Making a flint spear
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- Making a flint spear
Using ancient techniques we are going to learn how to make a spear using a large nodule of Flint, along the way Will Lord will take you through every step of the process.
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I never thought it was possible to have the equal of watching a man perform human history from 10,000+ years ago, right in front of our eyes. Thank you. The sound of the flint shavings falling down and clinking and clanging is so soothing. Almost as good as nice crackling fire.
Beautiful comment thank you 🙏
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Dear Will - I had the good fortune to watch an exhibition put on by your father and your late mother, and I was captivated. I enjoy your videos just as much: the way you tell the story of each flake is magical.
Cheers Mate
Cracking craftsmanship as usual Will , happy new year mate (all hail Will our tribe leader)
Cheers Peter
"Cracking."
I see what you did there. :P
Anyone who doesn't learn something watching your channel it because they just don't want to learn. Another amazing job. Thanks for taking us along 👍.
This is awesome. I could watch it all day.
Hi Will. Love this and all the videos you produce. Flint napping looks really interesting, would love to try it myself sometime. You have a wonderful relaxing way of putting things across which is really nice. All the best and keep up your great work, LB.
You make it look so easy when you decide to take those chance wacks on the blank!!!
40 years of practice says it will come off
I really appreciate how this channel honors the ancestors, and has fun videos. May the new year bless us all with unlimited abundance in all good things :)
Happy New Year for those who are alreadybin 2024 and beyond, and for those who are about to arrive!
13:23 on December 31 here.
We almost have control. It looked to me that you had control from the moment you picked up the whole piece of flint. Great job. Thanks for taking us along 👍.
Cheers Garet 👍
Love from Central Coast California. My own fascination with ancient man turned me on to flint knapping, and I appreciate you talking about the peoples who's lives depended on the craft. You a one interesting dude. Cheers!
If you don't know monterey chert comes up from the beaches there after every storm during winter it is a decent stone to flake if your are used to difficult stone it is a hit or miss with heat treatment Franciscan chest is also darn decent
2:34 "And that is exactly what I could have hoped for." A nearly complete arrowhead in one blow. WOW! That is next level impressive.
Will, this video type is absolutely the best style. Up close and narrating your work/thought process. Learning from someone who has a strong knowledge base of the subject matter is such a pleasure to watch! 10/10
Thoroughly enjoyed your commentary - thanks for the video.
Always a pleasure
I'm lucky enough to live very close to an Iron Age Hill Fort and regularly meet tourists, particularly from America, who are often stunned to comprehend the age of some of our monuments in Europe. A thousand year old church or castle or a Roman Villa is not unusual - we are so fortunate. But your work takes us back so far into prehistory that it completely boggles the mind :-)
Unfortunately here in the United States most of the ancient structures that did exist are now gone due to the ignorance and arrogance of men who plow them to nothing in the name of progress. However we do have some ancient native American mounds still in existence. It is truly a shame what men do in the name of money. No sense of history or what it means to a country's people. I would love to visit places like Maiden Hill or any hill fort or ancient castle.
Great video today. Not only in content, but also in the color and lighting of the video. Really nice.
Thanks Bro
Always love watching your videos
As always Will, you are the master knapper and I love watching your videos.
Bless your heart thanks David
Thank you for sharing Will. I’m always amazed by your skills. Cheers
Great video Will. Went to a craft festival recently with my daughter and had a chat with you. It was very inspiring to hear someone so dedicated and enthusiatic to share knowledge of what you do. Thanks again.
You were amazing Will.....learned very much watching you knapp
I suggest using eye protection and appropriate mask to keep small dust flakes out of lungs.
Guy is a great flintnapper
That's an interesting identification note at 27:50 about pressure flaking refinements dating found points. I have what seems to be the three and a half inches of the pointed end of a longer spear point, made roughly chunky and quickly from non-flint fine-grained stone, that I found on our old farm when I was a kid. I'd be interested in seeing a few videos like you mentioned people made tools '"for use at the moment, they weren't trying to make show pieces", like building a simple survival kit from "what you can find rocks" not necessarily the best flint available. Another would be: what tool making tools do you pack in your "prepper kit go bag" because you can't take everything?
I admire your skill & appreciate that you share your knowledge.
Thank you Will for this. Fascinating to see the whole process in real time which helps me understand the decision making. I will be on a ferry to Brittany in late March and will keep an eye out in case you are on the same one and I can thank you in person.
