Pressure Flaking with a Porcupine Tooth

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  • Опубліковано 7 лис 2024
  • In this FlintKnapping tutorial, Ryan Gill shows pressure flaking with a porcupine tooth. Tools, rock and various primitive building and hunting gear can be found at www.huntprimitive.com

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  • @larryking606
    @larryking606 Рік тому +2

    I have a pair of Beaver teeth and they look the same as the ones you have , now I have another Tool for Knapping ! I truly love your videos , you give all of the information that a person needs. You are a Wonderful Teacher ! And I have added so much information from you ! I want to Thank you for what you do ! Take Care and Be Safe

  • @jacobsherk4074
    @jacobsherk4074 4 роки тому +7

    Regarding rodent teeth, the biggest reason why they're so hard (that I'm aware of) is that they actually have an iron based compound included in their enamel which adds a lot of hardness. It's also the reason for the orange or yellowish pigmentation on the front of most rodent incisors, and the reason why they self-sharpen: Since the iron compound is only really included in the front facing portion of the tooth, that part is a lot harder than the regular whiteish back portions, and therefore wears away much slower as the animal chews things.

  • @bigrussell11
    @bigrussell11 4 роки тому +6

    The 21st century. Where sticks and stones do break bones and words/ names will hurt me.... keep up the great work Ryan. Love that you do your thing and don’t worry about what other people think.

  • @bonesstones6584
    @bonesstones6584 4 роки тому +4

    Wow Ryan, I'm really impressed by how well that tooth held up against that chert. Excellent video!

  • @rd76767
    @rd76767 4 роки тому +2

    By far the best primitive channel, thanks again for your insight Ryan

  • @BobBob-og5gw
    @BobBob-og5gw Рік тому +1

    You inspired me to start flint making.

  • @andrewmeigel2088
    @andrewmeigel2088 4 роки тому +12

    "We're gonna get right to the point on this one." Heh, nice.

    • @williamjarman7466
      @williamjarman7466 4 роки тому +1

      In all seriousness I'm pretty sure you have to be a dad in order to be allowed to make that joke

    • @andrewmilliken4315
      @andrewmilliken4315 3 роки тому

      Pretty sure he is a dad

    • @neilh6358
      @neilh6358 3 роки тому

      Gets me every time I swear

  • @wesleyclark6529
    @wesleyclark6529 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Ryan, I really enjoy your channel and cant wait to start flint knapping for myself. Watching this video made me think of a suggestion. You should try using a turkey spur for pressure flaking. I don't know how well it will hold up but would like to see you try it and remember the older the gobbler the finer the tip haha. Good luck and thanks for sharing your knowledge on a dieing art.

  • @gregorcekada6605
    @gregorcekada6605 4 роки тому +2

    Ryan, how does the coper pressure flaker compare to the porcupine tooth flaker?

  • @larryreese6146
    @larryreese6146 4 роки тому +1

    Purty slick. It is a possibility that the Cohokians did have copper. Objects for ornamentation have been found. Apparently there were trade networks across the country, seashells from the gulf, mica from the Appalachians, even obsidian from the far west. According to Laubin beavers tooth was used for crooked knives and carving. Just makes sense theyd use other teeth for tools too.

  • @marycomeau9364
    @marycomeau9364 4 роки тому +1

    Greetings Ryan, I love your channel and have watched most of your videos several times. I have a suggestion for the fingernail flakes left on the surface, try a dental pick. They are very sharp and thin just the right tool for those problem areas your fingernail can't fix.
    I have been inspired to make my own flint knapping kit. I am in the process of collecting the ingredients for pine pitch glue. Scary stuff but I live where I can get sap readily, I will be watching that video several times before cooking it.

  • @RickCarter1776
    @RickCarter1776 4 роки тому +5

    Teeth of mammals and the material of tusks of mammals are comprised of dentine, cementum and enamel along with a pulp cavity. So, technically they are the same thing. Just an FYI

    • @caswellthompson6432
      @caswellthompson6432 8 місяців тому

      True. The difference in rodents is the minority ions are iron instead of magnesium like ours.

  • @Ebonforge
    @Ebonforge 4 роки тому +2

    Love your channel. You need to make a trip out to glass buttes Oregon someday. Where there is literally rivers of obsidian. We have some with gold sheen and silver sheen. Occasionally rainbow, purple, and “lizard scale” obsidian. Sadly this year I didn’t make it out there but besides the heat (high mountain desert) the knappable material is endless.

    • @huntprimitive9918
      @huntprimitive9918  4 роки тому +1

      that's what i hear. I have worked a lot of it, but never been there myself

  • @RockHounder-jn8hs
    @RockHounder-jn8hs 4 роки тому

    Very nice good stuff right there. No dought was a bit of knowledge the old boys had

  • @markheyer2285
    @markheyer2285 3 роки тому

    Curious if a beaver tooth would do the same.? And for carving

  • @JaySav916
    @JaySav916 4 роки тому +1

    Ive used beaver and muskrat for notching but always was trying to find a better way to haft them. Should have kept it simple like youve done there.

  • @nicholasstephenson573
    @nicholasstephenson573 4 роки тому

    Do you think that porcupine quills would work? I have heard that some can be extremely hard.

  • @neilh6358
    @neilh6358 3 роки тому +1

    King Arthur didn't pull the sword from the stone. He just knew his platforms lolol ✌😂

  • @mayamachine
    @mayamachine 4 роки тому +3

    I eat 3 or 4 winter porcupine a year. I'll have to check out the tenth. I know we used to use split beaver incisors to make our crooked knives.
    Also, your on Turtle Island, America is the occupying force.

