Flint knapping is the coolest hobby. As a lay archeologist for many years, I always marveled at the ONE person on Amy given crew that could sit down like you and just go at it. Couple hrs later, and they have something almost magical, except a'course they've their own little midden there around the ankles on the ground. Very nice Fella! 😀👍
This has always confused me. Theoretically, everything could get to the point where the edge is thin enough to cut through the individual organic cells of a thing, which is what makes something sharp. The main issue being whether or not the blade is durable enough to do so.
My breath was held this entire video and I **literally** ascended when he touched it with bare hands. I am on a new level in existence, it’s very peaceful.
I can tell you from experience, as I've made many obsidian knives, you don't want to use obsidian on food. Obsidian shard were looked into for use in surgery, because of how insanely sharp it is. But was quickly rejected, not because it didn't work, it absolutely did, but because obsidian has a property that causes tiny flaked to break off when cutting flesh and other soft,yet firm things. Fish for example. So if you do this, you will have small shards of obsidian in your food. The sharper the obsidian is, the more shards there will be.
BTW can you tell me if blade like this one is actualy sharp? The edge of big singular flake looks sharp, but the finished knife looks more like a saw than a knife.
@piddlesfiddles2075 the serrated edges are the sharp bit. It's so thin that it'll self-sharpen as it chips over time. But the person's right, obsidian knives are not recommended to use. Great souvenirs though if you're a souvenir person
@@piddlesfiddles2075sharp like a steak knife for sure, but not for fileting a fish, the blades of a nahua macuahuitl would be much cleaner and better likely
@@piddlesfiddles2075thank you for asking this question I have the same thought every time I see this guys vids. They are cool knives but they don’t look like they would great for clean cuts
What is the technique called how he shapes the obsidian and what’s the physics behind it? It’s so cool how he applies the pressure to form the blade in a precise matter!
The difficulty of this pressure flaking and knapping is absurdly high. I've only ever made arrow heads from Obsidian and my hands and knees hated me afterwards so major major props to you and your friend for receiving such a great gift.
When I was younger, I will always remember reading something about a doctor describing how "I believe" he wished that the stainless steel scalpels he worked with were sharper or didn't dull as fast. So, he did some studying to find out that obsidian while not the strongest or hardest substance, is in fact one of the sharpest materials on earth!!
It's because this weapon was one of the first steps in humanity's long and bloody process of developing deadlier and deadlier tools. But it's also beautiful, because it shows how us humans can use our intelligence to enhance our abilities beyond what we evolved, using tools for good as well as bad.
As someone who has worked with obsidian a lot making custom Macuahuitl’s and small knives as well you did a fantastic job my friend. Obsidian is an extremely hard material to work with and shape. Well done 👍🏽
@@nemasisdemarini8339 You also have to keep in mind that when the Spanish showed up, the Mayans thought the Spanish were gods with all their steel and whatnot
Note how he mentioned the leather gloves and pad he mentioned using. That's because working with obsidian without them would have covered his hands in tiny cuts, but with glassy splinters in each one.
@radxan3295 I was pointing that out, so a noob in obsidian working would know to always use those precautions since their comparatively soft hands would have ended up shredded as if they'd slapped a table full of razer blades. While I would be that noob if I tried this, I have taken a college class in archeology, which includes the study of too production like this.
I'm fairly sure he addressed this in a video a while back saying he understands the risks of not wearing / using the protective gear but he personally opts out of using it because he finds it easier to make and shape the tool without the gloves on
fun fact about obsidian: It’s extremely felsic (high silica content) in composition, which is why when it fractures it has that conchoidal shape. Now most felsic rocks are usually light colored - but obsidian gets its black color from abundant, microscopic crystals of minerals like magnetite, hornblende, pyroxene, plagioclase and biotite (Gets whacked with a baseball bat that I didn’t see because as a geologist I can only observe rocks and minerals)
Obsidian is volcanic glass, formed by lava getting cooled quicker than usual (mostly underwater). Which makes obsidian just opaque black glass. Which also makes it very sharp, so it’s perfect for a knife.
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You sure your friend isn't preparing to fight a Geologist?
Where would he get the wooden baseball bat from though?
@@maxkonietzko4478 probably from me
He is preparing to fight some white walkers
pov minecraft in 2050:
Or a white walker
bro is gonna survive a zombie apocalypse as a weapon seller
I can’t say I ever see obsidian being able kill a zombie
@@shakibali5766You're kidding me obsidian is the most sharpest stone error
@@jaciatkinson5095and brittle as hell though 😂😂
@@jaciatkinson5095 ok, but it needs to be able to chop, stab, or smash through bone.