I'm always cleaning and sharpening my tools. Very cool
I'm fascinated by prehistory so watching you work and explain your process
In less than an hour You have taken a piece of something old beyond old applied your experience of the craft to it with a positive attitude and the ability of your hands to create what you expressed you wanted at the start. All the while being able to explain without flaw how it is happening and why. Will you are a man worthy of respect and Im glad for you doing what you do. Happiest of New Years to you.
Thank you Sir and happy new year
This is like watching Tony Hart or Bob Ross; it’s really relaxing but compulsive viewing. Happy New Year to all us cavemen!
I hope than one day, you have time to come in my area. I would be very happy to show you some flint fields. Here in Perigord, whe found some amazing colors, from the black to the red, pink, etc etc.
Tremendous stuff. Loved this. All that hard work, and such a beautiful artefact at the end!
Well-done mate, that's beautiful.
Nice work Will. Always appreciate these videos. Glad this stone turned out for you.
All the best in the New Year! May your flint be clear, your tools strike true, and your bandaid/plaster box never run out!
😂 I will probably just bleed every where 😂 happy new year mate
Hear hear! Cooperative materials, precision skills, and abundant medical supplies!
Thank you for sharing your process Will, appreciate you.
Awesome job, looked beautiful at the end
I really enjoy watching you create. It is definite a art , I've collected Spare point add arrowheads Decades. I enjoy you you're creativity of the videos keep up the good work.
Looking forward to the course in may. Maybe we can make a spear head or dagger.
Great skills 😄 i awlays enjoy your style of knapping with natural tools and good piece of flint
Yay! Almost started going through withdrawal, it has been a few days (Hi, my name is George, and I'm a Flint junkie)!
Thank you Will. Incredibly inspiring. Thank you for sharing this window into our ancient past. It touches me in a place that is hard to describe. God bless you in this coming year.
What a beautiful piece you made there.
Educating, entertaining and suspenseful as always, your videos are a pleasure to watch.
I am looking forward to discovering Carnac with you.
Thank you so much for giving people the opportunity to see places which they can’t visit for themselves.
Keep up the good work, mate.
Cheers buddy now on the ferry ⛴️
Great Video.
I can't believe that you manufactured that from the lump!
I've still got the arrow head that John made for me in Kilmartin when I was experimenting using nettle cordage on bows, 25 years ago :-)
Lovely to watch a Craftsman in action.
Not many Craftsmen around these day's.
People consider myself a bit of a Dinosaur.
Nice to know I'm not the only practical person around.
Have been intending to produce a blade of some sought.
A Wonderful piece of Flint you had to work with.
Most instructive demonstration of your technique.
Has armed me with the necessary knowledge to produce the desired item,though of course like all skill's you make it look achievable.
Shall continue to watch your video's.
A Much Appreciative
Raptor Rob 👌
You're quite the Knapper, sir. 4:30 ...Cortex... flint skin... hm... I had to look up, "skinflint", after ruminating about that, lol! Interesting. I love how language develops, although I would see a "skinflint" as someone who is very resourceful, able to create what they need from limited resources, not very cheap, like what the word means today.
What a unique human being... Love you Mr Will.. Great stuff!
thanks for all you do
great job
I live in east Texas we
We find arrowheads every now then my best freind found a lance head it was almost 2 feet long
Loving your videos, and looking forward to seeing you at your earth lodge in February
Gracias por tu sabiduría y arte. Desde España, un abrazo.
I look forward to these Saturday morning lessons and the insight you bring to the art & craft of working the stone. I'll have to get myself over to the UK for a workshop and get my hands busy.
i booked one later into next year and cant wait, heard nothing but good things about it! Good excuse to explore the area too
You'll have to let us know how it goes! Will seems like he'd be a pleasant teacher, given his extensive experience and outwardly-calm demeanour.
Hey Will love watching you make stone tools from start to finish. It gives me that extra encouragement I need to start practicing with the chunk of flint I dug up when they put a road in over buy my house. I just don't have the tools or rather u should say do i know the tools best for making a knife or a spear point. I would love to take a course and learn it all but I'm in the States, and can't really afford a trip. But possibly a neat video idea teaching all the different tools that can be used and which are best at what times. You may have already made a video like that but I'd love to see something like that. Keep up the great work Lord. 👍
You can get reasonably far with a hammer stone and a stout section of tree limb. A stout section of antler is an upgrade from there. For a few dollars and a further upgrade, you can buy a copper plumbing pipe endcap from a hardware store and mount it on a wooden dowel to make a percussion striker.
