Flint Knapping the art of recreating ancient tools.

[@stevewilliams183]

I do like the long form vids. See a tool emerging from rock to finished item and get to disappear from the world for an hour or so.

[@Reeceeeyyyy]

You’ve ignited a fire in me to try something new mr Lord. I’ve watched many of your videos, as they are so relaxing, and I can potter about for ages while you tell your stories. But this one…. This one I feel is the start of my own learning journey into the craft you have kindly shared with us. Thank you. Best of luck on your future adventures.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@Reeceeeyyyy mate what a beautiful message thank you for that and good luck with your new adventure into whatever you want to do

[@causewaykayak]

That was a terrific watch. 👍🏽

[@RSnyder-vx8li]

Will, thanks again for a very pleasent, entertaining and educational video. Fantastic blade. I'm here in Michigan, USA 🇺🇸 and you are my favorite European knapper that i fallow. I thoroughly love being a worldwide member of the flintknapping community, who is preserving the skills and history of mankind's past. Thank you, Ralph Snyder 😊😳😀👍

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@RSnyder-vx8li cheers for your comment Ralph that was very lovely to receive and very kind of you to say all the best my friend and hopefully you never know we may cross paths one day

[@RSnyder-vx8li]

That would be extremely cool 😎 take care buddy👍😀

[@robertmeadows7508]

A lovely 'journey ' with a superb 'destination ' ! Thank you William !

[@chrisknauss6727]

These are my favorite videos from you. I watch these all the way through. I absolutely love the story telling too. Very talented man

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@chrisknauss6727 thanks Chris all the best to you my friend

[@RSnyder-vx8li]

Will, hi...its me again, just watched the show you did with Ben Fogle. 👏👏👍😀 fantastic show, I'm glad you told us to look it up. I enjoyed it very much, except for reading the comments and finding a comment that some ignorant person left. Well this Yankee couldn't accept that comment, so I added a comment to it. Your doing great works. 😀🇺🇸👍😀

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@RSnyder-vx8li cheers mate much appreciated

[@Neolithicmatt]

Excellent, I'll be watching this tomorrow mate.

[@alexanderkutschera149]

Possibly the most beautiful piece of napping I’ve seen you do so far. I do love the dagger with the groove down the centre of the blade but this particular piece has a certain elegance to it that I find speaks to me.

[@JosephGautrey85]

Really enjoy the full length longer videos of the craft as you can really understand what's involved. Also a very mindful watch. I thought you also came across very well on New Lives with Ben. Top stuff

[@kevinv2302]

You do amazing work, I wish my father was still alive, he would love to see your videos and craftsmanship, thanks for sharing

[@evanernst3950]

Do you think that you would be able to upload the Ben fogal video on KZbin because I can’t watch it on the tv in the USA unfortunately

[@samcummings9895]

Hay Will , you said you was on the telly wive Ben Fogole just watched it Honestley great to see all your happyness and the way you put across the journey, you have massivley helped me on mine, thankyou

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@samcummings9895 cheers Sam All the best my friend

[@AndyH.200]

A truly outstanding video, thank you Will! 👍

[@peterappleton5213]

Outstanding Performance and outstanding video mate ❤ All hail Will Lord-our tribe Chieftain

[@jameswalksinhistory3848]

Totally enjoyed !

[@andrewsycamore3661]

I watched the ben fogle programme. So interesting and fascinating. Love the work you do on the channel 😃

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@andrewsycamore3661 cheers mate

[@Kargoneth]

Yay! Another Will Lord video!

[@johntabner1500]

When i watch your videos i imagine a grandfather sitting down with his grandson on a beach saying its time to learn how to make the tools you will need for life my boy .then commencing to show him how make the tools for life

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@johntabner1500 😎🙏👍

[@tiffanyrichert4994]

very cool . thank you for your time will

[@ryancomfy]

Thanks Will, enjoyed that :)

[@Jack-x9i2i]

Longer the video, the better, very true.

[@davidcurry9292]

Nice work!

[@Kargoneth]

Thanks for the video, Will!

[@danielcates6761]

Very nice blade it’s perfect and hope you and your son enjoy the craft together

[@Kargoneth]

@20:10 Absolutely!

[@richardeljay]

Like the longer videos (but not the continual ad breaks You Tube insert) - am booked in for a course next summer - regarding the hammer stones you use, are they a specific type of stone/rock?

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@richardeljay hi Richard thanks for your comment and look forward to meeting you next year. The hammerstones are generally quartzite. Sorry about the adverts mate but they do get me paid for content so I guess that’s the way it is.

[@stephenbellini1225]

Sorry, always cringe at you every strike but admire your patience and skill in your creations more so the sharing of historical knowledge thanks for everything you do here

[@bryanfaulkenburg462]

Watching you work the stone is very interesting . Though the stone age story time with Will is missed.

[@inthemountainswithmeachum3256]

the longer videos are a nice change 👍

[@Kargoneth]

@9:30 Nice stash!

[@Kargoneth]

@56:55 I am still with you, Will!

