Great video demonstration, Shawn! I really need to learn to flintknap. Thanks for showing me how.
@TehNewV8 жыл бұрын
0:41-0:45 "And one of the reasons I like this so much is these big round bottoms.."
@farqitol5 жыл бұрын
Cue: Queen, Fat Bottom Girls..........
@warlikelaughter62304 жыл бұрын
dem boots wit da black tail deer furrr!!
@crawford3233 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! I grew up in the Texas Hill County. Finding arrowheads was always a nice surprise when exploring pastures as a kid. Thanks for sharing. I am pretty much addicted to any video you produce now. KZbin does not appreciate the treasures you produce.
@MiguelDiaz44698 жыл бұрын
Your very resourceful Shawn to say the least. Keep em coming.
@grizzle2734638 жыл бұрын
I kid you not sir....that is a gorgeous work of art. It's bootyful
@clear_image_photos54775 жыл бұрын
I don't have any stone I can use to make arrowheads but I'm glad I found this, gonna try maybe tomorrow, hopefully it goes well
@grisbosque26148 жыл бұрын
nice work!another good source of glass is from old TV tubes, the screen part, its thick and often a purplish color... And a very good knapping tool is the common railroad spike its very durable, the right size, and the head makes a good hammer. and the narrow side of the point angle is excellent for notches and general flaking... you can also strike with the edge of the head. and they can be resharpened. G
@ThunderMountainTactical8 жыл бұрын
Nice! Good job. I always get greedy and brake the thin glass arrowheads. LOL!
@benparker5598 Жыл бұрын
Very Nice Video!!! Thanks for sharing and explaining your process!
Way cool, I had forgotten how to do this but got it back from watching... did it as a kid.
@draven38384 жыл бұрын
You do a really good job on that glass , thanks for the video, I'm partial to the noxema bottles ,old Mason jar glass , rail light glass and cobalt blue beer bottles, they all work great
@crowhawk66268 жыл бұрын
I'd love to learn how to do this. I've always wanted to make a yew or some other native wood hunting bow. (straight, un-knotted yew is hard to find) Even if bow hunting is illegal in the UK. There is was an ancient stone age, fling axe & arrow head factory (Langdale Pike) not too far from where I live in Cumbria. I've often meant to go there & collect some flint & have a go at this. Thanx for uploading.
@PAULNAT8 жыл бұрын
thats great work, the finished product looks awesome.
@WhatTheHeckTV8 жыл бұрын
I've got to try this I've got a lot of glass laying around from scraping windows
@Dark_palmtree6 жыл бұрын
joe18370 harder than it looks but you will learn
@2tommyrad6 жыл бұрын
Shawn, that is awesome! I found a big obsidian rock [1.5 times the size of a football], now I know what I can do with it. Great channel.
@jimadams81828 жыл бұрын
Bottle collectors call that shade of blue cornflower. Makes a nice looking arrow head!
@torjones17018 жыл бұрын
Looks fantastic! I never thought of doing it with glass, but should have considering obsidian arrowheads exist. :)
@rodney739917 жыл бұрын
very good though flip broken peace glasses into grasses. should save it in trash can or potto chip can with lid. you never know you may find way melt down make more arrow heads. or recycle small bits
@thebare-footedcambodian66078 жыл бұрын
Hey Shawn! Thank you for taking the time to make these very informative and helpful videos, they were the catalyst for me learning primitive skills. Question about this video: it seems like glass breaks down into smaller(and consequently super sharp) little pieces, it seems like there are inherent dangers in getting pieces cut in your fingers and just generally catching ricochets all over your clothes!
@Paleoman528 жыл бұрын
Great job Shawn! I like your camera work on this video!
@davidkinney78148 жыл бұрын
Shawn : beautiful point. I use all types of glass. The green beer bottle makes a nice point also . Best wishes from N. E. Texas.
@paralleleagle72938 жыл бұрын
Nice colour of the glass amazing workmanship legend.
@user-db9kb9cn3h6 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I live in New Mexico and I have many specimens of obsidian that I would like to work with! I will practice using this method with glass! Thanks for the awesome video.
@Is9five8 жыл бұрын
This is considered art! This job Shawn.
@ZACY298 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading, this is really satisfying to watch.
@jasongobbell35784 жыл бұрын
It always amazes me how primitive man figured this all out
@BushcraftWoodsDevil6 жыл бұрын
Your vids are just wonderful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
@bluepacificsurf8 жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried the sodium borosilicate glass, trade name Pyrex ? I would be interested to know how that material worked in arrowhead making.
@jimmyrustler89833 жыл бұрын
Works well with small pieces, but clear glass tends to be the brittlest, so bigger pieces have a tendency to break. 🤙
@dougalexander72045 жыл бұрын
Beautiful pint.
@richardwiley59333 жыл бұрын
Beautiful arrowhead - well done! 👍
@triumphmanful8 жыл бұрын
Nice, you make it look so easy ! Thanks !
@davidzendejas44208 жыл бұрын
Awesome skills, never get tired of your videos. Keep up the good work man and thank you!
