Making A Stone Knife From Start To Finish
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2023
- Making A Stone Knife From Start To Finish
Using the same methods that were used for thousands of years, Will shows you how it was done and produces a very fine Flint Stone Dagger.
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I would like to take a moment to say thank you to all of you that have watched, liked and taken the time to comment and show me your appreciation for this video, it’s been an education to me in the type of content you enjoy watching which in turn gives me guidance for future videos that I can and plan to produce. Thanks guys
oh my word mate, that was the best flint knapping I've ever seen, what a fantastic video. I shared it to my local prehistory group up here in Cumbria. What an education! Thank you so much! I love long videos, the short ones just aren't detailed enough, you don't get the journey.
this was so satisfying to watch, you are a natural teacher and i felt very privileged to live in an age where i could simply sit and let the concepts seep in from half a world away. seriously considering getting into knapping now, it feels like coming home to something.
I'm curious about where you are because the flint where I am is not that blue. Actually, what I've found is almost white. So I was curious if it's because I'm in Southeastern USA. I truly enjoyed watching and listening to you.
Do you have any for sale?
Yes, it was the first time I ever watched anyone do this, and it was great! Thanks!
It’s always satisfying to watch a true craftsman work his craft.
Thank you
With a mask is suggested
@@howardmaines1853
It doesn't matter what the greats do. Any skill is mesmerizing when performed at a high enough level. I've been trying to start making dinner for 40 minutes now and it will probably take ten more XD
I am showing this to my 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade class.
We are studying neolithic, mesolithic and paleolithic tools and how they evolved from 1 era to the next.
So a huge Thank You, from Holy Trinity Academy
That’s awesome say hello to them all from me
nothing wrong with telling kids to watch it at home, showing youtube video during class is just lazy teaching
@@stratoside4765oh my god shut up
@@stratoside4765 I never stop to comment but Jesus Christ. Are you really gonna say some stupid shit and call them lazy for showing a vid in class? This is what kids remember the most from schooling, the day when we all got to sit down and watch videos was my favorite time in school and just about the only time I sat down and listened. Get a life, you’re a clown 🤡
@@stratoside4765 Did you not grow up with bill nye the science guy every week? This is good info, quit being a karen.
Now THIS is a TRUE SURVIVAL skill….No leatherman, no paracord, no manmade tools of any kind. Total respect sir!
Thanks ☺️
but his tools are* man-made:)
@@ikutiap5923 So are his balls
Hear Hear!!
@@ikutiap5923 I think she was referring to tools made with machines in a shop or factory.
I'd rather spend an hour watching you, than 5 minutes. Turned out really nice Will. Cheers from Australia
Thanks mate
Woo another fellow Aussie!
I totally agree. Cheers from Germany
@@aussieflintkapping Dont forget to wear your safety harness so you dont fall of the earth lol. -American guy.
@@ShellShock11C all the rocks in my pockets help weigh me down 😁
I can't add much to what's been said already except your dedication to keeping a stone age art alive is commendable.
I thought I'd have 5 mins of watching flint napping, and then stopped for the whole video. This was fascinating. Thank you.
This is one of the coolest videos I have watched in a long time. Your passion for the craft and the people that perfected it before you is obvious and contagious.
For real. Down to Earth real stuff indeed.
I live near Flint Ridge in Ohio, USA. It is one of the world's largest outcrops of flint. I watched many people work the flint into arrow heads, or spear points, but your method looks very intricate and well performed. Very cool dagger you made. I watched the entire video, it was relaxing to see a master of the craft.
Watching you mesmerized me again. And I like listening to you talk. I could watch you all day. I have absorbed so much from you, it has helped me improve some much faster.thanks again from a dude in southern oregon.
It made me tense, kept thinking he was going to fuck it up
It's not every day I hear about Flint Ridge haha. I grew up around Toboso. Small world!
@@peterstedman6140 Nerk Ahia here. Ha ha
So, it's not obsidian but flint. Flint is harder with Moh scale of 7.0, and more durable than obsidian. However obsidian with Moh scale of 5.5 could be more sharper.