    • @bonesstones6584
      @bonesstones6584 4 роки тому

      MikowaComet - How do you prepare your porkupine? I tried it for the first time last season and it wasn't great. I cooked it in a pressure cooker.

    • @changingstone3544
      @changingstone3544 4 роки тому +1

      ....tacuwa uwamwase....

    • @nimkiicurley8179
      @nimkiicurley8179 4 роки тому

      Boozhoo mino giizig

  • @andrewmilliken4315
    @andrewmilliken4315 3 роки тому

    Can u pressure flake with a screwdriver?

  • @budmeister
    @budmeister 4 роки тому +1

    Have you ever heard of Flint Ridge? It's an ancient Native American flint quarry right outside of my hometown of Newark, Ohio. There are quarry pits all over the park and huge amounts of flint.

    • @huntprimitive9918
      @huntprimitive9918  4 роки тому

      yes, I have worked a bit of that rock in the past. very pretty stuff

    • @rrittenhouse
      @rrittenhouse 3 місяці тому

      Holy crap, I live like a couple miles from that place and I've never been there. I need to fix that!

  • @jimv.661
    @jimv.661 4 роки тому +1

    You are not hardcore until you use a mouse tooth. Ha!
    The videoing is great. Very good picture.
    Warthog, Norwhale, elk, walrus all are ivory and carvable.

  • @x.yaboipj.x2023
    @x.yaboipj.x2023 4 роки тому +1

    6th like yessss my favorite primitive archery channel

  • @tomcanfield8077
    @tomcanfield8077 4 роки тому

    Here in southeast Iowa its hard to imagine deer season without frost and or snow.

  • @changingstone3544
    @changingstone3544 4 роки тому +1

    ....I was wandering if you have ever done a penetration test between Cahokia, Pedernales and Clovis points....
    ....like they say....you can't please all the people all the time....

  • @ki5rllthreedronefour85
    @ki5rllthreedronefour85 Рік тому

    I imagine a Neanderthal 60,000 years ago, with probably no functional language, sitting outside a cave making Clovis pieces we still marvel over today. She was hungry, maybe pregnant, barefoot, in a primitive landscape of zero human development. With predators after her and she after prey. And she made these tools. And defended and fed her young and survived. And we are here today because of that.

  • @jennymaguire8107
    @jennymaguire8107 4 роки тому

    What is the hardest animal u had to kill

  • @chucklearnslithics3751
    @chucklearnslithics3751 4 роки тому +2

    I've thought long and hard how to make narrower and deeper notches with abo tools. I've filed bone and antler down. The idea do use a rodent tooth never crossed my mind... I happen to have a connection to Joe Carter, the Mink Man, on UA-cam. We muskrat hunt with his mink all the time. Gonna call him right now!

    • @eyanchristen9859
      @eyanchristen9859 4 роки тому

      Gotta say, Joe is a great guy if I've ever met one!

    • @chucklearnslithics3751
      @chucklearnslithics3751 4 роки тому

      @@eyanchristen9859 he is indeed. Picked some teeth up from him last night. I'm excited to try them today.

  • @curtharm3990
    @curtharm3990 4 роки тому +1

    I've wanted to make some out of hog tusks.

    • @michaelpthompson
      @michaelpthompson 4 роки тому

      Ryan, you hunt a lot of hogs. Perhaps those tusks would make good boppers or something.

    • @gheorghitadinu9533
      @gheorghitadinu9533 2 роки тому

      I have a presure flaker made from a piece of pig tusk.it work good for refinishing work

  • @LUCKYB.
    @LUCKYB. 3 роки тому

    Have You eat porkeypine ? They are grease cook it like a roast but keep it off the try bast it but dont cook it in its own grease .

  • @veteranironoutdoors8320
    @veteranironoutdoors8320 4 роки тому +1

    Better go to Louisiana and hunt you a heap of nutria and stock up on some teeth!

  • @cyranodemylakai9145
    @cyranodemylakai9145 4 роки тому

    People are going to dig you it of the ice, unthaw you & name you Otzi to in 8000 years.
    I'm going to call you Otzi right now.

  • @PrimitiveTim
    @PrimitiveTim 4 роки тому +1

    Unpopular opinion: porcupine is pronounced (poor-soo-pine)

    • @andrewmilliken4315
      @andrewmilliken4315 3 роки тому +1

      Why is that your opinion? Just curious

    • @PrimitiveTim
      @PrimitiveTim 3 роки тому

      @@andrewmilliken4315 because of phonetics...

  • @x.yaboipj.x2023
    @x.yaboipj.x2023 4 роки тому +1

    First comment too yesss

  • @tabithadarling904
    @tabithadarling904 3 роки тому

    Beaver teeth have iron.

  • @michaellipousky9143
    @michaellipousky9143 4 роки тому

    I love your videos. But in the first eight minutes I have had six commercials! If it continues on like this I will have to quit watching them.

    • @huntprimitive9918
      @huntprimitive9918  4 роки тому

      people ask in my videos all the time where to get things. I have to tell people where to get the products or they blow up my messages and comments. If you are referring to the youtube ads, take that up with youtube. They make up the rules on that stuff. Sadly if I dont monetize my videos, youtube wont show them to anyone because if they aren't making money on ads, then they have nothing to gain by showing them to people.

    • @michaellipousky9143
      @michaellipousky9143 4 роки тому

      HuntPrimitive no it’s not you advertising your products at all. That’s awesome I visited your site. It’s the damn UA-cam!

    • @huntprimitive9918
      @huntprimitive9918  4 роки тому +1

      @@michaellipousky9143 thanks very much. Yeah, sometimes they get really out of hand with the ads.