@draven38384 жыл бұрын
I use an ishi stick when I work glass and a small hammer stone of about 2 1/2"
@jasonmpd29468 жыл бұрын
Very, very cool.
@Stumpjack8 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Great camera work too.
@dumper875 жыл бұрын
If people are so in love with old bottles, I guess I'd better start saving all my beer and liquor bottles for my retirement.
@BLegit1964 жыл бұрын
Thats a cool looking arrowhead
@nevadaboys43787 жыл бұрын
ever get glass splinters? i shudder to think about it
@joeroganofficial54335 жыл бұрын
All the time
@coreyradons74954 жыл бұрын
It usually just itches
@caracalcontinuum31183 жыл бұрын
My grandma has gotten them. How? Idk but she always tells me about the ones she gets and shows me how to remove them. We have an unhealthy relationship.
@rattlerboi40349 ай бұрын
Not rlly, sometimes glass shards get stuck in the skin but never deep enough to be a splinter
@aaronward43198 жыл бұрын
You should make a all wood war club with the head made from a knot, it would be cool if you could do it with all primitive tools.
@VerkzKillsz8 жыл бұрын
that's dope man!
@gettingback2primitive2288 жыл бұрын
I like making Arrow points out of old mason jar bottoms especially when I find some the old purple makes a really pretty Arrowhead
@alexheyd53858 жыл бұрын
Hey how long did it take you to learn all of this? This is such an amazing skill to have I'm so jealous man lol
@gigaslave6 жыл бұрын
Glass arrowheads sound like frangible weapons, they'd probably shatter and leave shards inside the target.
@briangeiger61538 жыл бұрын
I'm new to watching this stuff, but you are awesome at shaping that glass.
@y__h8 жыл бұрын
Since lately you use junkyard materials, could you replace antler with something else for knapping?
@LithicKing8 жыл бұрын
thick gauge, quarter inch or so, aluminum or copper wire can be used in place of antler.
@spenserdenovich16788 жыл бұрын
I've seen people use copper boppers instead of antler
@LithicKing8 жыл бұрын
i dont think you'll find copper boppers in a junkyard or laying around anywhere else for that matter. Yoppy is inquiring about practical/little-to-no cost materials that would most closely substitute for that antler, following this series junkyard/free/cheap material theme.
@xH2S8x8 жыл бұрын
What about Stanley Phillips head screwdrivers. The older ones have a ball at the end that should work well and the nose can be used for pressure flaking. Just an idea.
@devincarranza8 жыл бұрын
Antler is free though. go out in the woods and find some.
@renitabarrientos795011 ай бұрын
Very pretty mason jar. Blue , u have a different technique tan some of the others u us the anter alot for flacking chips makes it look not so hard like the horse shoe nail, its veryy nice ,if i found a whole vintage manson jar i would definitely keep it ,but broken bottom makes awsome arrow heads ,a new. Hobby to try on thhhe founnd vintage glass bule is beautiful 🏜
@osamahalhouli7048 жыл бұрын
Great job .... Thank you
@doteman928 жыл бұрын
I'm glade you didn't break that intact jar. Those jars are valuable.
@joohop8 жыл бұрын
A thing of Beauty
@Jon-zz8sk8 жыл бұрын
That is stunning
@KincadeCeltoSlav8 жыл бұрын
You are awesome, man. Love your work!
@rachetCD7 жыл бұрын
Awesome man you're just awesome. Wish I could do this kind of stuff but it's fun enough just watching you do it
@trailsurvival24368 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel and I have to say I am in love, got a bit of catching up to do! All your videos are really well put together from filming to editing and are really easy to follow. I guess what I'm trying to say is thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! Right off to watch the ice man pack video! Trail
@Kenzie2609-7 жыл бұрын
I would definitely love to have one like that it's so pretty
@rodneymost71586 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to learn how to do Flint knapping but never had the material
@davidhefner56685 жыл бұрын
Try glass block used to make transparent walls....from big box stores.
@theWolffromTransylvania6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@lemonyellow31174 жыл бұрын
Love Shawn Woods videos. Cool guy doing cool stuff. Done being vegetarian. Want to learn to hunt but maybe it's too late for me. Anyway keep up the great work!
@richardwiley59333 жыл бұрын
As long as your breathing and mobile, it's not too late. I'm 85 and just starting. 👍
@Vintageaudionagoya2 жыл бұрын
And I thought you only killed mice. Great work!
@incree258 жыл бұрын
This is impressive....subscribed right away!
@renatoloo5798 жыл бұрын
that's amazing man, now you only need to go hunting with that arrowhead!! haha
@benway237 жыл бұрын
So cool!
@TheKalihiMan8 жыл бұрын
This may be a big project, but it would be interesting to see an attempted recreation of an Aztec Macuahuitl, or the large, flat, rectangular clubs lined with small obsidian blades on the edges used by Aztec warriors. I believe you have necessary flintknapping skills to make it happen.