Hi Will.
As a Time Team fan, Phil Harding was the first and only person I had seen working with Flint.
I did try it myself 50 odd years ago when I was at school, but I never had the nack for it. My woodwork and practical technologies teacher got so frustrated with me that he told me to look for something else to do. So, I chose metal work.
I left school with the right exams under my belt to start an apprenticeship at MSE, which was an engineering firm in West Sussex making airplane parts.
Within 11 years, i had successfully completed three apprenticeships. I was now a qualified metal fabricator, welder in all types of welding apparatuses and techniques, and all-around workshop machinest.
Now, I own three workshops. Two in the vehicle bodywork and chassis industry and the other, my first workshop which is now a factory, machining parts for the MOD building tanks and and similar vehicles. I also have a contract making parts for missiles, but I can't go into that.
Then, at lunchtime today, my mate, who subscribes to your channel, suggested that as im so interested in ancient trades and techniques that i should watch your channel. So, here i am just having watched you make a dagger from start to finish in 50 minutes.
I have to be honest with you. After watching Phil make arrow heads, axes, and scrapers, I thought he was the bees knees but he has nothing on your skill.
I appreciate Phil Harding being an archaeologist who has only experimented with Flint napping, making nick nacks for TV, but with lots of practice and dedication comes experience.
Watching you chip away at a massive piece of flint the size of a giant hornets nest to finally end up with a beautiful practical tool made from 95 million year old compressed coral from the cretaceous period is utterly brilliant. And breath...
I'm not one for leaving comments, but I will subscribe to your channel and watch every video you have. I may not leave comments, so just warning you, but if I feel I can contribute in any way, doubtful, 😂 or have a question, then I'll leave you a comment.
I'm not one for social media. I don't use Twitter or Facebook. I just watch UA-cam for entertainment purposes as I'm not that interested with what's on TV these days, other than the news and even then, its not that great either.
Great job Will, great job.⚒️🏴
My hat's off to you for preserving the skills that build humanity.
Best spent 50 minutes of my life ever on an electronic device. Presenting subject matter like this to the world was the original intent of the internet and glad to see so many others like yourself using the technology of today to show the technology of the past and how we have evolved from that to the push button world of today,where instinct,adversity,necessity,ingenuity and our ability to innovate,invent,and improve our lives comes full circle
Thank you 🙏
I am fortunate to have the time to experience this entire journey with you. Well done. Your skill and knowledge in this is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
That was very kind of you thanks
As a tradesman, I definitely watch the whole video. I found it totally fascinating to watch an ancient craft being demonstrated, resulting in an amazing looking knife and sheath. Great job 🙂
Mr Lord, this is so flippin' theraputic, it's almost hypnotic, and to see such love, care, skill, and technical feeling between the knapper, the stone, and the tools used. Incredible...!
It feels like I’m witnessing some ancient man who was sent to the future and adapted to tech but is living by and showing off the methods of his time
It’s a master who is at work.
Astonishing!
Not just the fact that you’re a master of your craft: I kept watching and watching and at some point I found myself completely captivated by the tension that built up during the process of creating the dagger - and at same time - relaxing whilst watching you knapping your way through the flint.
What an exceptional combination of feelings cast by this video!
Thanks I’m really glad you enjoyed the video and took the time to comment
You said it all. That was thoroughly enjoyable. What a skilled man .
Amen! Same here.
You do beautiful work my brother! I can sit patiently for hours watching flint knapping. Just found your Channel today & I look forward to watching all your videos!
❤❤❤❤❤@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival
Don't know how many times i've watched this, but i'm not traumatized, i'm in awe over the pure craftmanship and skill shown here.
do it
Absolutely fascinating. You could go back 10000 years and still be a valuable member of the community.
good thing there is no such thing as time travel
I'm 70 years young and always wanted to know exactly how this was done. I'm very hard to impress. I'm very impressed.
Thank you.