First time of watching. Great video! What skill !!! I would've called it a finished product 3/4 of the way through. I've always marvelled at the knowledge and skill of people from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic in terms of tool making and also gathering of food and medicinal plants and herbs. How marvellous you keep their skill and memory alive in our ultra easy and modern existence. I shall be subscribing soon as this video finishes
Awesome thank you 🙏
Thank you for your fine presentation. I get the feeling that every piece you work is an education for you as well as those who watch. I live in Nova Scotia not far from chalcedony quarry sites that have been used by native craftsmen for thousands of years. I fear local knowledge of how this work was done has been lost so what you are doing is desperately needed.
We could learn so much from you
I have watched two of your shows , whao great skill .
I'm going to try and do some .
I live near a chert mine , native Americans used to make tools . On my land I have found a arrowhead , chips , possible camp area . I live offgrid and am a bit of a servivalist. And i want to make a bow and some arrows , and a knife . I reall think I can .
Hey there. My greetings from Central America and from a fellow knapper that plays the hand I get dealt with each stone. Agate has been my favorite by far to work with. Can’t go anywhere without having an eye spying for material to work with. Happy new year!! Keep up the majestic work my friend, our ancestors would be proud.
Thank you, Will. Watching you work is a great joy and somehow makes me feel tied to our ancient ancestors. As I watch I wonder if there were specialists within tribes who produced most of the tools, or was this a general skill everyone learned?
Love these videos. Thank you for sharing your skills/art.
Great stuff Will! Your videos really captured my imagination. Just finished my third arrowhead and having a lot of fun.
Third arrowhead? Very nice. What material(s) do you use?
Flint. I'm very lucky really, Dig up a decent amount working in Suffolk. @@Kargoneth
Great idea for a spear, I never see anyone making spears and idk why bc they are pretty awesome. Thanks for being you by the way I hope you have a great new year
Cheers Bryan happy new year mate
I really really love and appreciate your energy and knowledge. I never would have thought that I would be so captivated by your videos and now I look forward to each and every one. Please keep up the great work and never stop being you. You are an amazing human being, I wish I could meet you and spend some time learning from you. Stay safe, stay genuine, stay you. Happy New Year from Maine, USA.
Thanks Sean
I love flintknapping and I’m made fun of because of it
Sounds like a beautiful journey.....much appreciated you sharing your skills time and experience in your adventures....enjoy your day
Cheers fella
Your like the bob Ross of primitive tool art. You’re an amazing craftsman!
well done Will! looks great, the oil really brings it up nice.
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Lovely! I didn't know that flint was porous. That oil treatment really brought out the beautiful surface finish.
Watching these two-dimensional knapping videos, I can usually guess which bit the knapper will remove next or will be working toward removing. I would estimate that I am correct about 80% of the time. I can also predict the way that the material will fracture about 75% of the time. Of course, visualizing what needs to be done, and actually doing it are two different things. I'd like to try my hand at knapping. I think that I would be able to become quite good at it.
When I go for walks near riverbeds, I try to keep an eye out for knapping stones, but I've only ever been able to find small-grained stones a few centimeters in diameter, and that was during a trip to the western seacoast in August. I don't think that there are many chert or flint sources in my area of Canada (southern Alberta), and/or I am just really bad at spotting nodules; I wouldn't be surprised if I've walked by a great many of them. In the end, I might just have to purchase some chert or flint from a supplier or scavenge glass blocks from a recycling center if my urge to knap becomes too great!
This knapping video wasn't as nerve-wracking for me as your previous video. Probably because you didn't thin it down as much. That being said, there were some parts that were more nerve-wracking though: 1) working the tip to remove the last bit of cortex, and 2) notching the sides of the base. I was a bit torn near the end while trying to guess how you'd prepare it for mounting to a shaft. I was expecting you to maybe add a bifacial central flute at the base in which to fit a notched shaft. Once you started notching the sides, I started to worry that you'd try knocking out the bits between the notches and that that would have a high chance of snapping off the base!
cheers will me and tom made a wounderfull blow pipe for the fire circle in the roundhouse in holts feild had a go at flintwork a bit myself but nowhere near ur level its amzing you know ur a ledge man merry christmas and happy new year dude from me and the jagwar :)
Good health and prosperity to you for this year.
would love to see a video of it going on a shaft and in general various videos where after the flint knapping there is the creation of the tool
I will keep that in mind mate and try to do something like that soon
@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival appreciate it! By the way thank yous your videos are always very relaxing and almost meditative I'd say. Often helps me to find my mood back!
