I do not know if it is true world wide but I America Some tribes set up basically knapping factories to make stone tools and things for other tribes. Then they traded for goods the other had that they did not have. Some Piute's In Oregon had large supplies of obsidian which they used for knives, arrow and spear points and as decorative effigies. When you find one of these manufacturing centers the ground will literally be covered with obsidian chips and often discarded imperfect points. The Piute's under Chief Paulina were good example. Or so the old timers believe, now he is remembered as a war chief. It is good you are working to keep the craft alive.
I just cant understand how whenever I see flint knapping sessions on youtube how they just tap their hammer stones on the flint and it perfectly chips with little effort, does anyone feel me that have tried knapping?
I don't know why but I have always liked the whole survival thing. You sir, have a new subscriber and I would love to see more videos like this on or really any video from you as it would be and amazing video! (Ugh i said vidEO LIKE 3 TIMES IN THE SAME SENTENCE. YOU SEE WHAT YOU DID???? YOUR VIDEO WAS SO AMAZING THAT I FORGOT HOW TO ENGLISH.(jk XD)) but in all seriousness I really want to see more like this! : )
Flint have a different structure than other types of stones, kind of glassy. Primarily black and grey but sometimes it has a brown tint because of an high iron amount. Flint can be found where rocks are present generally. Look in riverbeds and valleys but they can be found everywhere depending on the place you are. In some places flint are rare. If you need a lot of stones some shores have them in abundance. Once you find a rock, try taking a sample to check if the stone is good or learn by the sound the stone produces when hitting the stone lightly. Most stones have cracks inside that are not visible, making them useless to shape into tools. Good hunting!
Now I know that a handaxe wasn't just gripped by the back face which is often presented as dull, but can be gripped adequately upon its sides as well, and even a flint handaxe can take down a tree, but a hafted handaxe is, as I already know, much, much better.
Man i like all this stuff, and you had a pretty good tutorial my only advice would be to put some captions or something like that on why you did a certain thing. Not everyone might know why you coal hardend the socket, or why you choose one stone over another. Anyways keep it coming brother i like the vid, and hope to see more soon.
+In the wild i know so if you were to polish the axe head it would last longer because if theblade you are using if you use it for a while it whill chip away at the edge and eventually will screw up the blade
Flint can be found where rocks are present generally. Look in riverbeds and valleys but they can be found everywhere depending on the place you are. In some places flint are rare. If you need a lot of stones some shores have them in abundance. Once you find a rock, try taking a sample to check if the stone is good or learn by the sound the stone produces when hitting the stone lightly. Most stones have cracks inside that are not visible, making them useless to shape into tools. Good hunting!
Sorry, I do currently only have enough for my own use. If you dont want to do it the primitive way, you could try to contact some hunters or probably find antlers in some retail stores or somewhere on the web. I hope this will help a bit.
Great Job!!!!! now show how to make hoe, plow, and other hand tools as the Native Americans raised corn, squash, tomatoes and beans still a few more.....
Wilderness thanks I really like to explore, I’m getting more into flint knapping and primitive skills. I enjoy your content, you make some fine tools I’d love to have a piece of your work.
Thanks. Good luck, it does take a little time to learn basic flintknapping but it feels quite rewarding in the end. I'm do only know the basics of flintknapping. Check out paleomanjim on YT he is an absolute master of his craft and has a great beginners tutorial series.
Great flintknapping, but the axehandle is way to bulky, and your technique isn't quite right. It's not a baseball bat, you're supposed to chop into the wood at an angle, so that you take advantage of the natural separation of the wood fibers.
Thanks, I agree with the bulkyness, but flintaxes are actually supposed to hit the tree nearly straight on, where a normal axe is more effective at an angle.
Watching the process of making these primitive tools and then working with them, primitive people must have had a lot of tedium in their lives- a lot of repetition and effort to do and make things that we can accomplish in so much less time (using a steel axe, for instance). Of course, modern people have plenty of tedium in their lives too- such as sitting at a desk pushing papers around or stabbing at a keyboard for 40 hours a week, or sitting in traffic, waiting in lines, etc. We think we have so many time saving devices (like the car), but do we really?
you were incredible at manufacturing the axe. but not so great in using it. Had you used it to strike the trunk in an angle, your effort would have been much more effective
100% Authentic, Respect
Thank you very much. Good to hear from a fellow knapper
The most difficult are the woodwork. if one makes it authentic)
Wilderness I can be a good knapper if you know what I mean wink wink
Wilderness I mean a nap
Dude no way he found all that
Absolutely love how you kept it all primitive. Love to see it- done properly! Subscribed
I do not know if it is true world wide but I America Some tribes set up basically knapping factories to make stone tools and things for other tribes. Then they traded for goods the other had that they did not have. Some Piute's In Oregon had large supplies of obsidian which they used for knives, arrow and spear points and as decorative effigies. When you find one of these manufacturing centers the ground will literally be covered with obsidian chips and often discarded imperfect points. The Piute's under Chief Paulina were good example. Or so the old timers believe, now he is remembered as a war chief. It is good you are working to keep the craft alive.