Just found your channel. My wife is an archaeologist here in Australia and sees a lot of Indigenous stone middens. She's going to loose her mind watching this. Awesome stuff Will. Kudos to you!
I just wanted to say how much I love your content. It's very educational and the way you present the knowledge. It's almost as if the person is sitting right next to you while you're doing it. Just talking and showing little bricks and I just wanted to say. How much I appreciate teachers and mentors like you. It takes me back when I was an apprentice. And being mentored by a gentleman by the name of Gunther Kirk's and he was originally from Norway. And he came to the US and taught me his trade And helped me become a blacksmith ..❤.. However I'm also partially Native American. The northern area of New York as well as up into Canada. My ancestors are Mohawk And they used a lot of stone and antler style bulls as well as Flint and other things And watching your Content here on UA-cam really takes me back and allows me to be able to walk a mile in my ancestor's shoes and understand more about how their way. Of living truly was so for that I wanted to say. Thank you very much for your teachings and I also apologize for a lot of the misspelling and typos. Idea with a dyslexia so I just talk all of my messages directly to my phone. And since it's an android sadly and it doesn't have voice recognition and well. It's to say this phone's kind of finicky so it likes to either misspel things or add unnecessary sentences where it shouldn't belong. But anyways. I hope you have a beautiful day.❤
I have severe adhd and struggle with the high sensory overload type of videos, sitting and knocking out a dagger was so awesome to watch and learn about the things you were talking about. Thank you so much for getting me out for an hour. I bet you would be cool to hang with. Cheers from Canada
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Demonstrating an art that can only be handed down by experience. Beautiful!!
Yrs of practice and dedication to a skill that was used thousands of years ago by hunters and people for survival. Amazing and truly remarkable. 👍
I loved travelling this journey with you. For me, at least, your discussion as to why you were doing the moves you were about to undertake - the reasons and hopes associated - were the best part. You gave a 0ne-on-one tutorial, making it feel as though were sitting in the hovel with you. Many, many thanks. You're a, excellent teacher, and quite personable to sit with as well.
Wonderful comment to receive thank you
Dam near exactly what I wrote. Very informative and a pleasure to watch!
I enjoyed watching this. I’ve never knapped flint but I’ve broken and shaped a lot of rocks because I’m a geologist so a lot of what you were doing made sense to me.
I was with you all the way through and really connected when you got the little bleed. I was a full time spoon carver for 25 years and did many demonstrations at craft shows. More than once there was blood on a piece at the end but it never stopped me and seemed to make the journey from a split block of wood to a carved spoon more real to those watching. The videos I look for now are those with almost no edits - much more authentic and makes me trust the person so much more. Thank you for this.
Watching how early humans went from tool using to tool making is fascinating. IMHO the transition from using tools like clubs to kill something to using clubs to make other tools like a knife blade for skinning and a dagger from one piece of stone is what really separates home sapiens from other mammals. As I said, fascinating to watch the skill set involved in the entire process. Thanks for the time it took to make the video.
I was not traumatised watching you my friend I was transfixed with every slither that fell away from that dagger watching from start to finish was truly amazing. Watching 👀 it taking shape from a humble piece of flint. Keep up the good work that's one hell of a talent you have. 👏
Finally. *Finally* . I cannot thank you enough for giving me a channel to binge watch since ancient technology got hundreds of millions of views then stopped doing videos for years lol. Yours is the first I’ve actually been able to sit and enjoy thoroughly. Thank you
Thanks Skivvy 👍
Thank you for introducing these ancient techniques. I will give you a note in case you are disturbed by the sharpness of this flint. You should put the ashes in the fire next to you. It stops the blood. Also, if you are at home, you can put ground coffee with salt on your wound
Mate this is fantastic, the dressing of the platforms and the level of patience abraiding really paid off. Good work mate 👍🏼
You clearly have tremendous skills. Hopefully I can get close in time. I live near Yosimite and own a 40 acre ridge of serpentine with a stripe of quartzite running down the spine. I am hoping to give it a go.
