Abo Flintknapping Tools

Abo or Aboriginal Flintknapping tools are the tools that can be harvested and collected from the Natural Environment. These tools and variations of them have been used for over 2.5 million years. Basic in function, but vital for proper flitnknapping methods and techniques.
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[@Onemoarblockplz]

im in my early 20s, and have been doing flintknapping for just about a decade. seeing you popularize it, and make it "cool" does me good. seeing this essential skill being broadcasted to a wide audience is truly an education for some. thank you donny.

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

My pleasure. I think all of us that Knapp have contributed. We’ve been working stone far longer than we’ve bee working steel.

[@senkuu_ishigamii]

It was done before in prison to make shanks

[@johnjohnson9100]

I was around 8 when I saw someone knapping at a powwow and was absolutely captivated. Been doing it off and on since. I'm 43 now, and I still love the feel and sounds of working stone. Love your channel, and thank you for helping keep these traditions alive.

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

My pleasure. Appreciate you watching and following the adventures. Much respect to you for Knapping and keeping Knapping alive as well. We all have a small part in this story of stone.

[@jakesoftley7519]

Hey donny thanks for your tips dude they recently helped me to survive the mountain range of Poland and Slovakia. I used your tips to craft a rock axe and Flintknapp a saw to cut down wood. Thank you dude so much, any more tips on what can be used to create ropes or show more snare traps etc? Maybe how to identify foods? Keep the videos coming bro, LOVE THEM! watched you for 3 years now 👍💯

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Appreciate you greatly and happy you made it out ok. That’s awesome. I’ll keep them coming the best I can. Thanks for watching and following the adventures. Much respect and appreciation.

[@thefeatheredfrontiersman8135]

I've definitely wanted to take a look in your tool bag for a while. Let us not forget bipolar, indirect percussion, reverse indirect percussion, compression jigs, and chest crutches. Those are are all traditional as well. Most of my pomo ( California) artifacts are blade core pieces from either crutches or jigs. Always very intriguing videos sir!

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

That’s another video. Keeping it basic, will produce all you need. Thanks.

[@reyniercampher3815]

I love your content. Can watch this every day.

[@_Pookie_]

Awesome video! Thanks for the breakdown of the tools and how to us them. Learned a ton.

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Appreciate you watching. Thanks so very much.

[@storbunlimitedbushcraft6996]

Yes Donny! This is brilliant thanks for sharing bro 🙌🏽🤙🏽

[@JizzyPalms]

I could watch you do that for hours...

[@chrispycream7748]

Been waiting for this video for awhile! Thanks donny!!

[@elliotepic7081]

Great vid also very calming watching you work.

[@mrkultra1655]

Thanks Donny

[@jordanalexanderjuarezgazo571]

I really liked your videos I'm looking at all your tools 🛠

[@edwardmorgan3851]

Donny going traditional old school on us !

[@hectichemroid5863]

I commented on a previous video asking about the tools! Thank you for curing my curiosity and I’m sure many others too!

[@josephcormier5974]

Very informative with great content thank you for sharing this five stars brother

[@clarkkee7457]

Simple explanation. Very much appreciated

[@valiantwarrior4517]

Thank you, sir. Just watching this helped me understand better what is actually happening through a flintknapping process.

[@EncoreBetch]

Am I the only dude who thinks that this guy is a legend??

[@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots]

Nope

[@iMShroomzy]

Love the videos

[@mr.stickstone7445]

Thanks for all the knowledge youve given us, you inspired me to start knap ping and im having a blast! Thanks so much from Dothan alabama!

[@20p65s]

Good info as always. Now if I could just find abo band-aids for the inevitable finger cuts...haha

[@colinnunn6567]

You've got me looking for rocks on a mountain that only has crumbly rocks man. The search is on but this is something I've grown very interested in because of your videos. Thank you for letting me in in my new favorite hobby and real world survival tool making

[@ismewhat1234]

Your freaking awesome 👌 I love your videos thanks 👍

[@sammyistwizted]

Awesome..dope man ...love ur videos

[@seanarthur2001]

Not to mention wood mallets was used for irregular stone such as quartzite, quartz, rhyolite, argillite, and etc.

[@kurtostara3274]

Love the video and love your work so cool

[@dirkblom9967]

Awesome video!! Keep doing what you're doing, man!!

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Will do. Thanks.

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@sandydaviswhytelewis5387]

I appreciate you

[@justinhanes4818]

Can you please show how you tan your hides? I've seen some videos but couldn't quite grasp the concept. If you could tell how you get the hide off the animal and then how to actually preserve and tan the hide, that would be amazing

[@neanderthalnonsense]

Love it. Really good content.

