Fascinating! I grew up in the Texas Hill County. Finding arrowheads was always a nice surprise when exploring pastures as a kid. Thanks for sharing. I am pretty much addicted to any video you produce now. UA-cam does not appreciate the treasures you produce.
nice work!another good source of glass is from old TV tubes, the screen part, its thick and often a purplish color... And a very good knapping tool is the common railroad spike its very durable, the right size, and the head makes a good hammer. and the narrow side of the point angle is excellent for notches and general flaking... you can also strike with the edge of the head. and they can be resharpened. G
I'd love to learn how to do this. I've always wanted to make a yew or some other native wood hunting bow. (straight, un-knotted yew is hard to find) Even if bow hunting is illegal in the UK. There is was an ancient stone age, fling axe & arrow head factory (Langdale Pike) not too far from where I live in Cumbria. I've often meant to go there & collect some flint & have a go at this. Thanx for uploading.
You do a really good job on that glass , thanks for the video, I'm partial to the noxema bottles ,old Mason jar glass , rail light glass and cobalt blue beer bottles, they all work great
Awesome! I live in New Mexico and I have many specimens of obsidian that I would like to work with! I will practice using this method with glass! Thanks for the awesome video.
very good though flip broken peace glasses into grasses. should save it in trash can or potto chip can with lid. you never know you may find way melt down make more arrow heads. or recycle small bits
Hey Shawn! Thank you for taking the time to make these very informative and helpful videos, they were the catalyst for me learning primitive skills. Question about this video: it seems like glass breaks down into smaller(and consequently super sharp) little pieces, it seems like there are inherent dangers in getting pieces cut in your fingers and just generally catching ricochets all over your clothes!
Just found your channel and I have to say I am in love, got a bit of catching up to do! All your videos are really well put together from filming to editing and are really easy to follow. I guess what I'm trying to say is thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! Right off to watch the ice man pack video! Trail
My grandma has gotten them. How? Idk but she always tells me about the ones she gets and shows me how to remove them. We have an unhealthy relationship.
i dont think you'll find copper boppers in a junkyard or laying around anywhere else for that matter. Yoppy is inquiring about practical/little-to-no cost materials that would most closely substitute for that antler, following this series junkyard/free/cheap material theme.
What about Stanley Phillips head screwdrivers. The older ones have a ball at the end that should work well and the nose can be used for pressure flaking. Just an idea.
Very pretty mason jar. Blue , u have a different technique tan some of the others u us the anter alot for flacking chips makes it look not so hard like the horse shoe nail, its veryy nice ,if i found a whole vintage manson jar i would definitely keep it ,but broken bottom makes awsome arrow heads ,a new. Hobby to try on thhhe founnd vintage glass bule is beautiful 🏜
I have tried this. . . It's really hard, in fact I still have all the tools I made. I tried using old television screens. Any tips, hints and tricks you share are super welcome👍
This may be a big project, but it would be interesting to see an attempted recreation of an Aztec Macuahuitl, or the large, flat, rectangular clubs lined with small obsidian blades on the edges used by Aztec warriors. I believe you have necessary flintknapping skills to make it happen.
Can you comment on the performance of your own knapped glass and porcelain heads vs your Obsidian heads of similar size? Does one material out perform another by a noticeable margin when shot into similar media? I can't imagine why there would be any difference in glass bottle and obsidian, but the porcelain may have subtle differences.
Love Shawn Woods videos. Cool guy doing cool stuff. Done being vegetarian. Want to learn to hunt but maybe it's too late for me. Anyway keep up the great work!
Hoch Funf Pretty much any choncoidally fracturing material can be used. This means glass, flint, chert, porcelain, and many other things. The antler is used because it has a little "grip" on the flake, and thus drives it farther than a harder material would.