[@ferguscosgrave7510]

Thanks

[@theroguespointpirate7447]

HI from the Chesapeake bay

[@Trip-Hop]

Hi Will. Love what you do very inspiring mate. . Just wondering you must be related to John Lord?. . . I saw him on Ray Mears years and years ago ❤

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@Trip-Hop yes mate he is my dad

[@Trip-Hop]

😊 I thought he may be. You look very alike. I can't tell you how much respect I have for you Will. And john. I am hoping to book to come and spend some time with you next year. What's best way to go about that mate?

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@Trip-Hop ahh thank you mate my website is your best plan www.will-lord.co.uk

[@Trip-Hop]

Thanks Will. Hope you meet you soon

[@Trip-Hop]

The Enchanted Feast looks amazing! . Think I'll book for April on payday if there's still a place 🙂

[@Kargoneth]

@41:45 A raffle? Interesting. I am not much for gambling myself, but I did take part in an auction a week and a half ago. That was pretty interesting. Spent $1350. Ended up with a bunch of useful items at a decent price. Among them was a $1150 for a stand-up toolbox full of assorted tools. The toolbox alone was worth that price, nevermind the tools (some of which I am unable to identify). For a stone blade the size of the one at this time index, maybe with a bit more edge cleanup, I'd probably spend $90-$130. Canuckistani dollars, mind you. (What's that, like 50-70 quid? I'm terrible at estimating exchange rates, especially after all this inflation over the last 10 years.) It would make a hell of a conversation starter at the very least, especially if mounted prominently on a plaque or resting prominently on a stand.

[@Kargoneth]

Then again, I might be overestimating the size of the blade... size of a smartphone maybe? Might lower the value in that case.

[@Kargoneth]

$60-80 maybe.

[@Kargoneth]

Shipping would be a bit of a bitch.

[@Kargoneth]

Maybe $85. I dunno. It's late and I am rambling. Best to not bater while tired. Ha!

[@stevem7868-y4l]

This might be a real stupid question, but can flint be sharpened, as in ground to a sharp edge?

[@graphiccontent98]

Hello, yes it can. There are a few examples of polished flint tools. The most iconic is the neolithic polished axe. They were used for tree felling when the arrival of farming landed in Britain. (Though they were made across the world) Some were polished to a very fine degree and were probably more special items than used tools.👍🏼

[@stephenbellini1225]

😁I always

[@Kargoneth]

@37:56 I think it is a good use of my time to watch you knap. I am refining the accuracy of my predictions regarding your strikes and their results. My only regret is that I can't view it with depth perception. I have to infer and estimate the angles of percussion and flaking based on the way that it looks when you rotate it and show it from different angles.

[@Kargoneth]

@1:11:11 Does the glue remain tacky when it cools? I might guess not based on the way that it came off of the blade with your fingernail.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@Kargoneth no mate but the sun can melt it in high summer so I have to watch where I put things

[@Testbug-dy6tj]

👍🎊💪🪨

[@Kargoneth]

@45:45 My nervousness was starting to peak.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@Kargoneth 😂

[@Nofixedabode859]

Hi will what weight layers of wool power tops do you recommended or use , I know you can get 2 4 & 600g weight and I keep asking lol but what’s your carbon belt knife thx?

[@Kargoneth]

@39:49 I think that you should do with your daggers as you wish. Not selling them, but instead giving them as gifts of thanks sounds wonderful for someone who appreciates the effort and skill used to make them. Not a trifle. You aren't mass-manufacturing them as a way to generate income. Call me old-fashioned, but it strikes me as something noble to gift somebody a tool. I teld to prefer utilitarian gifts when trying to get a gift for someone. Something that they might make use of long into the future. A flint knife is not as durable as a steel knife, but it doesn't really rust and it can be re-knapped in order to sharpen it as needed. The exotic nature of such a tool also really tickles my fancy. I knapped a piece of obsidian into dust whilst experimenting when I was much younger. I was enthralled by it and the seashell-shaped flakes and depressions that it created, but I did not understand the physics of knapping at the time in the same way that I do now. I found the ripples of the conchoidal fractures absolutely beautiful. Made a hell of a mess of the carpeting in the vehicle. It's a wonder I didn't get sliced up because I was knapping it while sitting in the back seat while my parents were driving. Never told them what I was doing. Probably would have got a spanking and a well-deserved chastising. Ha!

[@Kargoneth]

*tend to prefer

[@theroguespointpirate7447]

What part of the UK do you live?

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@theroguespointpirate7447 I’m on the Euston Estate in Suffolk my friend

[@theroguespointpirate7447]

@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival awesome I Flint Knapp also, and love your channel, would love to see the mother Land someday my ancestors came here from southern England Cornwall mostly, over 375 yrs ago

[@Kargoneth]

Xander (Zander?) is making a bag from two beaver skins and a mink skin? I hope that the bag serves him well and lasts for a very long time. Properly cared for, leather can last for decades.

[@Kargoneth]

@35:20

[@Kargoneth]

@8:30 Oof! @9:00 Oof again!

[@alexanderkutschera149]

I believe that rowing across the Atlantic Ocean and climbing Everest are major challenges and monumental feats … I do believe though …… both acts are truly foolish.

[@JosephGautrey85]

Thanks

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@JosephGautrey85 thanks 🙏