Thaks, Melvin. Interesting!
this is the modern man at its finest when it comes to survival
Thank you very much Jan. I appreciate it.
Good video. It has plenty of mass behind it and gets the job done nicely. I've made a adze and have been planning on making a axe.
Thank you very much.
I just cant understand how whenever I see flint knapping sessions on youtube how they just tap their hammer stones on the flint and it perfectly chips with little effort, does anyone feel me that have tried knapping?
Practice, practice, practice. When you hit the flint with an perfect angle/point of impact, it actually takes a very little effort to do so.
thnks
it also depends on your flint, it's better when it's not too weathered.
+Jan Mycek Skill and experience are more important than anything else when knapping.
Oo yeahh I do I made one yesterday I was hitting it for so long. But you're right
another good idea is to save the chips to make arrowheads
nice mate, looking forward to your next video
Thanks
I don't know why but I have always liked the whole survival thing. You sir, have a new subscriber and I would love to see more videos like this on or really any video from you as it would be and amazing video! (Ugh i said vidEO LIKE 3 TIMES IN THE SAME SENTENCE. YOU SEE WHAT YOU DID???? YOUR VIDEO WAS SO AMAZING THAT I FORGOT HOW TO ENGLISH.(jk XD)) but in all seriousness I really want to see more like this! : )
Wow, -thank you so much! I appreciate it.
all suvival nice work dude!
Great video , subbed,hope to see more video in the future:)
Thank you Conn
Any tips on finding and identifying flint in a forest?
Flint have a different structure than other types of stones, kind of glassy. Primarily black and grey but sometimes it has a brown tint because of an high iron amount. Flint can be found where rocks are present generally. Look in riverbeds and valleys but they can be found everywhere depending on the place you are. In some places flint are rare. If you need a lot of stones some shores have them in abundance. Once you find a rock, try taking a sample to check if the stone is good or learn by the sound the stone produces when hitting the stone lightly. Most stones have cracks inside that are not visible, making them useless to shape into tools. Good hunting!
Nice video, kind of reminds me of Primitive Technology. 👍
Thank you Derek.
i didnt even touch the history book and i know it already from this video! super educational thanks!
Thank you
Watching you just knock those pieces off has made me realize I need to order some actual flint.
Thanks for watching. Good luck, it takes a little time to learn the basics but it feels quite rewarding in the end.
Are you going to post anymore videos!
Yes, definitely.
good to hear cause we will be waiting...
Jan Mycek me too
Now I know that a handaxe wasn't just gripped by the back face which is often presented as dull, but can be gripped adequately upon its sides as well, and even a flint handaxe can take down a tree, but a hafted handaxe is, as I already know, much, much better.
Yea. I would not cut a lot of trees with a handaxe but it's do-able when it's sharp. It's a lot more effective when its hafted yes!
Nice work my friend I like it 👍🏻
Thanks Baldemar
This video was great!!!I loved it
Thank you
great video man , i just subbed , can't wait to see what you do in the future .
Thank you very much.
I feel more relaxed to watch the whole thing without any explanations. Nice
U must be hecka good with flint napping a hand axe, not even I can make those kind
Thank you.
more video's please
I´m glad you liked it
Man i like all this stuff, and you had a pretty good tutorial my only advice would be to put some captions or something like that on why you did a certain thing. Not everyone might know why you coal hardend the socket, or why you choose one stone over another. Anyways keep it coming brother i like the vid, and hope to see more soon.
Thank you Tyler. It´s a really good point and I have thought a bit about this too.
tyler grimm why did he use the dul than grind method
Wow nice.more videos please!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you
Only two movies, from you? Why?
Great vid man keep up the work
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.
+In the wild you should polish the axe head because if you do since you are doing it with flint it qill make it sharp
+In the wild i know so if you were to polish the axe head it would last longer because if theblade you are using if you use it for a while it whill chip away at the edge and eventually will screw up the blade
Thanks for your input.
