Skinning with a Stone Knife

Ryan gill demonstrates shinning with both a hafted stone knife and a clean broken flake of flint. Be sure to check out www.huntprimitive.com

[@wenjaminbhigham]

Definitely my favorite channel on KZbin! Every thing you do I hope to do one day. Every video a gem. Please keep the uploads coming!

[@huntprimitive9918]

thanks very much!

[@Zekonos1]

sometimes you stumble across a channel like this and its like finding a diamond on the sidewalk

[@huntprimitive9918]

thank you very much!

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

Great looking piece of flint . Great advice and demonstration on how to use a flake blade . I learned the hard way after using obsidian on elk . Thanks for your video and all the best from New Mexico .

[@hmmm6317]

My left ear is happy

[@takulamafuleka4480]

Omg lol I only have one cord cause I broke other one and I thought my phone was broken cause there wasn’t any audio until the end

[@southernbushcraft1750]

Very informative Ryan can’t wait until the hunting video comes out

[@DanielSmithEarthSkills]

Great video as always, looking forward to the hunting video.

[@No-1.In.Particular]

Lol you sound like Elijah Wood. Cool video too, I’ve always been fascinated with the old means of hunting with bows and spears. You make it look easy. 👍

[@choppersFL]

Great video buddy!!!

[@rateloutdoors4254]

awesome stuff

[@robertbrunston5406]

Thanks Ryan.

[@nwprimate6416]

Outstanding!

[@jacobduenas6408]

When is the video of the hunt going to be uploaded

[@huntprimitive9918]

in about a month or so. Going to finish out the season before I publish the video

[@linklesstennessee2078]

Awesome job

[@OldJoe212]

Was just thinking. Are threre any of the Burmese Pythons in your area? If yes, can their hide be used for backing on your bows? Just thought long and thin matches a bow. Anyway, thanks for posting another great video.

[@bdbhtx6327]

Can you build a selfbow with a smaller tree or do you have to have a stave?

[@jeffchandler8813]

Great video...

[@seangere9698]

I have a question. What did you do with the scoots of your gator?

[@peterszasz7357]

Youre the best!

[@saraskold9631]

great video I went you to your site and can not find the chert/flint that you sell thanks

[@huntprimitive9918]

it'll be up within a week, check back soon! thanks

[@TheAca300]

Impressive video Ryan! I was wondering if you can clear up a question of mine, regarding arrowhead making: Why did people transition from blade core technology(microlithic arrowhead) to single neolithic, knapped arrowhead(biface arrowhead)? Blades produced from blade core techology are obviously sharper, easier to make (once you made the core), more easily transported. Maybe take longer to haft, because you want to attach more of them to the arrow shaft(I assume you want to do that, because of the increased bleeding effect they add) That can also be an idea for one of your future videos? Do a comparison of the two, I don't know, shoot something :D I assume you can't give me the fact why people transitioned, the exact reason may be unknown, but can you provide an educated experience-based guess perhaps? Feel free to correct anything wrong that I might have mentioned. Thanks!

[@huntprimitive9918]

thanks much for the question. in my opinion the microlithic blades are most often curved and are not near as strong as I bifaced point. this is something I do plan on touching on in the future, but it's not my area of expertise. Plus once it's dulled, it's dull, where a new point has to be put on, where in the case of a bifaced point, it can be sharpened while still hafted

[@TheAca300]

They tend to curve, yes, but there is always one straight section that can be trimmed off, on an anvil stone. But that is probably a nuisance, having to always trim a part off, loosing precious material in the process. Bifaced point is indeed stronger, even a layman can see that. The last sentence you wrote is for me, at least, really interesting: While people were travelling (without permanent settlements) they tend not to invest much time in sophisticated tools, because they are meant to expire and they don't want to carry them over long distances because they can make another when they reach their destination. Examples of that can be seen in a difference between mesolithic and neolithic axes, where neolithic ones (which are polished) are going to last 10x longer in some cases. I wonder if that is what happened to the arrowheads too? As people farmed and made permanent settlements they wanted something more durable and reliable... Apologies for my novel writing here, and thanks for your answer! :D

[@hetchbeats]

Oof

[@clitshot1751]

How long was the alligator

[@therustedshank9995]

Where'd you get the gator?

[@matthew9794]

Maybe outside

[@parkerandersen4460]

What would you typically use a gator skin for

[@bradleykmdean]

Boots purse shoes belt vest....

[@huntprimitive9918]

I may send it off and have some boots made. not quite sure yet tho. I could use it for for grips as well, but not sure yet. lots of options really

[@clitshot1751]

If haven’t gave the alligator skin for $20

[@bradleykmdean]

@@clitshot1751 reread what you just said. It doesnt make sense

[@randomnamesoicanfindmyself3123]

Whats the purpose then of biface knives? I mean.. you can also saw with this flakes. So why make a complicated biface?

[@huntprimitive9918]

The more work I have done with stone knives, even well after this video, like as seen in my hunting hunting documentary, the bifaced knives aren't ususally my favorite for incisions, but they do work very well on separating the skin from the body in most places. The bifaced knives with a handle are so much more comfortable and safer to handle for big jobs especially in cold weather. Holding onto just a flake for too long is very cramping and definitely increases your chance of slipping and cutting your own hand

[@randomnamesoicanfindmyself3123]

@@huntprimitive9918 Is the usage of flakes for butchery (or anything else) more wasteful than using a biface? Because there are sites which are over a hundred thousand years where there were found many long blades and these were only used for the butchery of one single animal.(They found out that they were used for the butchery of rhino and zebra and so on) And I think it would be very stupid of them to use such large blades only once. Sry for my english

[@huntprimitive9918]

@@randomnamesoicanfindmyself3123 they use pieces over and over again and resharpen the bifaces. Single flakes where out much faster as the edge is depleted. There is also a lot of debitage flakes left over after manufacturing points and blades. You can see a lot of this in the skinning scene of my Bison Hunting Documentary

[@carolewarner101]

Stunning skin. Hope you used that for something special!

[@projecteaspl6373]

I believe that hunting is more humane and close to nature - industrial breeding, but primitive hunting... it is a different level of the hunter-prey relationship, I don't think there is a fairer way

[@user-me1bg5jf5m]

👍สุดยอด

[@jimbeehag2060]

I'd love to bowhunt with you one day Ryan, pick your brain over a campfire. Great vid mate. Unique animal I'd love to hunt, skin, tan hide and cook him over some coals. Thanks for sharing

[@zalo_sl2065]

My right ear is lonely

[@huntprimitive9918]

I hear ya ;-) technical difficulty on this one

[@crimson7925]

Gator jerky and gator skin boots.

[@greatsportb5376]

A

[@matsboender7626]

This are not good it is iligaal

[@huntprimitive9918]

I love when people talk about stuff that they know nothing about... You'll go much further in life if you 1- keep your opinions to yourself.. no one cares 2- do a little research before pretending to know what you are talking about. It is perfectly legal here in Florida.

[@cowlemin8613]

@@huntprimitive9918 it actually is illegal bitch

[@Anglo_Browza]

Poor baby gator 🐊 ☹️ I hope it’s mumma gets you

[@cowlemin8613]

This is illegal