Nice! It's always a good time watching your whole process.
Turning a stone into a timeless piece.
I love your videos
Thank you 🙏
such a joy to watch you work, i will always have time to watch a master at his craft generously giving us incredible insights into our ancestors with techniques that could easily one day be lost. massive appreciation for you mr lord :) happy new year!
Infinite love and gratitude .:. 🌀🙏✨
Thanks Donna
Fun and educational
amazing work
Thanks will great job love your work my name is Richard I live in Alabama I wish you could make me a couple of thin by faces
It would be interesting to see all the tools that you can make from that one stone.
New to the channel I’m loving the vids so far, keep up the good work!
Primitive master!
Love the video keep it up hope to make it over someday cheers
Wow. You got lucky on that first whack ! Interesting stuff and useful . Thanks for the share . My ancestors used this idea daily in their lifetimes . :O)
dam that things gorgeous, I have to wipe the drool away.
lol cheers mate
Thank you for the running commentary as you are knapping, it really helps me understand the process and enriches my experience. Thanks again and happy new year!
Excellent video Will, this is now one of my favorite channels. Wish I could find flint here on Ontario CND. I do have a question regarding your outfit. I am a leather worker and I find your clothing/jacket fascinating. Did you make these your self? if so would you do a video on your clothing and how you made them? Cheers and Happy New Year Sir!
Yes mate I made them all myself and if you have a chance look at some of my videos from the past you will find some info about them there 👍
One thing I would be worried about on your behalf is silicosis and smoke inhalation. I see the puffs of fine rock dust and campfire smoke while you work your craft in your lodge. When you cough, I can hear phlegm in your lungs. It is not healthy to be breathing that stuff. Both can lead to scarring of lung tissues, granulomas, and cancerous lesions. If possible, I would advise Will, and anyone else, to try to work upwind so that they are not breathing the materials from their knappings and try to ensure that their lodges are well-ventilated whenever possible and to use fuel with low levels of volatiles (like charcoal) to reduce exposure to persistent environmental pollutants in the air.
Perhaps a charcoal oven would be a good project for you to build, Will.
Bonne et heureuse année 2024.
Very nice always great work! Very interesting! Have a wonderful New Year's!!!
Great video bud really enjoyed it and learn something too 👍
Thanks JR
Thanks Will! Beautiful work, quite the cliff hanger!
Hi Will! I was wondering, have you done much knapping with quartzite? There's no natural source of flint in my home province, so a lot of the points found are made of quartzite. The local peoples did trade for flint but it's not quite as common. Cheers!
What’s up will! Always a pleasure watching the vids! Keep up the good work!
dang, i so want to be able to make such one day!
really need to find an affordable source of flint.
Go find an old toilet tank and smash into big flat chunks. Ive got an issue paying for a rock, but old toilets tanks are abundant. Ive got several big pieces im going to give a go at.
You make it love so easy
Yeah you definitely know how to do that interesting watching how you do that cuz being a city Folk you don't see much of what you're doing😂 but it's always good to have a video on hand because of what does world is coming to you'll probably be the only Survivor😂🎉❤
Outstanding, Will! I'd like to get hold of a rock or two or three. I'm in Pennsylvania. I have a couple friends who are avid arrowhead hunters, and there are quite a few collections throughout the county that come up for auction, but finding whole flintstones is, as far as I know, is difficult. It is almost as if, where you are, that the whole bloomin' Island is one giant flintstone.🤔🤥
Another beautiful piece.👍
Hi Will, fascinating as always. Would it be interesting to see two axes being made at the same time. One with only hammer stones and one with soft hammer. To show the differences in technique.
From Cleburne Texas that cool man .
It's amazing to me how you make the things you make. Thank you for sharing your talents and skills. Have a great day/ night. P. S. Still hoping to hear the rest of your story of the Ice Age. Hugs from Indiana USA 😊 💜💜☮️