Very impressed
Thanks.
Continue I Flintnap in Quebec do you no any chert in Quebec thanks for the vids !!
Knapping
You´re welcome
Wich tree are you cutting at 3.08? This type of tree is here in my zone, can you tell me his name plz? I'm searching for it since years
It's ashwood.
@@wilderness8514 thank you very much!
Great stuff mate, would love to see more! :) +1 subscriber
Thank you.
Keep it up!
Thank you Chris.
nice. is that norman skills chert.
Where did you get the flint
Flint can be found where rocks are present generally. Look in riverbeds and valleys but they can be found everywhere depending on the place you are. In some places flint are rare. If you need a lot of stones some shores have them in abundance. Once you find a rock, try taking a sample to check if the stone is good or learn by the sound the stone produces when hitting the stone lightly. Most stones have cracks inside that are not visible, making them useless to shape into tools. Good hunting!
Thanks
How long it took to make the hole in handle?
Hmm, maybe about a day. Most time spent was learning to do some basic flintknapping.
Wilderness thanks :)
Cool
The haft seems a bit too big, you could have made it lighter by tappering the whole thing. Just a thought.
You're right, though I think it will be easier to craft it from a smaller tree. Tappering is a lot of work with stone tools.
Fair enough, though a smaller haft could be weaker
Awesome vid! :D
Thanks a lot.
God Job man keep goning
Thank you Mike
Even know where to find all of those things you just used
this is a nice video i like the intro texts you have a new sub from me too i hope to see your channel grow dont give up
Thank you Daniel
Would it be possible for you to send me an antler? There aren't many deer my area until fall and winter.
Sorry, I do currently only have enough for my own use. If you dont want to do it the primitive way, you could try to contact some hunters or probably find antlers in some retail stores or somewhere on the web. I hope this will help a bit.
Thanks, hope your next vid is as good as this one :)
Thanks, you´re welcome.
DaChud555 check some pet shops, they sometimes have some good sized antlers.
Why did he use the telephone pole size log?
To go with the boulder size axe head !
Nice ..I subscribed
Thanks hill
I was sharpening the Rock and it split in halt so I made a kind of spear
Very good! That's great work for an unpolished axe!
Thanks Zack, it means a lot comming from another knapper.
That haft is huge. Does it need to be that big?
No, ash is very strong. It could be smaller and still be strong enough.
Great Job!!!!! now show how to make hoe, plow, and other hand tools as the Native Americans raised corn, squash, tomatoes and beans still a few more.....
Thank you Stan. I'm European but thanks for the idea.
Its much easier to use an anvil stone than to break stones on your leg
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Very cool just subbed I do same type of stuff not all primitive but would love to have you stop by sometime
Thanks. I like your videos. Great places in nature you seem to find.
Wilderness thanks I really like to explore, I’m getting more into flint knapping and primitive skills. I enjoy your content, you make some fine tools I’d love to have a piece of your work.
Thanks. Good luck, it does take a little time to learn basic flintknapping but it feels quite rewarding in the end. I'm do only know the basics of flintknapping. Check out paleomanjim on YT he is an absolute master of his craft and has a great beginners tutorial series.
Wilderness ok very cool thanks.
Wilderness yeah I went and checked it out I’m watching now as well, thanks for showing me his channel, but yours also.
Great flintknapping, but the axehandle is way to bulky, and your technique isn't quite right. It's not a baseball bat, you're supposed to chop into the wood at an angle, so that you take advantage of the natural separation of the wood fibers.
Thanks, I agree with the bulkyness, but flintaxes are actually supposed to hit the tree nearly straight on, where a normal axe is more effective at an angle.
This is what they did in the old Stone Age but with out gloves
a flint axe oh ok
Watching the process of making these primitive tools and then working with them, primitive people must have had a lot of tedium in their lives- a lot of repetition and effort to do and make things that we can accomplish in so much less time (using a steel axe, for instance). Of course, modern people have plenty of tedium in their lives too- such as sitting at a desk pushing papers around or stabbing at a keyboard for 40 hours a week, or sitting in traffic, waiting in lines, etc. We think we have so many time saving devices (like the car), but do we really?
Good question. I like the car, but I think one should be careful of the amount of time spent on social media and tv. :)
you were incredible at manufacturing the axe. but not so great in using it. Had you used it to strike the trunk in an angle, your effort would have been much more effective
this video was nice but you cut 2-3 green trees
so thats why this video was bad for kids 🤨🤨🤨