the technique you use for making a large river boulder into a natural whetstone is actually quite intriguing , and using river silt as an aggrigate for getting a fine polish was even more ingenious. thank you for being an awesome and entertaining teacher.
@Winterhold Guard yea I guess your right. I've seen one two on Neutral sites. Incidental I suppose. I dont remember where I was working on 4 years ago lol
@@steveshelton3081 yes, that is how people should be. Everybody of todays generation are just a bunch of little snowflakes who dont know how to stand up for themselves. They just whine when they get their feelings hurt.
@@williamwhite9481 dude not everyone is like that im gen z and trust me i love the outdoors and i love fishing hunting and i know many friends that love the outdoors
This was very well made. I enjoyed the cinematic scenes underwater of the clay from grinding mixing with the water and the process and the progression of the tool. I really enjoyed it!
I'm very interested to see you finish this axe and the handle. I was actually disappointed that there was not another follow up video. this is the way I always wanted to see it done. Now I have confidence in using this method. Thank you for sharing.
Dan: I always enjoy and admire your ability to play, explore new things and learn and I think it's great that you share your curosity with your children.
well until now, I always pictured the ancients sitting around the fire all winter long just to make one tool like the one you did in so little time. thanks for the lesson.
dasdew2 and in many cases built thriving communities- all with primitive methods. Yes you can put a handle on it. you can google "stone axe" and see how.
There are several primitive ways to put a handle on it. The split stick method, where a stick is split down the middle and the head is placed inside. It is then tied in place. Then theres the forked branch method, which requires a branch that breaks off into two branches at one end. The head is clamped between these two branches and tied in place. Finally, the less reliable wrap method. You take a very long stick, and literally whittle literally half of it away, so that just the other half, and the papery bark remains. The head is then wrapped in the bark end, to secure it. It is then tied down just on case. All of these would work, sorry for the long-ass comment
Tino Vasquez no.. not even close. they just were alot more effective in using what they had. but they probably were stronger on average than an average human today. i think a chimpanzee can crush a human skull with a downward fist slam. they have really strong back and arm muscles to hold and swing on tree branches when getting food.
They probably would have made a cylinder like stone by grinding and used that to grind in the bottom of the head, then found a stick just a bit bigger that the hole made, and out it in
Sweet! I need to make one of these to finish my primitive bow! (primitive bows are tough!!!) Thanks for showing how the natives would have done this! It looks good... take care, Will
Impressive. Thanks for posting. The Maoris here in NZ made some wonderful stone adzes from argillite and jade. From a young age I was under the impression that an adze took maybe months to make. I can now see that functional stone adzes / axeheads can be made fairly quickly. Best wishes....
You have the best primitive axe making video on you tube hands down . Love all of your videos on stone tools . Wish you could upload a video on making a complete axe head though . I was a little let down when you didn't finish the head all the way. But all and all good work man ! hope to see new vids soon.
Very cool! I don't know why I never thought of using water and sand grit before ... We don't have flint around here , so this will be a fun new project!
You know. From the looks of this boulder it has been used for this exact purpose a lot. It would not surprise me if this thing has been used for this for a long, long time by generations of humans.
Greetings, don't worry about your pecking stone breaking... it is when i snap the axe head that gets me upset. I often will hold the axe in my hand as a cushion. And I listen for a good sound in the rock when I select one. A nice clear ring, no cracks. I enjoy your work and thank you for sharing with us. pax, Puffinlittle
Very cool and informative. However, I couldn't help but wonder if you couldn't make the groove the same way you made the rest of the ax head by working it against an edge of a larger stone.
That sudden fish while you were getting grinding gravel made me laugh harder than I needed to. "Hey land being, what you doing in my river? Gonna dig me up some grub?"
Nicely honed edge! :) Grinding is always a pain in the neck, and a very easy way to speed that up is to prepare the guidelines and start the grinding with a rasp then peck and hone smooth the old-fashioned way.