@@jaciatkinson5095
Sounds good now we just have to fucking find some
"My friend wants to fillet a fish with the second sharpest material on the planet" sure buddy...
What's the sharpest?
What's the first sharpest material? Diamond?
@@RaiTaka netherite
@@Ryuksei_osea_Not_xioquot minectaft reference oh ma God
@@RaiTaka the material doesnt matter for sharpness.
And he’s not even gonna mention how sharp obsidian is and proceeds to hold it with his bare hands lmao
Everytime I see a video like this, I cannot believe they are touching obsidian with no gloves. Makes me wince. 😣
You can hold a knife blade with your bare hands too? Just dont put any pressure on the edge and it cant slice you, it's not rocket science
@@bulleper4064Actually dont even touch the edge since obsidian is sharp enough to LİTERALLY CUT İNDİVİSUAL CELLS.
@@Meral6419 Ok, nice fact, but if you don't put any pressure on an edge it won't cut
@@bulleper4064 You're wrong. The edge only cuts if it moves against you.
Your “friend” is about to fight white walkers..
*white
ahahah game of thrones
Not with a half tang he ain’t that’s gonna snap in half real fast
Or geologists
I was waiting for someone to point that one out hahaha
You need to start selling these things!!! I would buy the heck out of them.
I do! I have a link to my shop in my bio
Yes, I love these products
@@LavaBladezcan you please make a karambit knife
@@Bonjour_155i think he has
@@LavaBladez But way to expensive, for me!
Id pay just to have it as a display knife. That looks beautiful.
Bro preparing for a different type of invasion
_"Honey, where's our moose antlers? I want to make an obsidian knife so our friend can fillet a fish."_
Average fever dream conversation:
My question is who turned a cod camo into a knife?
*_-cool-_*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mojang: "You have to use a diamond pickaxe to mine Obsidian"
This guy:
R e a l .
lol
Not funny didn't laugh
@@Robert_SK10Rfr.
@@Robert_SK10Rwho ask, gtfo
Flint knapping is the coolest hobby. As a lay archeologist for many years, I always marveled at the ONE person on Amy given crew that could sit down like you and just go at it. Couple hrs later, and they have something almost magical, except a'course they've their own little midden there around the ankles on the ground.
Very nice Fella! 😀👍
Idk why but I read Flint knapping as Flint kidnapping💀
bro, you prepare for the night king battle 😂
looking for this
Obsidian is such a gorgeous stone. It is unbelievably sharp.
glass
@@joelacasse001glass?
This is like a glass but black and little stronger
@@user-uy4ns8hb3rsome may be hard some may be weak
@@user-uy4ns8hb3r Its like a block that i kinda think can make a portal to hell
bro made a dragon glass knife
We defeating white walkers with this one
Fr@@Parkster-_-
Winter is coming@@Parkster-_-
@@Abiiaries tis indeed... the long night is almost here
tis indeed!@@Parkster-_-
“I make a something for my friend, because he needs it. 😄” absolute chad
Beautiful work!
Fact: Obsidian when chipped can create edges sharp enough to cut through individual organic cells. And is sharper than a medical scalpel
"here friend. Here's the sharpest tool in the world"
I just watched a video today that talked about this. Had no clue it could be so sharp.
Then this guy proceeds to handle it with no gloves.
This has always confused me. Theoretically, everything could get to the point where the edge is thin enough to cut through the individual organic cells of a thing, which is what makes something sharp. The main issue being whether or not the blade is durable enough to do so.
source?
Obsidian looks elegant as hell.
You can go hell using obsidians in minecraft
yeah@@Sksary
And in real life!@@Sksary
Imagine he makes blades of chaos from God of war 😮
and also very sharp like sharper than a medical tool
He’s a lucky friend. It’s beautiful
I love obsidian. I have a knife I got in the Yucatan this woman made. Its sun obsidian, its so cool. This is dope.❤
The urge to fool a geologist with this
Don't forget the baseball bat
@@SolotociusI won't :]
What do you mean?
@@Regal23_ :]
@@Regal23_ it's a reference to another video
WE GETTING TO THE NETHER WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣
Skipidi toilet.