I was wondering if that is pure pine pitch or if it had a touch of bees wax or anything to add to it’s properties? Do you recommend old hard pitch or more firm putty in nature? Task specific?
Gave us quite an insight to the labor and highly skilled talent of our human ancestors thousands of years ago. Imagine how many failures were needed to finally succeed. Amazing!
I love to imagine people getting really really good at this thousands of years ago. How valuable they were in their community and how they must have been supported so they could spend their time doing this.
I know, right. These people would have been like wizards.
I would bet that everyone learned a little bit of knapping, but there would have been that one person who just had an eye and the hands for it. Dynamic specialization is what makes our species so unique and it’s how we got civilization. And it all started with jobs like this.
I was imagining someone with a disability learning to do this to make up for the fact that he can't hunt.
Watching this made me finally relax from a long day playing the plastic piano, staring into artificial light. Your craft is beautiful. And so is the wisdom that is transported.
amazing video, i really missed these long edits of the entire process
also thanks for getting me into flint knapping years ago, i still can't manage anything other than arrowheads with very makeshift tools but it's a great activity to meditate and connect to our past
This is my first video. I must say- you are a pleasure to watch. I found this to be very educational as well as inspiring. Thank you!
Thank you 🙏
Bro, I am only five mins into the video, and I am subscribed. Excellent work brother. Keep this going man. Coolest video UA-cam has suggested for me in forever.
Cheers bro appreciate the subscribe
Mr. Lord, just as you said that you had recently gotten a lot of new followers I was clicking the subscribe button. Thanks for your work.
Can't wait to watch more of your content.
Awesome thank you and welcome along
The first I’ve ever seen of flint knapping, outside of finished museum pieces. You’re right, it really is a very cool sort of window to the past. Fantastic work, sir.
I have also noticed the same that the Pheasants respond when I knapp here in Sweden. Seems like a universal trait 🤣
You are very informative. My 6yo son wants to see blade making because of you. We're going to Texas to visit family and he's most looking forward to finding points and nodules to practice on. We envy your huge nodules of flint Mr. Lord.
I can watch for houts...simply mesmerizing. Thank God there are people like you who help humanity hold on to its vital past. Humanity owes it to our ancestors to respect and preserve these skills. Without them we would likely not be here today. We never know when they may be needed again. The sheath, by the way, is itself an awesome work of art. Much respect. I subscribed.
From the start this went so well and came out so beautiful. I realize that you make it look easy, and it's so enjoyable watching you work a stone this size!
First time watching and it was time well spent. Watching a craftsman always amazed me, someone who is able to looking at a raw material, stone, wood, or something else, and hone out a piece of art. Thank you for your videos, Fabian.
These tutorials are truly precious. Cementing an almost lost technology and skill that was so instrumental in our success as a species. Thank you mate
You are amazing to watch and listen to. I hope you change your mind about doing longer video's. I think they are fantastic! I've been going back in time watching your videos and they are absolutely fantastic! The ones with the stories are just awesome. You're very talented and it shows in your work. Have a blessed day. 😊
I watched the whole thing and would've liked to see more, especially how you made the handle. I live in California and we have a lot of obsidian up here in the north. When I was younger I learned how to knap, so I know how difficult it can be to get a finished blade of the size you made here. It's all too easy to end up with a far smaller point than you had wanted in the beginning. Great work man.
I would have loved a second episode of the handle and sheath being made
I think i held my breath for a least half of this upload . What a skill set , thanks for the uploads , you truly are a talented person
Never worry about the time spent educating This was the most therapeutic video I’ve ever watched.going to start a search for flint in Australia
Its the long format that really makes these work, Will. I hope you do more!
Wanted to say thanks for doing what you do. After watching just a few of your videos and following your tips specifically, my knapping has advanced from relying solely on pressure flaking already thin flakes, to being able to thin a piece into great preforms with just hard and soft hammer techniques.
I find it ironic and poetic that (I don’t know how often) the blade you craft for yourself to cut meat and flesh cuts you first, gives the flint kind of a sentience and personality in a sense. That was a really pleasant watch btw, I’m really happy it was unedited and I could witness the whole process. I’m a big fan.