@@gotrocksinhead God knows I do too but a part of me would enjoy it. I grew up on a farm and I feel like we made a big mistake, pushing nature so far from our everyday life.
@@heathertaylor8904 yeah, there's that wild side of me that would be thrilled to step back into the "past." I don't think my wife would be too thrilled though. I suppose if that happened, we'd be the ones who would survive... perhaps.
I always love your hand axe vids. To find a rock here without a long walk to the river is ehem very difficult. I mean if you had no car ehe. Trade was very common here for natives.
When I was a kid I found a green stone axe-head. It's blade is more off center, more like an adze. I wondered why. After seeing your vid it makes sense. It would angle better for chopping something vertical without stressing the edge too much. Thanks.
When I make these, I grind the groove. I have had too many pieces of our local sandstone break while pecking. It is very simple to grind the groove. Find a nearly 90 deg angle on a freshly broken rock and just grind away. The reason our rocks break with pecking is that it was deposited in thin layers. If the horizon between the layers is running edge to poll, it won't break from being used to cut wood. But hitting it perpendicular like when pecking the groove will break it more often than not. It also makes great querns. But you have to "float" the flour off the grit that inevitably arises. That's just fanning it into a sheet though.
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the technique you use for making a large river boulder into a natural whetstone is actually quite intriguing , and using river silt as an aggrigate for getting a fine polish was even more ingenious. thank you for being an awesome and entertaining teacher.
Black Box Theory Productions if you cant think of that you must be as dumb as a rock;)
Good
Pretty obvious idea to me
I went camping to the mountains and made 2 axe heads or more like hatchet heads but I did this technique and it worked really good
Ingenious? Been done for thousands of years
"Jeez, man. This backpack is so heavy. So you carry rocks In it or something?"
"Why yes, yes I do."
Klyborg Your comment "rocks"
I😃😃😃😃😃
Klyborg
lol. dont let the haters get to u.
I can't believe he is so fast, incredible, he is like humming bird!!
Plz tell me you're kidding
Abraxis86 When he was cutting the sapling with the stone axe, he reminded me more of a woodpecker.
It's called fast forwarding
Andy Phan they are all so messed up its Fast Forwarding
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+ZBrzezna oh my god XD
I've done some archeology work in Ontario and have seen these exact heads made by my people (Iroquois). Excellent!
Tyrone Deer That's cool! Thanks
gotrocksinhea
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Tyrone Deer what are you, 1/16th?
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@Winterhold Guard yea I guess your right. I've seen one two on Neutral sites. Incidental I suppose. I dont remember where I was working on 4 years ago lol
Please be sure to register your new weapon.
Spiritual€@nofwup@$$ too much testosterone in your diet ha
Billy Proctor sorry bill, I'm trying to cut down on meat but whenever the antelope thrash their tails around I just gotta pounce and tear ass lol
It's a splitting axe - therefore it is a tool ;p
@@92000 he was kidding
why did your camera also have to be a primitive tool?
Back then Filming on a potato was normal.
I Guess some people just aren't smart enough to bring a $200+ camera into the creek
why did your username have to be a primitive joke
+Dick Butt The camera is fine
Why are you a primitive tool?
Watching him chop down that little tree made me say thank God for steel
Remember he hasnt finished the "handle".because with one it
Free Fall
the leverage a handle would provide would probably make it easier
I made an axe out of copper ore and a long stick. Cuts down a tree 2x thicker in 3 hits :P
Don't thank God for steel, thank the human race for utilizing it
I made an axe out of slate. Breaks on impact.
PLEASE keep working on this! I really want to see the finished product! Good stuff!
It's good to see someone who realized that ...hey, we don't need all this fancy dancy technology when we can use stone tools
But then people evolved
@@BrandoCommando21 and got dumber and now rely on technology to do everything. This generation is dumber than shit and can't work with their hands
Steve Shelton ok boomer
@@steveshelton3081 yes, that is how people should be. Everybody of todays generation are just a bunch of little snowflakes who dont know how to stand up for themselves. They just whine when they get their feelings hurt.