[@HorrorLe1L]

Glad I found your channel 🤘🏽 new sub great content

[@jamesedgar5944]

Also could you do a video on how to tan hides or atleast how you tan your hides?

[@Sobrevivendoaojogo]

very good, great collection of tools in the old school root pattern, nice, congratulations 💪👊

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Appreciate it. Thanks.

[@southernbushcraft1750]

Great video donny! A few months ago I really focused on indirect knapping it has changed alot of knapping using my long pressure flaker.

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

It’s a good tool and can get through some difficult parts of the stone. Hope all is well in your neck of the swamp. Much respect Amigo.

[@homemdomato-oficial]

MARAVILHAS SÓ. PARABÉNS

[@brendannestor4147]

This is so cool. Seeing you knapp motivates me to get out there and keep the spirit alive and show my kids our anthropoligical roots. Did you ever hear the theory that banging rocks together is what stimulated our ability to produce complex language? Makes me wonder how far back this practice goes.

[@waltercobb4675]

U have great skills

[@jamesedgar5944]

Tbh i get major native american ,viking vibes in every video (im both😂) i havent worked stone yet but obviously im watching to learn i tried other channels on here they arent too in depth for me to understand so ,so far youre the best channel for this ive seen

[@user-dn3ol1vt2z]

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[@thesleepylife]

you're actually getting pretty close to a million subs, good luck man

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Appreciate it. It’s not the goal, but I hope people enjoy what I’m producing.

[@thesleepylife]

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks i love watching about what you make whole also admiring your beard, lol

[@samuelnearhood3773]

hey donny, love the videos man. what would you say is your favorite tool to Knapp?

[@BTCanti-scam]

👏

[@michealkory4604]

🤙

[@Nate-bn5kk]

I always struggle a bit with heat treating the stone/flint. Could you do a video on that?

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

I can. I typically don’t, but I can do a video on it. No problem.

[@Nate-bn5kk]

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks I can't wait, thanks! You might fall in love with it, it brings out the colors and beauty of the flint.

[@nijandrak93]

I've seen you make a few knives, and I think maybe a spoon?, but can you make a whole cutlery set only using these kind of tools or making the necessary tools?

[@charissa6648]

Thank you, I tried one of your videos with my nephew and it didn't work out. I will try this, have the deer bones, but have to find some flint....

[@XaLoiVlog]

Anh ấy là huyền thoại về những món đồ cao nguyên đá. Tôi hâm mộ anh❤

[@nickp.2432]

Something I always wanted to learn but haven't. Think that changes now. One question that comes to mind is do the flakes ever come back towards the face/eyes?

[@Sheepdog1314]

I started knapping 30 years ago... there wasn't much info, or like minds. Amazing how time changed things. They used to laugh at me....look at it now

[@JG-ph3xg]

👍

[@michaelmitchell5909]

The type of rock you use to make the arrowheads and knives is hard to find in certain areas here in South Western PA. Alot of river rock type stone and sandstone along with limestone and shale. They dont make good tools.

[@o80y1]

Her: “Babe, do your biface.” Me: “Fine.” Me: 🪨

[@HoboRoadrunner]

Hello.i have a question. Im a hobo white years of off-grid living and traveling and have been doing it since Nov of 2014. I'm wondering if you can say the general areas of some of the caves you shown or know of areas similar to this . I normally go to Rio grande national forest in Colorado but haven't been over there since 2018 and looking to go back permanently with my pup. Thank you for your time and for the educational videos .

[@borttorbbq2556]

Can you use just stones and no antlers I'm not expecting it to end up with a perfect napping but can you do it

[@belka_spaseman6791]

Вас в школах приподают🎉

[@wildernesboy]

can you make a video on making a gourd rattle

[@joenoseworthy6845]

Can you use thick tree branches to flake instead of antlers??

[@Onemoarblockplz]

But lest we forget that they also used copper for arrowheads and flintknapping. Seldom was it done, but they did know how to work copper, and use it for its abilities

[@DrOigk]

I've seen this in many of your videos, why do you often rub a stone on the edge before you strike?

[@miguelmelendez3354]

😋🥰🥰🥰

[@thehuntertyranni7497]

I would love to see you do a type of school teaching the people interested in knapping a step by step video. In this I mean how to strike, how hard, and what should be used.

[@sebastianthehotsaucedude5473]

He has a school. That teaches not only that, but may other things as well. In Colorado. I would love to go providing I could afford it.