Time is indeed precious, but I considered every minute of this journey very pleasant. I could feel with you the anxiety before every strike, and the relief when the pieces flaked off. Concentration and dedication so intense that you didn't mind cutting yourself, you just kept going.
It is amazing how someone can master this craft like you do, and still feel nervous when doing it, almost like there is no ceiling to this skill.
Thank you for this experience.
Started my journey with this craft as a kid it’s still one of the best decisions I ever made 😂😎
It's always a pleasure to watch someone displaying his master experience through any craft. Spent 50 minutes watching this video, but felt like 5. The sound of stone flaking contrasting with jets flying in the background only highlight the real and pure love for the craft.
Cheers 👋 I appreciate you taking a moment to say that
I must say I really enjoyed watching you deal with a somewhat troublesome peace of stone. Beautiful work, a Chief would be proud to have it. Thank you for sharing your journey. PS the more I watch I'm beginning to anticipate your next move.
This was super relaxing to watch :))
Normally my attention span is so short that I mostly watch YT Shorts but I watched the whole video. I loved how you turned my attention to the fact that the rock was increasing in pitch as you went on, and that the risk of breaking was greater as you went on. You really took me on the ride with you. The finished piece looks beautiful. I also love your personality. Thank you!
I homeschooled myself and he absolutely loved your video. Thank you so much.
You clearly know what you’re doing, and I can learn a lot just by watching the angle and type of strike (though I can’t tell how much power you put into it. It’s important to document this kind of thing for future generations. When I was a kid all we had were books on the subject and I never found enough flint to get any good at it. Now with stuff like this anyone could try.
It's remarkable how skillful you are. It's fun to watch you create something worthwhile.
I can't belive how absolutely captivating this video was. Well done!
Simply amazing, a true lost art in out supposed “high tech” age. I am glad I found your channel.
I feel you when you talk about snapping a nearly finished piece. 100 years from now, someone will find the pieces I've snapped and thrown in our old creek. I've bled quite a few times, nothing to worry about when it comes to slight blood loss. Beautiful stone you've got there Will!
It's kind of ironic, making a stone dagger as a jet aircraft flies overhead. Enjoying the presentation so far as the halfway mark.
I am a woodworker who absolutely loves the tactile contact with wood.
Your videos give me a taste of what the same vibe would be regarding stone. Knapping is such a beautiful craft.
Cheers, friend.
Cheers mate
Very nice job, Will! Your ancestors are very proud, I'm sure!
Today, the algorithm offered a worthy video. Being a fan of the work of Steven Erikson and Ian Esslemont, this is like watching a flesh and blood Imass at work 🤩
This was a great way to learn about ancient craftsman...my grandson enjoys these videos because you bring the history alive fir him. Thank you
First vid I've seen from you, and I have never felt so soothed watching someone handle potentially dangerous tools
😎cheers mate
Watched the whole video, Will. Not boring at all. Loved it. As usual, brilliant work. Cheers!
I watched the whole video from start to finish. I'm totally impressed with your talent. Thanks for all your work.
I'm originally from Lichfield Staffs but currently live in Salem Oregon.
Thanks for not editing the video, it's good to watch something that isn't overstimulating!
ive decided to take on knapping as a skill and hobby. i do whittling and woodworking so i already make arrows and knife handles so i figured being able to make arrows and kife edges would be a great thing to learn and really combine a few other skills i have all together into a complete form of tool making from start to finish. also ties into my new hobby of traditional hunting and archery as i said. so, anyways, thanks again for the videos and im looking forward to the wealth of knowledge youre so generously sharing with us
Will lord dang thats what you call a big lump of flint exellent job your a wizard of flint working your magic in it but has you ever cut yourself working it hope you keep first aid handy im always knicking myself flicking flint flake off leg i now use a old paint brush 👍🇬🇧🐾🦊
That was amazing, Will. I see how easily one wrong blow could spell disaster.
What a great and unique skill you have, connecting with our ancient ancestors.