@@williamwhite9481 dude not everyone is like that im gen z and trust me i love the outdoors and i love fishing hunting and i know many friends that love the outdoors
Even though i have never done this, it seems familiar to me.
You need jesus
ScrapForge stop being an axehole
JewishCoupon ew
Same actually...
Or you transform into a CAVEMAN under the full moon. :o
This was very well made. I enjoyed the cinematic scenes underwater of the clay from grinding mixing with the water and the process and the progression of the tool. I really enjoyed it!
Lots of people should do stuff like this u rock
Anthony Mendoza Lol you said he "rocks"
Amazing! So much respect for the ancients!
I'm very interested to see you finish this axe and the handle. I was actually disappointed that there was not another follow up video. this is the way I always wanted to see it done. Now I have confidence in using this method. Thank you for sharing.
He couldn't possibly be comfortable hitting rocks together that close to his croch
Dan: I always enjoy and admire your ability to play, explore new things and learn and I think it's great that you share your curosity with your children.
This project is fantastic. I like your work Dan!
Greets from Switzerland
Felix
Hi Felix
This looks really relaxing, I feel this primal urge to just go to a forest and learn to fully live on my own for some time.
At like 1:54 I heard the rock saying "peanut butter"
pov: the voices are back
jk i know what you mean
Genius
Shit I don't even remember typing this. Must have been on something
Is the rock in the room with us now?
Man that was an awesome demonstration. Now that I'm totally hooked, I must make one! Thanks for sharing.
Great video. There's definitely a reason why us humans went on to invent and use better materials! although it is great knowledge to possess!
Wooow! That's fantastic! So simple when you think about it, but I've always just thought about knapping for making stone tools - never grinding.
Instructions unclear, I started WWIII
The instructions were nuclear
+Herbert The pervert
I see what you did there.
no, you're just a pervert ;)
WW3 will be fought with nukes and bombs. All wars thereafter will be fought with stick and stone.
well until now, I always pictured the ancients sitting around the fire all winter long just to make one tool like the one you did in so little time. thanks for the lesson.
I wonder if there's a way to put a handle on it.
Can't believe our ancient ancestors did things like this.
dasdew2 and in many cases built thriving communities- all with primitive methods. Yes you can put a handle on it. you can google "stone axe" and see how.
There are several primitive ways to put a handle on it. The split stick method, where a stick is split down the middle and the head is placed inside. It is then tied in place.
Then theres the forked branch method, which requires a branch that breaks off into two branches at one end. The head is clamped between these two branches and tied in place.
Finally, the less reliable wrap method. You take a very long stick, and literally whittle literally half of it away, so that just the other half, and the papery bark remains. The head is then wrapped in the bark end, to secure it. It is then tied down just on case.
All of these would work, sorry for the long-ass comment
***** that dude is a badass. I haven't found anyone that can top how resourceful and knowledgeable than him on youtube.
Tino Vasquez no.. not even close. they just were alot more effective in using what they had. but they probably were stronger on average than an average human today. i think a chimpanzee can crush a human skull with a downward fist slam. they have really strong back and arm muscles to hold and swing on tree branches when getting food.
They probably would have made a cylinder like stone by grinding and used that to grind in the bottom of the head, then found a stick just a bit bigger that the hole made, and out it in
yet again minecraft lied to me
thats why we have terrafirmacraft
:D
Richard its not a learning game dummyass
Richard and it says gamer on your avatar on your channel with unturned, agario, and tf2 those games are more cringe than Minecraft
Nqse lol
Beautifully shot video. Thanks for showing the failure of your groove-cutting stone.
that creek looks like it has some tasty lil fishes..
Umm... Ok then.
Ur strange
smeagol??