William West i saw microscopic pictures of a standard surgical scalpel cut on human skin compared to the obsidian. its just remarkable the difference. i had hand surgery on my fingers. and the incision scars are hideous, thick, and though it was microscope surgery the guy couldn't realign my prints perfectly after suture. a year later they are still looking awful. the reports i read of the obsidian blades say the healing and scaring is so minimal that you rarely even need ointments and secondary procedures to aid in the removal of scaring
Bo Huggabee obsidian can be a great blade material because it keeps it strength while being very thin so it won't cut in between cells but can cut through leather easily
Good video. I actually want to start flint knapping, I thought of making an entire arrow. I don't have access to sinew , is there any other material I can use? (I don't hunt, nor I have access to any animal tissue except the stuff I can buy in the supermarket)
shawn i just saw a netflix doc called "great human odyssey" and they showed a knapped arrowhead, what was unusual was it had longitudinal flutes on the back where it would be "slide fitted" into a corsponding shaped wood arrow. never seen that its was like 1 hour 20 mins or so the doc. I do not understand how you could get a flute 2/3 of the way down the spine of the arrow head i get knapping but how would they have fluted without modern tools? anyways great work, keep it up!
Great video demonstration, Shawn! I really need to learn to flintknap. Thanks for showing me how.
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"And one of the reasons I like this so much is these big round bottoms.."
Cue: Queen, Fat Bottom Girls..........
dem boots wit da black tail deer furrr!!
Fascinating! I grew up in the Texas Hill County. Finding arrowheads was always a nice surprise when exploring pastures as a kid. Thanks for sharing. I am pretty much addicted to any video you produce now. UA-cam does not appreciate the treasures you produce.
Your very resourceful Shawn to say the least. Keep em coming.
I don't have any stone I can use to make arrowheads but I'm glad I found this, gonna try maybe tomorrow, hopefully it goes well
nice work!another good source of glass is from old TV tubes, the screen part, its thick and often a purplish color...
And a very good knapping tool is the common railroad spike its very durable, the right size, and the head makes a good hammer. and the narrow side of the point angle is excellent for notches and general flaking...
you can also strike with the edge of the head. and they can be resharpened.
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I kid you not sir....that is a gorgeous work of art. It's bootyful
I'd love to learn how to do this. I've always wanted to make a yew or some other native wood hunting bow. (straight, un-knotted yew is hard to find) Even if bow hunting is illegal in the UK.
There is was an ancient stone age, fling axe & arrow head factory (Langdale Pike) not too far from where I live in Cumbria. I've often meant to go there & collect some flint & have a go at this. Thanx for uploading.
Nice! Good job. I always get greedy and brake the thin glass arrowheads. LOL!
Loved it!
You do a really good job on that glass , thanks for the video, I'm partial to the noxema bottles ,old Mason jar glass , rail light glass and cobalt blue beer bottles, they all work great
I've got to try this I've got a lot of glass laying around from scraping windows
joe18370 harder than it looks but you will learn
thats great work, the finished product looks awesome.
Very Nice Video!!! Thanks for sharing and explaining your process!
Your vids are just wonderful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Looks fantastic! I never thought of doing it with glass, but should have considering obsidian arrowheads exist. :)
Nice colour of the glass amazing workmanship legend.
Way cool, I had forgotten how to do this but got it back from watching... did it as a kid.
Awesome! I live in New Mexico and I have many specimens of obsidian that I would like to work with!
I will practice using this method with glass! Thanks for the awesome video.
Bottle collectors call that shade of blue cornflower. Makes a nice looking arrow head!
Awesome skills, never get tired of your videos. Keep up the good work man and thank you!
Nice, you make it look so easy ! Thanks !
Thanks for uploading, this is really satisfying to watch.
Shawn, that is awesome! I found a big obsidian rock [1.5 times the size of a football], now I know what I can do with it. Great channel.
This is considered art! This job Shawn.
very good though flip broken peace glasses into grasses. should save it in trash can or potto chip can with lid. you never know you may find way melt down make more arrow heads. or recycle small bits
Beautiful arrowhead - well done! 👍
You are awesome, man. Love your work!