[@thehuntertyranni7497]

@@sebastianthehotsaucedude5473 I didn't know that, it would be an amazing experience. I'm with you on the ability to afford it.

[@kimersha09]

How do you preserve the bones or leath

[@william207able]

In Australia, Abo is used as a racial slur used against Australian aboriginals. Its basically on par with the "n" word used in America against black people. Just a heads up, because someone might just see the title and report the video.

[@bluebum7408]

To be honest, I can see that they have most likely seen my comment and ignored it. This has resulted in me unsubscribing after loving this channel for ages and disliking the video, which I think I have done less than half a dozen times in the years I have had youtube. It would take 2 seconds to change the title to "Indigenous Australian".

[@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots]

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[@LostCylon]

''Aboriginal'' simply means the original inhabitants of a land. ''Abo'' is merely a contraction. Some prefer the term ''Indigenous''. You have aboringinal inhabitants from Finland etc, (Sámi), South America (Too numerous to mention), Japan (Ainu) etc, that are usually in a smaller percentage of the current population due to an influx of migration and settling, if not outright invasion. Yes, it has had some bad connotations here in Australia, but other than tribes, there was no suitable word that they used.

[@william207able]

@@LostCylon I'm Australian i obviously know what Aboriginal means. I also understand that its not a slur to use " Abo" in other countries. But seeing as KZbin is a global platform, it's not far-fetched to see how some might not take it well.

[@LostCylon]

@@william207able A lot don't though, and don't get that some words have specific areas where they have been used as slurs, even against women (The ''C'' word), people of specific races or religions or sexual orientation. Being gay isn't shameful in some countries, in others it can get you a death sentence. Some of the best people in the world have been ''Aboriginal'', and still are. Yesterdays Google here in Australia was an Aboriginal female Doctor. I'm just saying that a lot of people don't have the bias against certain words, because that's all they are to them, used without bias.

[@clarkkee7457]

Any advice for UK animal hides and antlers

[@michaelmiddleton2199]

Hey I was trying to figure out how to message you can you make The Ball Headed Club

[@atollplain2676]

J'aimerai vraiment pouvoir lire les sous titres en français

[@tekoaprice5657]

What kind of pants are those?

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Kuhl

[@bobbycrunk1768]

Donny do you sell any of your points ?

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

I do. Next week I’ll be selling stuff on Instagram.

[@bobbycrunk1768]

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks thanks man ill sure be watching for that, ive never tried making a point , you sure make it look easy lol.

[@gb9884]

There might be butthurt people out there because Abo is a racial slur in Australia so be careful on your channel.

[@WadstAAr]

Yeah was gonna bring that up...

[@jackhand4073]

This. I'm sure it was unintentional, but people will be up in arms.

[@gb9884]

@@jackhand4073 yeah he's definitely not a racist but all it takes is some idiot to say he is and then he gets a reputation. Seriously hope this doesn't happen!

[@cdion78]

No excuse, the N word is probably not offensive in some countries.

[@trumbydownunder750]

Not sure if you are aware of this but “Abo” is a derogatory term in Australia

[@MseeBMe]

Love your work, but “abo” is a pretty offensive term in some parts of the world.

[@delunevonbek]

You may not know this, but the word "Abo" is a very racist term when referring to the first nations of Australia.

[@user-jw9wx1er8j]

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[@0macky0]

Aboriginal not abo

[@delunevonbek]

Yeah, using such a racist slur is not a good look.

[@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots]

Cry me a river snowflake

[@bluebum7408]

Be careful using "Abo" mate, it's can be considered a highly offensive term in Australia. It is best to call them Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tools.

[@fenrirrising131]

Boo hoo

[@bluebum7408]

@@fenrirrising131 internet tough guy, touch grass.

[@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots]

@@bluebum7408 internet baby, have a teaspoon of fucking cement

[@bracoop2]

Keep crying

[@jimajello1028]

He is here in North America. We refer to indigenous people with great respect. Aboriginal here means original or first people. If that term offends you consider what it means here. Therefore, use the terms that apply respectfully to the original people from the areas that are appropriate and politically correct.

[@SteppingRazor762]

Just a heads up abo is considered a racial slur in Australia mate

[@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots]

Nah, it’s spelt ‘abbo’

[@kennyayy8949]

I don't know if your referring to us Australian Aboriginals but Abo is a racist af word 😱😱

[@cdion78]

This guy doesn't even care, so easy to change the offensive word to Aboriginal.

[@tommydrifter333]

Please don't use the word ABO. It's extremely offensive to aboriginal people

[@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots]

😑😑😑

[@GMECRTL]

That beard isn't fair. 🥲