@happysingle92268 жыл бұрын
Amazing !! Very good video
@AndreiBres8 жыл бұрын
Good video. I actually want to start flint knapping, I thought of making an entire arrow. I don't have access to sinew , is there any other material I can use? (I don't hunt, nor I have access to any animal tissue except the stuff I can buy in the supermarket)
@nealthomson95056 жыл бұрын
I have tried this. . . It's really hard, in fact I still have all the tools I made. I tried using old television screens. Any tips, hints and tricks you share are super welcome👍
@moogybannahilstopaflingon68035 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@TheRussianWoodworker8 жыл бұрын
How long does one of these take you to make?
@MowgliMachete7 жыл бұрын
It's Beautiful
@WildPrimitiveSkills8 жыл бұрын
just found your channel though i was already subscribed. i must say im pretty impressed.
@brianlanders53062 жыл бұрын
I'm sure obsidian is much more forgiving than the bottom of a glass jar. I'm going to have to try it.
@joesphhagernan41626 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Thanks.
@IlBaroneRozzo8 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@stevelee8386 жыл бұрын
Great skill & craftsmanship... Subbed!
@karenhardin45668 жыл бұрын
Groovy cool!!
@Ursaminor317 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@scarab36319ify7 жыл бұрын
amazing
@wbworkout8 жыл бұрын
Amazing Skill, well done!
@geek2117 жыл бұрын
shawn i just saw a netflix doc called "great human odyssey" and they showed a knapped arrowhead, what was unusual was it had longitudinal flutes on the back where it would be "slide fitted" into a corsponding shaped wood arrow. never seen that its was like 1 hour 20 mins or so the doc. I do not understand how you could get a flute 2/3 of the way down the spine of the arrow head i get knapping but how would they have fluted without modern tools? anyways great work, keep it up!
@randycurtis11766 жыл бұрын
Guy Montag Google "knapping the Folsom point".
@treatb098 жыл бұрын
obsidian will always be superior as its edge is finer than we can measure with modern tech.
@williamwest63877 жыл бұрын
Bo Huggabee is correct, as is related in this article:obsidian-scalpel.blogspot.com/2012/12/surgeon-use-for-obsidian-scalpel-blades.html
@treatb097 жыл бұрын
William West i saw microscopic pictures of a standard surgical scalpel cut on human skin compared to the obsidian. its just remarkable the difference. i had hand surgery on my fingers. and the incision scars are hideous, thick, and though it was microscope surgery the guy couldn't realign my prints perfectly after suture. a year later they are still looking awful. the reports i read of the obsidian blades say the healing and scaring is so minimal that you rarely even need ointments and secondary procedures to aid in the removal of scaring
@Coolkidkarateman7 жыл бұрын
Bo Huggabee Obsidian blades are so fine that instead of tearing cells like steel blades, they cut in between the cells
@cheesepuff713youtube87 жыл бұрын
Bo Huggabee obsidian can be a great blade material because it keeps it strength while being very thin so it won't cut in between cells but can cut through leather easily
@modyka78618 жыл бұрын
I love it
@adammoggach29588 жыл бұрын
Awesome video
@Hardballleather6 жыл бұрын
How thin should an arrowhead be? When do you know to stop so it doesn't break in half?
@treereenee8 жыл бұрын
the pressure flaker that's made of a horseshoe nail: what is the primitive version? Just a smaller-tipped antler?
@dylandewalt77278 жыл бұрын
cool video
@Spirit0Selvaggi08 жыл бұрын
great job! as always
@ufo51574 жыл бұрын
Your channel is great🔥🔥🔥🤟 I had a question for you, what is the name of the device with which you break the glass? Do you say its name in English?
@warlikelaughter62304 жыл бұрын
10 billion 👍's ☝
@beethoven82567 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry for your hands to make this video carving that arrowhead :') I love your arrowheads though.
@hochfunf86408 жыл бұрын
Why specifically were an antler used? what other materials are useful for knapping other than say flint?
@AwsomeVids837 жыл бұрын
Hoch Funf Pretty much any choncoidally fracturing material can be used. This means glass, flint, chert, porcelain, and many other things. The antler is used because it has a little "grip" on the flake, and thus drives it farther than a harder material would.
@hcoyhis8 жыл бұрын
please tell me you were collecting all those glass shards
@snakeriverscotto8 жыл бұрын
Can you comment on the performance of your own knapped glass and porcelain heads vs your Obsidian heads of similar size? Does one material out perform another by a noticeable margin when shot into similar media? I can't imagine why there would be any difference in glass bottle and obsidian, but the porcelain may have subtle differences.
@stevendennis43656 жыл бұрын
have you ever made heads out of dinner plates?
@Grand-Massive8 жыл бұрын
Dont you get a bunch of tiny glass shards in your skin. I see you have the leather on your leg. but your bare handed
@joeroganofficial54335 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but they usually come out with a quick rub of the hand. It’s just part of the process.
@lemonyellow31174 жыл бұрын
Yeah massive bong hits!😄
@swedisharcher94058 жыл бұрын
can you show have to make the tools you use or how to find them?