@@charliemasovic2324 no he's hungry
It probably has aids
Seriously?It's like that huh? THIS GUY! Crazy cool, plumbers crack & all. Enjoy all your videos. Ty.
Sweet! I need to make one of these to finish my primitive bow! (primitive bows are tough!!!) Thanks for showing how the natives would have done this! It looks good... take care, Will
Impressive. Thanks for posting. The Maoris here in NZ made some wonderful stone adzes from argillite and jade. From a young age I was under the impression that an adze took maybe months to make. I can now see that functional stone adzes / axeheads can be made fairly quickly. Best wishes....
Wow cool, by the way this video tempt me to make stone tools, I made a stone dagger. This is awesome also
You have the best primitive axe making video on you tube hands down . Love all of your videos on stone tools . Wish you could upload a video on making a complete axe head though . I was a little let down when you didn't finish the head all the way. But all and all good work man ! hope to see new vids soon.
Thanks. Many times, primitive axes were made this way intentionally.
I like how you showed all of it and didn't skip, only fast forwarded
Good stone axe for you , when I living long ago in stone age , I faund more easiest way to make stone axe :-)
Muri Salin stone age? How old are you 4901?
This is so cool man I'd rather do this than video games any day you're awesome by the way
Very cool! I don't know why I never thought of using water and sand grit before ... We don't have flint around here , so this will be a fun new project!
I tried making an axe head like this and it worked faster than I thought it would, worked well too, 😊
You know. From the looks of this boulder it has been used for this exact purpose a lot. It would not surprise me if this thing has been used for this for a long, long time by generations of humans.
That was a well done and edited video. Thanks for taking the time to do it. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you
Greetings, don't worry about your pecking stone breaking... it is when i snap the axe head that gets me upset. I often will hold the axe in my hand as a cushion. And I listen for a good sound in the rock when I select one. A nice clear ring, no cracks. I enjoy your work and thank you for sharing with us.
pax, Puffinlittle
That's why I always take my steel axe everytime I come out to the nature :)
What happens when you forget and is in a survival situation! This video is valuable for those occasions.
Very cool and informative. However, I couldn't help but wonder if you couldn't make the groove the same way you made the rest of the ax head by working it against an edge of a larger stone.
He could but he was showing another method
Thanks for uploading this, it's incredibly detailed.
You're welcome
Awesome axe, Dan! That thing didn't take too long and it was getting the job done! Thanks for showing....Ben
AWESOME. I'm imeressed, Dan. your skills, tallend and teaching aproach are awesome. Thanks for sharing this video. Ken
I love making primitive knives and axes!!!!!
That sudden fish while you were getting grinding gravel made me laugh harder than I needed to. "Hey land being, what you doing in my river? Gonna dig me up some grub?"
+Tom Fallion Ha ha.. the fish love the gravel being stirred up. Lots of food in there!
What fish?
Thanks this will help me a lot when I go to wilderness camp
Really, really nice work. Very inspiring!
Excellant video Dan! I dig your use of the underwater and high speed effects and your voice-overs! Nice axe too lol
we need more people like this great job man!
Just think about it if it wasent for sticks and stones would not have all the technology we have today
Good video and instrutional also . Keep up the great videos like this, on how to make early tools.
Relaxing video :) I learned a lot! Thanks so much - I will probably try this Summer 2014 :D
Thanks
Dad you does it in 2014? It is to late ify not oyhn noooooooo it 2019
wow! your patience is incredible i would have taken the angle grinder already after ten minutes
using small wet ROCKS on a ROCK to grind a ROCK to make an axe with that ROCK. so many rocks. and this video rocks too.
i tried this in my backyard using a pail of water instead of a river, and a brick works just great for an abrasive surface. I made a hand-axe!
I have always tryed to look for games that make you do this but I found out it's a lot easier and funner this way! :D Thanks man!