ƙׁׅ֑ꪱׁׅᥣׁׅ֪ᥣׁׅ֪ ᨮׁׅ֮ᨵׁׅυׁׅꭈׁׅ꯱ꫀᥣ⨍ ꪀꪱᧁᧁꫀr
@@Arskeli69wtf is this kid saying like everyone thinks you smell because your brain is rotting
@@Arskeli69what it is not from skibidi toilet it is from minecraft
@@Arskeli69 pls stop its not funny
That looks like some Cain and Abel type knife!!! Looks sinister!
bros gonna open the nether portal with this one
The manly urge to possess a handmade obsidian knife:
Very masculine 🗿
I’m not even a man and I want one, I bet it works wonders in the kitchen 😭🤣
@@28keaa trust me. Will be surprised how dumb and smart a man can be at once
@@28keaa 👴
Fr
respect for this man for breaking obsidian without a diamond peckaxe🗿
Ikr
That’s what I’m saying 😂
You can break it with ur hand but you wont get it lol 🤣
@@Ahsaniscool987 and it takes ages
You can’t break. Obsidian😅
My breath was held this entire video and I **literally** ascended when he touched it with bare hands.
I am on a new level in existence, it’s very peaceful.
Solid dude!!! That’s rockin bro!!
WE GETTING OUT OF THE STONE AGE WITH THIS ONE
🗣️🗣️🔥🔥*
😂
Upgrading to Obsidian🔥🔥
MAKING OBSIDIAN TOOLS 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥💺
I can tell you from experience, as I've made many obsidian knives, you don't want to use obsidian on food. Obsidian shard were looked into for use in surgery, because of how insanely sharp it is. But was quickly rejected, not because it didn't work, it absolutely did, but because obsidian has a property that causes tiny flaked to break off when cutting flesh and other soft,yet firm things. Fish for example. So if you do this, you will have small shards of obsidian in your food. The sharper the obsidian is, the more shards there will be.
BTW can you tell me if blade like this one is actualy sharp? The edge of big singular flake looks sharp, but the finished knife looks more like a saw than a knife.
@piddlesfiddles2075 the serrated edges are the sharp bit. It's so thin that it'll self-sharpen as it chips over time. But the person's right, obsidian knives are not recommended to use. Great souvenirs though if you're a souvenir person
@@Icepiq72 ok thx for answer
@@piddlesfiddles2075sharp like a steak knife for sure, but not for fileting a fish, the blades of a nahua macuahuitl would be much cleaner and better likely
@@piddlesfiddles2075thank you for asking this question I have the same thought every time I see this guys vids. They are cool knives but they don’t look like they would great for clean cuts
It's kinda pretty 😊 in an elegant way
can we just talk about on how amazing obsidian looks
The patience to learn this and hone it to this level is otherworldly.
You can do better. 😊
Fr❤
What is the technique called how he shapes the obsidian and what’s the physics behind it? It’s so cool how he applies the pressure to form the blade in a precise matter!
No, it's this worldly. People have been doing this for thousands of years
Idk why but every time you remove another piece the surface it reveals and the details underneath I find so beautiful
FR!
@@Meme_Egg.w pfp
I know it looks so good on the inside I want it I want
@@ryan_0238 Fr
It reminds me of a plastic bag💀
Bro this new Minecraft leaked update is gonna be fire🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥
Oooo i luv these videos
Bro's a true miner
minecraft youtubers bout to get excited for this one 💀
Miner or minor?
I love miners so much 🤗
@@xirfall😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 rate k
E or o?? 🤔🤔😂
“What do you do for a living ?”
“Break obsidian or make things with barehands”
“☠️”
Bros going back to the 1800s 😅😂
Or say he crafts? 💀
bro he knows how to do it
what do you do jeff?
@@BuffedGamingOGFr
Imagine fighting with these Geologists💀
OMG so pretty
You NEED to show your friend actually using the finished knife! That would be awesome to see!
THIS, I wanna see too
👍🏻👍🏻
It wont work because the blade isnt secured to the handle
There is no friend…
I was looking for this coment
The difficulty of this pressure flaking and knapping is absurdly high. I've only ever made arrow heads from Obsidian and my hands and knees hated me afterwards so major major props to you and your friend for receiving such a great gift.
Yasss
Where do you find those huge chunks of obsidian, or any at all?
I mean you did something even more precise than him, bet those arrows look sick tho props to you.
I then brandish my wooden baseball bat because archaeologists can only see minerals.
@@-t-4543 lol
That knife is freaking cool
When I was younger, I will always remember reading something about a doctor describing how "I believe" he wished that the stainless steel scalpels he worked with were sharper or didn't dull as fast. So, he did some studying to find out that obsidian while not the strongest or hardest substance, is in fact one of the sharpest materials on earth!!
This channel has taught me one thing, antlers are better sticks.