Great job Shawn! I like your camera work on this video!
Hey Shawn! Thank you for taking the time to make these very informative and helpful videos, they were the catalyst for me learning primitive skills.
Question about this video: it seems like glass breaks down into smaller(and consequently super sharp) little pieces, it seems like there are inherent dangers in getting pieces cut in your fingers and just generally catching ricochets all over your clothes!
Shawn : beautiful point. I use all types of glass. The green beer bottle makes a nice point also . Best wishes from N. E. Texas.
Excellent! Great camera work too.
That is stunning
I use an ishi stick when I work glass and a small hammer stone of about 2 1/2"
Just found your channel and I have to say I am in love, got a bit of catching up to do! All your videos are really well put together from filming to editing and are really easy to follow. I guess what I'm trying to say is thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! Right off to watch the ice man pack video! Trail
I'm new to watching this stuff, but you are awesome at shaping that glass.
Have you ever tried the sodium borosilicate glass, trade name Pyrex ? I would be interested to know how that material worked in arrowhead making.
Works well with small pieces, but clear glass tends to be the brittlest, so bigger pieces have a tendency to break. 🤙
ever get glass splinters? i shudder to think about it
All the time
It usually just itches
My grandma has gotten them. How? Idk but she always tells me about the ones she gets and shows me how to remove them. We have an unhealthy relationship.
Not rlly, sometimes glass shards get stuck in the skin but never deep enough to be a splinter
Awesome man you're just awesome. Wish I could do this kind of stuff but it's fun enough just watching you do it
Beautiful pint.
Great skill & craftsmanship... Subbed!
Very, very cool.
Beautiful!
Amazing Skill, well done!
This is impressive....subscribed right away!
just found your channel though i was already subscribed. i must say im pretty impressed.
I would definitely love to have one like that it's so pretty
that's dope man!
Thats a cool looking arrowhead
So cool!
It's Beautiful
Amazing!
Hey how long did it take you to learn all of this?
This is such an amazing skill to have I'm so jealous man lol
It always amazes me how primitive man figured this all out
Awesome video
Very interesting. Thanks.
great job! as always
Since lately you use junkyard materials, could you replace antler with something else for knapping?
thick gauge, quarter inch or so, aluminum or copper wire can be used in place of antler.
I've seen people use copper boppers instead of antler
i dont think you'll find copper boppers in a junkyard or laying around anywhere else for that matter. Yoppy is inquiring about practical/little-to-no cost materials that would most closely substitute for that antler, following this series junkyard/free/cheap material theme.
What about Stanley Phillips head screwdrivers. The older ones have a ball at the end that should work well and the nose can be used for pressure flaking. Just an idea.
Antler is free though. go out in the woods and find some.
that's amazing man, now you only need to go hunting with that arrowhead!! haha
Excellent craftsmanship. 4 thumbs down?? WTF?? Jealous siblings or neighbors, I'm thinkin'. LOL!!
Amazing !! Very good video
Awesome!
Very pretty mason jar. Blue , u have a different technique tan some of the others u us the anter alot for flacking chips makes it look not so hard like the horse shoe nail, its veryy nice ,if i found a whole vintage manson jar i would definitely keep it ,but broken bottom makes awsome arrow heads ,a new. Hobby to try on thhhe founnd vintage glass bule is beautiful 🏜
If people are so in love with old bottles, I guess I'd better start saving all my beer and liquor bottles for my retirement.
I like making Arrow points out of old mason jar bottoms especially when I find some the old purple makes a really pretty Arrowhead
Great job .... Thank you
I have tried this. . . It's really hard, in fact I still have all the tools I made. I tried using old television screens. Any tips, hints and tricks you share are super welcome👍
This may be a big project, but it would be interesting to see an attempted recreation of an Aztec Macuahuitl, or the large, flat, rectangular clubs lined with small obsidian blades on the edges used by Aztec warriors. I believe you have necessary flintknapping skills to make it happen.
