for FULGURITES (natural glass formed from lightning striking sand) and use them to make a saw and weapons.
I never heard of that. There are lots of lightning strikes out here though.
So good update 🙂☺️
Love the hearth Chad, it's great x
Next time chad make celt stone axe for cutting branches 😄
Will you make one for me? I just don't have the time right now.
Great video Chad. I think the saw idea is a good idea. Just needs some refinement.
Definitely needs refinement.
For the roof of the eventual hut, maybe a series of overlapping roof sections made of woven juniper bark? Only make it "half-woven" in the sense that you'll want to start your weaving technique for the lower sections the usual rectangular way, save that while you wrap around the sides and top edge, you let the strips dangle free off the bottom edge, and even weave in extra strips that'll hang and bunch and hopefully overlap.
As you get higher on the cone of the roof, layer by layer, weave them either in narrower sections, or start them on the diagonal at a corner (there are UA-camrs who have shown how to do this with palm leaves), and weave it enough in place to make it securable, but again leave the long ends hanging free off the "diagonal edge" so that it can form a sort of palm-frond or reed-style thatching.
That way you can secure the woven parts to the roof framework with minimal cordage, and even some wooden pins (think of the way wooden lacing pins hold the material of a Plains tipi together, only in this case they're laced through the woven mat and around some of the support struts of the roof). Then just make a "reed bundle" cone for the very peak of the roof.
...Primitive-fired clay tiles might work, but that's a lot of clay to try to refine. Plus the weight of them on the roof would require getting the roof struts / rafters very firmly constructed. If I recall correctly, the hogans of the Dine (Navajo) people have wooden rafters overlapped in a specific stepped/rising/domed pattern, then they simply put more adobe on top and slick on a thick layer of pure or near-pure clay over everything, and patch it as it dries so that the clay will keep the rain from soaking in...but don't quote me on that. Definitely do some serious research when it comes to your roof!
The romans are said to have used crushed volcanic rock to strengthen their concrete. Also, bones can be fired and then dissolved in water to make quick lime.
I might try making quick lime from bones.
I've been watching from the beginning. You're videos are great. I always feel very immersed. Please keep it up. It's very inspirational. Thank you.
Thanks! I'm still going!
@@ChadZuberAdventures Right on!
Cool that you're getting into flintknapping, I'm quite interested in it myself!
One thing to mention though, I've heard that leftovers from modern flintknappers may confuse archeologists and experimental archeologists put a leather tarp under them to collect the leftover flakes they produce for this reason, so if you care about that it may be an idea, though not an archeologist myself so don't know how big of a problem this is.
I'm not concerned about archeologists digging around here but it would be good to do the flintknapping somewhere else so that I don't step on sharp flakes.
@@ChadZuberAdventures That would be a good idea :p
Hi Chad, I don't know if since October you have found a way to improve your saw. If not here is my suggestion:
instead of trying to create uncontrolled teeth by randomly breaking the side of the stone, you could try to shape them one by one with the help of a little harder stone.
Sharp theeth are much more effective and beside accelerating the process of cutting they allow you to save a lot of your precious energy.
Since you are using a soft stone as a saw you may have to resharpen them frequently but I think that it would still be a better trade off compared with a semiflat and badly sharpened blade.
As concern the lenght you dont need the saw to be very long; I think 10 cm could be enough. However reducing the weight of the stone and possibly mounting it on a stick as a handle (similarly as you did for your fruit knife) would allow to apply more power to the cutting edge.
In terms of efficiency the saw doesn't require much pressure downward while is important that it can move fast back and forth. Hence the lighter the stone and the longer the handle, the better the efficiency.
Best regards and thanks for the efforth you put in this documentary.
Another way (but this could be a dumb suggestion as I don't know anything about pottery) If your pottery oven with some improvements can reach such temperatures as 1250 degrees you could try to precisely shape a saw of clay and sand and cook it in order to have a ceramic saw.
It probably wouldn't survive the first test but who knows.
Graoooor, super video comme d'habitude 😊 👍
Ojalá subiera videos más de seguido :)
As always a great videos man and enjoyed your adventure
Have you thought about making a stone celt axe/adze? It could be useful if you plan on chopping large branches/trees long-term.
Yes, I have but I haven't found an adequate stone for the job.