I like that you hear the pheasants calling in alarm in the woods. Were there pheasants in Britain 10,000 years ago? I guess not, and the sound of your knapping is new to their ears!
Thanks, and I look forward to watching more of your UA-cam posts.
Nick.
Thanks for the video,Some of the knives I’ve found in the Northern Panhandle of west Texas are mind boggling,I guess after 100 thousand years they perfected their technique,Have a great week.
This guy is clearly wearing the skins of his vanquished enemies .
A WHOLE HOUR I SAT AND COULD NOT TEAR off MY ayes from your work. Thank you.
No thank you it’s comments like that make my experience on social media worthwhile. All the best to you cheers
A a mechanical engineer I see this as one of those crafts that would take half a lifetime to get to your quality of workmanship. You have to conatantly adjust your approach and know when and where to do so. A true art!
You could be knapping to this standard after a few years honestly. If you had a teacher to help you then probably quicker. It's very very difficult if you don't know the techniques involved. There's stacks of videos on UA-cam on method. You should have a go... your ancestors carved stone for millennia, your brain knows exactly how to work stone as it's in your DNA. The mechanics of the whole process are just stored away. I've been knapping for over 35yrs and some of the best work happens when you're not really thinking about what you're doing... your brain and hands just know. You're in a zone. Seriously you should try knapping, it's one of the most satisfying things when you have a finished piece to hold.
You are a true craftsman! You didnt even flinch when being so close to real "jewels". Thank you for your knowledge all kidding aside.
As you say time is precious, but watching you work the materials is a good use of time Will. Not a waste of time.
Such an amazing process from an amazing craftsman 👏
Personally I loved that you didn't cut the process down and showed us the whole thing.
Great work mate!
Toda una vida practicando, para hacer arte, felicidades por su esfuerzo y perfección.
Thanks for not editing this in any way. Impatient people (like me) can always skip ahead but this really gives a good indication of how much time every part of the process takes! Also beautiful result!
Thank you ☺️
Your control over the flint just blows me away. I've never actually seen the entire process until now. I gotta get myself a huge slab and give it a try.
wow, just randomly found this video and channel and was in awe about this whole process. loved it from start to finish. grats in advance on your 100k sub button. ( i guess every prehistoric persons biggest wish) :D
I really enjoyed this, and meeting you in person at the Bushcraft Show a few weeks back, Will. A beautiful craft, and you make it look so easy. Good vibes brother.
This gentleman is the new Phil Harding from Time Team. Finally we have a new prehistoric mascot to worship
Ended up watching all the way through! Well done and much appreciate the effort of filming it all.
Thank you for keeping the craft alive,well done.
That was magical! Thank you for sharing your craft with us.
This is the first video of yours I've seen. Wow! I knew flintknapping required a lot of skill but hearing your thought process and watching your approach is amazing. I might try some of my own this summer.
I would like to say thank you back as I really appreciate people who keep traditions and ancient effective ways for survival alive and well, please keep up the great content, you truly are an artist and engineer of ancient style in modern times, something all human beings need to know as bare necessity for any survival and wholesome living as children of nature we are...
Cheers Rodney
Kudos Will, You're the best! I never get tired of watching your videos.
Cheers David
Definitely a lost art. Thank you for such a phenomenal job and your videos
I really enjoyed this video Will, watching you flint nap is such a cool thing, and your skill is amazing. Thanks!
I for one prefer this sort of unedited content, particularly when something is being crafted/made. enjoyed the show. I once saw in person a craftsman make a rifle stock and in about hour he went from a large block of wood to 95% done with a rifle stock, didn't see the sanding and oil finish but it was incredible watch, same as this and that was 12 years ago i'll never forget it. looking forward to watching more of your content!!
This was my first time watching a knapping video! Completely captivated by the process and yes as you said it was nerve wracking! I’ve done enough craft to see the tension and risk building up! Loved it. Great work, I always think a little bit of blood is a sign of commitment! 😎
Great video. Soothing to watch along with simple, personal stories. Keep it up!