Glass arrowheads sound like frangible weapons, they'd probably shatter and leave shards inside the target.
Groovy cool!!
You should make a all wood war club with the head made from a knot, it would be cool if you could do it with all primitive tools.
How long does one of these take you to make?
Amazing
amazing
Can you comment on the performance of your own knapped glass and porcelain heads vs your Obsidian heads of similar size?
Does one material out perform another by a noticeable margin when shot into similar media? I can't imagine why there would be any difference in glass bottle and obsidian, but the porcelain may have subtle differences.
I love it
cool video
so good :)
can you show have to make the tools you use or how to find them?
I'm glade you didn't break that intact jar. Those jars are valuable.
Love Shawn Woods videos. Cool guy doing cool stuff. Done being vegetarian. Want to learn to hunt but maybe it's too late for me. Anyway keep up the great work!
As long as your breathing and mobile, it's not too late. I'm 85 and just starting. 👍
I've always wanted to learn how to do Flint knapping but never had the material
Try glass block used to make transparent walls....from big box stores.
Why specifically were an antler used? what other materials are useful for knapping other than say flint?
Hoch Funf Pretty much any choncoidally fracturing material can be used. This means glass, flint, chert, porcelain, and many other things. The antler is used because it has a little "grip" on the flake, and thus drives it farther than a harder material would.
I'm sure obsidian is much more forgiving than the bottom of a glass jar. I'm going to have to try it.
A thing of Beauty
obsidian will always be superior as its edge is finer than we can measure with modern tech.
Bo Huggabee is correct, as is related in this article:obsidian-scalpel.blogspot.com/2012/12/surgeon-use-for-obsidian-scalpel-blades.html
William West i saw microscopic pictures of a standard surgical scalpel cut on human skin compared to the obsidian. its just remarkable the difference. i had hand surgery on my fingers. and the incision scars are hideous, thick, and though it was microscope surgery the guy couldn't realign my prints perfectly after suture. a year later they are still looking awful. the reports i read of the obsidian blades say the healing and scaring is so minimal that you rarely even need ointments and secondary procedures to aid in the removal of scaring
Bo Huggabee Obsidian blades are so fine that instead of tearing cells like steel blades, they cut in between the cells
Bo Huggabee obsidian can be a great blade material because it keeps it strength while being very thin so it won't cut in between cells but can cut through leather easily
any particular or specific reason for using the antler?
Dont you get a bunch of tiny glass shards in your skin. I see you have the leather on your leg. but your bare handed
Yeah, but they usually come out with a quick rub of the hand. It’s just part of the process.
Yeah massive bong hits!😄
How thin should an arrowhead be? When do you know to stop so it doesn't break in half?
Good video.
I actually want to start flint knapping, I thought of making an entire arrow.
I don't have access to sinew , is there any other material I can use? (I don't hunt, nor I have access to any animal tissue except the stuff I can buy in the supermarket)
And I thought you only killed mice. Great work!
shawn i just saw a netflix doc called "great human odyssey" and they showed a knapped arrowhead, what was unusual was it had longitudinal flutes on the back where it would be "slide fitted" into a corsponding shaped wood arrow.
never seen that
its was like 1 hour 20 mins or so the doc.
I do not understand how you could get a flute 2/3 of the way down the spine of the arrow head
i get knapping but how would they have fluted without modern tools?
anyways
great work, keep it up!
Guy Montag Google "knapping the Folsom point".
how much glass do you get in your hands?
can I buy one???
please tell me you were collecting all those glass shards
Your channel is great🔥🔥🔥🤟
I had a question for you, what is the name of the device with which you break the glass?
Do you say its name in English?
Does it have to be old glass?
do you sell any of these arrow heads ?
is there an alternative to using an antler?