1 minute and 285 likes how
WE HAVE THE SAME BROWSTHER HISTORY OR WHAT
This man has to be a bot cause he is everywhere
HOW ARE YOU HERE
bro ur everywhere
that's one of the prettiest knife that I've ever seen
Pretty dangerous
CSGO lookin ahh knife lmao
This was also how they made stone axes in the stone age.
You should gather all the small broken pieces and put them in a rock tumbler!! They would look gorgeous and sell for a decent amount!!
He over here breaking obsidian with stone, he gotta be in creative mode!
hes using moose antler hes using mods!!!!
@@SsssssssssssssssssssOMGYdo you know where I can install his texture pack?
This ain't minecraft lil bro 💀💀💀
💀 @@MilesMoralesGaming842
@@MilesMoralesGaming842 r/woooosh
Wow, knapping is such a great skill. It makes me happy to see a younger man with such an ancient skill.
I read that as kidnapping💀
Same 😂@@Insecure...1
@@SkittlesOfficial11 this is that fastest time someone has replied to me :D
@@Insecure...1 lol
Im a young man and I'm great at napping 😊
Man this is amazing!
Fun fact, obsidian is actually volcanic glass That’s why it’s so easy to break it off
This is incredible. You must have spent years mastering this craft.
The obsidian is absolutely gorgeous it is my favorite crystal
Obsidian is not a crystal! It is more mineral like
Made out of obsidian
why yes, obsidian is made of obsidian@@biancacorona5655
Never heard of that drug tbh
It's a GLASS
I used to find pieces of obsidian in northern california as a kid!!! Always fascinated with it!!! Can be sharp asf!!! 💯✌️
Man that weapon is beautiful 🔥🔥🔥
Obsidian looks so cool dude, you did an amazing job on that knife bro!
Something about an obsidian knife is far more intimidating and terrifying to me for some reason.
It is because the Aztecs would rip peoples hearts outs after cutting them open with an obsidian knife
Is it bc it’s black?😂
It's because obsidian is incredibly sharp
It's because this weapon was one of the first steps in humanity's long and bloody process of developing deadlier and deadlier tools.
But it's also beautiful, because it shows how us humans can use our intelligence to enhance our abilities beyond what we evolved, using tools for good as well as bad.
Because it stays sharp and is hard to break, so it’s a perfect slaughter weapon.
That looks awesome
Beautiful work.
Can you possibly attempt to make an obsidion sword?!?
No he cant but he can make nether portal
@@shakilahashim damn that's a good point😳
@@shakilahashimhopefully he has gold
✅👀
Swords have to be able to handle impact. While some indigenous cultures had longer weapons with obsidian, they only used the obsidian as edge insert.
keep on making those nether portals, man. Its amazing.
I was just thinking that...
Bela peça rústica 🇧🇷😎👍
Dragon glass!...We all need one cuz the white walkers are coming 🥶😎..#GOT
*New side quest* : Now make an armour, a pickaxe and defeat 100 skeletons using your obsidian sword.
Best request yet 😂👌🏾
Bro was literally the Aztecs' arms dealer
Facts.
Facts
GTA SA? Sorry if I'm wrong.
@@alexcoughmanmf hes talking about the ancient civilization not a gta gang
The aztec empire@@alexcoughman
bro is the one who makes all of them legendary items from fps games
Bro is making art with that dragon glass!
Dragon glass?!?!
@@Camolicious it's a Game of Thrones reference
I was searching for this comment 😂
Obsidian IRL: 🤡
Obsidian in Minecraft: 💀
"YOU CAN'T MINE OBSIDIAN WITH STONE!" -Tyrecords
😂😂😂@@HortenseTheCat
True
Who says antlers aren't goated more compared to obsidian
@@HortenseTheCatthis miner Is doing it ALL WRONG 😡
Most Sharpest Object 💀
As someone who has worked with obsidian a lot making custom Macuahuitl’s and small knives as well you did a fantastic job my friend. Obsidian is an extremely hard material to work with and shape. Well done 👍🏽
How strong is obsidian and how tough?
@@Nabil-ue3eo Well, you have to keep in mind, brittle as it may be, it is still a rock. And one that was use for weapons of both hunting and war.
@@nemasisdemarini8339 You also have to keep in mind that when the Spanish showed up, the Mayans thought the Spanish were gods with all their steel and whatnot
A question bro, a Knife can be done with this like the one that Arthur Morgan has in Red Dead Redemption 2?
No point to make anything with obsidian
Note how he mentioned the leather gloves and pad he mentioned using. That's because working with obsidian without them would have covered his hands in tiny cuts, but with glassy splinters in each one.