8:49 Here is our savior from the boredom of everyday life 👼
Imagine a world were you could live a natural life for free, sleeping in self created sleeping areas, eating as humans should of and socialising like humans should of. 'freedom'
It would be the perfect eco system.
The world moves too slowly but I fear it will dry out of change in future generations, we need an event that will take us not 2 steps but 10 steps forward. 'peace'
It would also not support nearly 8 billion people on the planet. A LOT of people would die of starvation, disease, and the wars fought by desperate people trying to keep their kids alive.
nature is what lulls us and cares for us. everything cannot be reduced to commodity-money relations. otherwise a person loses part of his soul
I think and ponder this idea a lot. I believe in balance and to create balance we need to rewind about 10,000 years.
@@ChadZuberAdventures I don't think I'd be willing to make that tradeoff. I agree that the way things are now needs some improvements. For example, we desperately need to improve the quality of life of people stuck in the bottom half. That said, I wouldn't be willing to go back to a time when "Eaten by wolves/bears" was a not-uncommon cause of death to accomplish that. I like running water instead of running for water. I love that we can grow so much food we throw most of it away, and it's a privilege to be able to buy eggs cheaper than I can grow them.
So how do we have the freedom of 10,000 years ago with the abundance of now? I don't know.
@@ElizabethGreene Yes, people were eaten by wolves and they still are. People still get killed by bears and sharks. But now people also get killed by automobiles, drunk drivers, senseless murders, drug overdoses, hospitalizations, Dairy Queen, cancer, diabetes, politically created famines, wars, terrorist attacks, biological and chemical warfare, laboratory viruses, abortion, attending high school, and so much more.... Today's abundance is a result of modern day greed and slavery and we should all be ashamed of ourselves for it.... Sorry for sounding so boldly negative but I often ask, "Really, how better off are we?" 😉
This is good asmr
I would recommend breaking it between 2 stones, as if it were a clamp and thus form the feelings of a closure, another option would be to go to the river and polish it like a blade against a rock (the water is so as not to heat the stone and it breaks)
P.D I speak Spanish but use a translator in case you don't understand
You could make a small indenture in the top of a branch you want to cut off with your stone saw, and then use coals to burn through the rest of the wood. It may be a bit more fidgety, but will save you a lot of energy, I think.
I was just about to comment this. I agree, an axe is far more efficient. rather than sawing little by little you could either use a sharp ended rock or a round blunt one to hack away at branches.
Yeah, I don't know yet how long that technique would take but I'm willing to try.
@@ChadZuberAdventures probably just as long, but you can cook some beans and make some cordage while you're at it. :-)
@@Wearldsproake Exactly! 🙂
Just a suggestion for the Saw. The bones you found from that cow, it might be an idea to maybe find away to use the teeth from the cow. Only thing I can think of that might be a problem, is tying the teeth together onto a stick or something. Unless you know could wedge them between a split stick (or two sticks), then use twine to clamp it together.
That sounds like it would be quite a job to put together.
@@ChadZuberAdventures tbh I knew it might have a number of problems. However, after some research the earliest on record for a saw, was the Flint Saw. So might be worth looking that up as alterative!
Excelente parece mais com um filme ótimo para os olhos e um bálsamo para o coração 👏👏⚘
May I suggest More better Knapping and of course
flint saw tooth edges set in to wood handle with
pine tar or pine pitch glue. You could also use those teeth
of the cow that died to use as saw teeth. However, I'll caution
you they do wear away faster. Hopefully that helps.
I'm a beginner at flintknapping. I certainly don't claim to be good at it. With practice I will improve over time. Due to time constraints I didn't choose to set the stone in wood however it has been on my mind. I think this was a good way to first test out the stone before committing to making a tool that may not work well anyway. Cow teeth are kind of thick for saw teeth don't you think?
Hokey-dokey,
I love you to bits man. Your cinematography and concept of beauty just calms my entire life down. You're fantastic, Chad.
But why aren't you creating a barrier between you and a live fire when you're sleeping?
Not sure what to say here - this is just one of the things I worry about in life. 😞
Thanks! Regarding the live fire I don't want a barrier because then I won't feel as much of the warmth of the fire. The fire is safe. Only one time did a small ember explode and hit me.
I was going to ask if you were going to start to produce stone tools, quartzite should be easily available. Rhyolite is a good stone for tools. I would definitely be on the lookout for flint, chert or jasper as well.