Bonjour Monsieur Will. Thought I'd try to help you get in the mood for what should be a fascinating road trip. Great to watch you as you do this. The explanations are really good and this lump had a few solid "teaching moments" in it.
Great video Will. My son freddie is 8 now and he is mad on flint arrow heads and other tools. He sat out in the garden last weekend for 5 hours knapping arrow heads from some flint I collected for him. He absolutely loves your videos and lectures me on Stone Age tools 😂 We will be booking your go wild day for him in April if we can get him out of school in April. Do you think you could give him a surprise and mention him in a video? His name is freddie flinders and we live near croydon ( decent flint area) Thanks will Max
Will, my property has a lot of worked chips I find from time to time and pick up but no finished blades/points yet. I recently picked up what looks like an arrow point blank since it is roughly cylindrical with those long struck splinters removed off the cylinder sides, original weathered stone ends top and bottom. It's not a flint but coarser grain some quartz sparkles yet very heavy stone, similar to the chunky spear point I found as a kid back on our farm a dozen miles from here. That point matched similarly built finds dated 6k-9k years ago.
Long awaited content! I love your work Will you are one of the very best I know in this field, thank you for your activity! Stay strong and don't let the dark season put you down!
Gosh, haven't seen you for quite a while, Will, good to catch you again.I can't turn your notifications on for some reason. I've had flint blades from you some years ago, I used them for all sorts of cutting until their edge had dulled somewhat, now I use them with my flint and steel to light fires. Enjoyed this.
I Will, actually, I have some nice chunks of flint from the"grand Pressigny "I preserved for you. I'm looking forward to bringing it at the earth lodge next time I come in England! All the best mon ami.
Interesting challenge there Will, thanks for sharing - you'll enjoy the museum at Grand-Pressigny. Not sure how widely you're touring the Loire area, but I can recommend a visit to the Dolmen de Bagneux (France's largest) at Saumur if you've not already been. Bon route monsieur.
@@10000yearsbc thank you my friend really nice to receive your comment. I’m delaying the trip for a short period of time because I want to do some more research because I would really like to do is get hold of some of the material so that I can explore the blade technology that was happening there, one step at a time I guess all the best Will
Great video Will! If you consider trying the punch, I've seen someone putting the distal point hard against a log on the ground between the feet and having some small pressure on the ridge with the legs. Either way, I'm really looking forward to your trip to France!
I'm sure I have seen butterscotch flint on the Isle of Sheppy in Kent (Around Laysdown / Warden bay, way) or at least a yellow waxy type flint. Would you know anything about that particular south eastern corner of Kent?
I've thought about trying my hand at knapping. There's nothing but sandstone in my area unfortunately, besides I have dogs, and they'll cut their feet on the shards.
Hi Will off to America next year you know if there is any flint or chert near Florida worth knapping ? going for a month so can afford to play around with it :)
Thank you Will for keeping these skills alive and sharing them. I suspect we will be needing them soon!
Bonjour Monsieur Will. Thought I'd try to help you get in the mood for what should be a fascinating road trip. Great to watch you as you do this. The explanations are really good and this lump had a few solid "teaching moments" in it.
Waited years to see you work a blade core... Was certain you were about to develop this bipolar- had the perfect nodule for that!
Lovely to watch & listen to you ! Thank you William !
Ahh cheers Robert hope you’re doing well my friend
@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival Still ticking along mate thank you !
Loved the blade of the day. You should have a segment just called that.
Great video Will. My son freddie is 8 now and he is mad on flint arrow heads and other tools. He sat out in the garden last weekend for 5 hours knapping arrow heads from some flint I collected for him. He absolutely loves your videos and lectures me on Stone Age tools 😂
We will be booking your go wild day for him in April if we can get him out of school in April.
Do you think you could give him a surprise and mention him in a video?
His name is freddie flinders and we live near croydon ( decent flint area)
Thanks will
Max
Please make him wear eye protection! Flying flint bits are eyeball-slicers
@@rollespil1000 yes I did he has special glasses for fossil hunting he used for knapping. What made you think he didn’t use glasses?
Will, my property has a lot of worked chips I find from time to time and pick up but no finished blades/points yet. I recently picked up what looks like an arrow point blank since it is roughly cylindrical with those long struck splinters removed off the cylinder sides, original weathered stone ends top and bottom. It's not a flint but coarser grain some quartz sparkles yet very heavy stone, similar to the chunky spear point I found as a kid back on our farm a dozen miles from here. That point matched similarly built finds dated 6k-9k years ago.
Love the sound of the flint when it detaches and the braiding. That’s Money!!
Long awaited content! I love your work Will you are one of the very best I know in this field, thank you for your activity! Stay strong and don't let the dark season put you down!
You are an inspiration Sir!
Greetings Mate
Another top shelf production from the earth lodge,
Hope all is well with you as the winter is upon us both.
Nice to see you
now it’s right side up!
@@L1nus16 😂 I have no idea what happened earlier 😂
Gosh, haven't seen you for quite a while, Will, good to catch you again.I can't turn your notifications on for some reason. I've had flint blades from you some years ago, I used them for all sorts of cutting until their edge had dulled somewhat, now I use them with my flint and steel to light fires. Enjoyed this.
Ahh cheers mate hope to have more time to post soon
You chose it for its length and quality.
You seem to have the same value system as lady Fartwell.
Nice one mate ❤ all hail Will Lord our tribe leader
I Will, actually, I have some nice chunks of flint from the"grand Pressigny "I preserved for you.
I'm looking forward to bringing it at the earth lodge next time I come in England!
All the best mon ami.
@@ericsiri2678 ohh wow that’s so nice of you thank you Eric
Great video Will. Looking forward to the next one!
@@AndyH.200 soon I promise 😎👍
This is fascinating.
You and Donny Dust are about the only ones using primitive tools for knapping.
Interesting challenge there Will, thanks for sharing - you'll enjoy the museum at Grand-Pressigny. Not sure how widely you're touring the Loire area, but I can recommend a visit to the Dolmen de Bagneux (France's largest) at Saumur if you've not already been. Bon route monsieur.
@@10000yearsbc thank you my friend really nice to receive your comment. I’m delaying the trip for a short period of time because I want to do some more research because I would really like to do is get hold of some of the material so that I can explore the blade technology that was happening there, one step at a time I guess all the best Will
Um salve do brasil
Great video Will! If you consider trying the punch, I've seen someone putting the distal point hard against a log on the ground between the feet and having some small pressure on the ridge with the legs. Either way, I'm really looking forward to your trip to France!
That's a great idea!
Amazing!
Good to see you mate, liking the vid.
Hey, thanks
I'm sure I have seen butterscotch flint on the Isle of Sheppy in Kent (Around Laysdown / Warden bay, way) or at least a yellow waxy type flint.
Would you know anything about that particular south eastern corner of Kent?
I've thought about trying my hand at knapping. There's nothing but sandstone in my area unfortunately, besides I have dogs, and they'll cut their feet on the shards.
What's the chance of getting some of your mate
Debitage mate
Hi Will off to America next year you know if there is any flint or chert near Florida worth knapping ? going for a month so can afford to play around with it :)
👍
There is the exact same material in decent quantities in the new forest...