Note how he said he usually doesn’t use them but only decided to use them for this video lol.
@radxan3295 I was pointing that out, so a noob in obsidian working would know to always use those precautions since their comparatively soft hands would have ended up shredded as if they'd slapped a table full of razer blades. While I would be that noob if I tried this, I have taken a college class in archeology, which includes the study of too production like this.
I'm fairly sure he addressed this in a video a while back saying he understands the risks of not wearing / using the protective gear but he personally opts out of using it because he finds it easier to make and shape the tool without the gloves on
Note: never use mentioned twice in a sentence 💀
For more experienced builders the gloves can be a hinderance as obsidian chips can pop up and get stuck in the glove causing worse cuts
That is some skilled knapping, my man! i am impressed!
Awesome 👌 brother keep doing Awesome work. So cool 😎
I need this for a geologist enemy of mine
Bro! That's dope!
Cool! I would like to try to make the same knife myself.
Dude, that's a beautiful black. Obsidian must be a lovely material to work with! I appreciate the excellent craftsmanship.
And amethyst
@@Nocturnal_20YT beautiful purple crystals.
No such thing as a beautiful black. All those damn thugs 😢
@@tyresethoooooooo8319 that's the difference between you and me. Agree to disagree.
Wow
This is when you mess up with a geologist.
Don't forget that Randy from South Park is a geologist. 😂
Geology isn’t a real science
@@5432223g how so? They collect data, form theories, and conduct testing using the scientific formula. Geology is most definitely a science
awesome handwork
That’s actually super sick I wish you made them to sell
You did a really damn good job on that. Turned out looking really cool
Just don't drop it
Yeah so damn
The minecraft modders do be cookin with these obsidian tools 🔥
fr🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
What's the name of the mod? 🔥🔥🔥
@@superzmz TINKER'S CONCTRUCT 🔥🗣🔥🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🗣
@@superzmzit’s called „real life mod by god“
玩我的世界玩的 世界批😂😂😂😂
Ngl that shit looks badass 🔥🔥🔥
We getting out of the nether with this material ❗️❗️💯🔥🔥
Yea
Did Bro Just break the obsidian Whit a Stone okay im never using a diamond pick ever again
@@Mathyz67nah, it was a goat horn
Real talk, mojang could just make obsidian tools
Hes a good miner
bro built a whole obsidian pack mod for his friend what a nice guy
katakuri oni chann!!!
Thats a beautiful knife ❤
WOW Beautiful beautiful
fun fact about obsidian: It’s extremely felsic (high silica content) in composition, which is why when it fractures it has that conchoidal shape. Now most felsic rocks are usually light colored - but obsidian gets its black color from abundant, microscopic crystals of minerals like magnetite, hornblende, pyroxene, plagioclase and biotite (Gets whacked with a baseball bat that I didn’t see because as a geologist I can only observe rocks and minerals)
That’s a lot of words… to bad I’m not reading it
@@Monkofscience😂😂😂
ZzzzZzzz
Ignore the jackasses commenting dumb shit. I found what you said really interesting, thank you. 🥰
that made 0 sense to my stupid brain but wow.. thats alot of words
That blade look like it's ready to save us from the Oblivion crisis and Daedras
nah shits gonna save us from the whitewalker army heading south
Looks like we got a Skyrim fan I'm going to assume you've killed Nazeem more than five times?
Not the fact that I knew what you meant right away 😭😭
@@Kingkimo-gf8bc Oblivion **
The friend while youre doing this: cmon hurry up the fich is rotting
That is such a cool knife.
That’s a beautiful knife bro
That's actually pretty nice, good job.
hell yeah, those night walkers won’t know what hit em!
A girl might be the best friend this guy is making the knife for 😅
@@alwandemthethwa7594😂😂
@@abhaym1778 um glad SOMEONE got it 🤣
Best form of camouflage for midnight
Really really cool
Best knapper I've ever seen..
Obsidian is volcanic glass, formed by lava getting cooled quicker than usual (mostly underwater). Which makes obsidian just opaque black glass.
Which also makes it very sharp, so it’s perfect for a knife.
Yes, but it also checks and dulls easily so it's not that good of a material for a knife- ACK-!
@@connorcclarkeThat's where the baseball bat comes in
Nop, the blade would shatter inside ur food
would make a decent prison shank at best.
Also perfect for making nether portals
The friend got early acces to the new 1.23 update with that knife 😂😂
fr
wow thats amazing
Use the scraps and make a nether portal