Nicely honed edge! :) Grinding is always a pain in the neck, and a very easy way to speed that up is to prepare the guidelines and start the grinding with a rasp then peck and hone smooth the old-fashioned way.
Great step by step! Would love to see the complete fast forwarding feature for the grinding as you did for the notch.
Looks like quite a success! Well done!
Me Want More! 4 vids in a week I feel all giddy, lol... Can't wait to see it finished, have a Blessed one bud.
That is so great Dan.... Nice work!!!
idk why but all those Rocks were satisfying af
Weirdo...
Thanks! I like learning this stuff on the off chance I'll need it one day.
I hope it doesn't ever get to that point :)
@@gotrocksinhead God knows I do too but a part of me would enjoy it. I grew up on a farm and I feel like we made a big mistake, pushing nature so far from our everyday life.
@@heathertaylor8904 yeah, there's that wild side of me that would be thrilled to step back into the "past." I don't think my wife would be too thrilled though. I suppose if that happened, we'd be the ones who would survive... perhaps.
Excellent work!
such a good axe head and yet so easy to make you rule!!!!!
I always love your hand axe vids. To find a rock here without a long walk to the river is ehem very difficult. I mean if you had no car ehe. Trade was very common here for natives.
this was the first video I watched of you got rocks head
Killer vid! Great work dude! Love your videos and your work.
Thank you
Great work on the axe! Your video editing and different shot angles are very good too. Keep it up!
Should be called "Creating a rough stone axe HEAD with primitive tools"
Show us how to finish it, please?
That is true. It is just the head. I gave it away to a friend. It is no longer in my custody.
James Deppeler hes not going to finish it its JUST the axe HEAD
nice camera work, gr8 shots.
your doing a great job Dan.
3:58 you scared the crap out that little fish haha. awesome tool you made!
Haha he made the fish run into the rock.
Makes complete sense and now I know! Thanks for that!
Amazing Axe my friend! Great Job Dan.
imagine this guy meeting Perimitive Technology guy in the forestxD
Yo you still alive?
Now I know how a baby beaver feels,lol. Nice skills.
When I was a kid I found a green stone axe-head. It's blade is more off center, more like an adze. I wondered why. After seeing your vid it makes sense. It would angle better for chopping something vertical without stressing the edge too much. Thanks.
Great video Dan.
Thanks Pete
Oh never mind I just had to watch a little more LOL!
Cool brother, thanks for the inspiration, Terry.
Loved every *Bit* of it!
you are awesome!! love it man! I deffo gotta try this when I get a day off work lol. keep up the great vids dan!
Wow! I'm amazed at this
awesome. i really like the editing too
Congratulations excellent video well explained,
I let one of my own ...
See you soon Giuliano
You fast MANG !! Looking good too !!!
Great Bushcraft Slills.
nice rock on rock action there *insert lenny face*
Great editing
Thank you
Really Nice man! I'll try that!
When I make these, I grind the groove. I have had too many pieces of our local sandstone break while pecking. It is very simple to grind the groove. Find a nearly 90 deg angle on a freshly broken rock and just grind away. The reason our rocks break with pecking is that it was deposited in thin layers. If the horizon between the layers is running edge to poll, it won't break from being used to cut wood. But hitting it perpendicular like when pecking the groove will break it more often than not. It also makes great querns. But you have to "float" the flour off the grit that inevitably arises. That's just fanning it into a sheet though.
Very cool. Would love to make one.
Man this is fantastic I’m thinking about making a Celt axe. I also live in the PNW. I’ll probably make it at a river too.
Hello from Sydney Australia. New to your channel really love the first video. Looking forward to surfing you channel!! Great video!! Cheers.
Your shortened this video a lot! lol, A very good video. Thanks for doing this and for creating and uploading a very well made video on it.
Thanks.. yes I did :)
cool video
Small Valley, Upper Dauphin County PA - 10,000 years of human habitation
Great technique. Thanks bro!!