Making a square section flint axe.

Making a square section flint axe.
During the Bronze Age period flint axes were made in a different way, they were squared so the handle wasn't so vulnerable , This video will give you an introduction to how it was done.
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[@ogrithetrog]

Actually Will - if you'd filmed all day - yes, I would have watched all day!

[@GreenPineMuseum]

Me too lol!

[@brutisthunderhand1490]

Me three!

[@Bigmanfire]

that is pretty much the exact comment i left on this video on the facebook post. haha

[@JosephGautrey85]

Second that. Your longest videos are my favourite. They're a meditative watch. Would love to see the whole process of this one, even if in a series of videos.

[@hiddenwoodsben]

probably not the most fancy flint i've seen, lookswise, but the sound is amazing! must be a joy to knap.

[@HighAlien.]

Will brings a smile to my face everytime i see him, thank you Will for also bringing me into the flint knapping journey

[@peterappleton5213]

Even more outstanding than usual Will, all hail Will Lord our tribe leader ❤

[@NocturnalIntellect]

Can’t wait to see the finished product, Will! Thanks for bringing us along.

[@Andrew-315zz]

Will, I personally enjoy longer videos of your work.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@Andrew-315zz I’m uploading one right now my friend

[@SneakyDingo]

hey mr lord! love these peaceful videos with no music and just the sound of nature around you; it gives me a lot of peace to watch you work and hear you talk through your process. as a tangent; I personally love making bread. i feel like it puts me right there with humans going back thousands of years doing the same thing. i can only imagine how connected you feel to this earth using flint in the way you do! people have been doing this since the dawn of time! much love and all the best for the future good sir!

[@hiddenwoodsben]

d'accord

[@brutisthunderhand1490]

I have been interested in attempting a 3 sided point and had not much to go on as for how. I bet a cube would be possible. Thanks much! That was helpful but, I'd love to see the whole creation. Part 2, perhaps, good sir Will??!

[@Dustin_the_wind]

Thank you, Will.

[@ndoghouse6853]

Last six or eight years into my knapping journey I started trying Neolithic trifacials. I've made about ten inch needles and gotten pretty good at it I'd say. Three sides is much like square section and is a good way to get introduced to four sides. They are way more fragile tho. I have several hammers and several punches for different stages. would love to watch you attempt one! If you search Neolithic trifacial arrowheads you'll see my work. BTW: yep I could have watched this all day! Good show!

[@causewaykayak]

Of course we will watch. Its in the detail work that much can be learned. An exercise in Patience. Thank You .

[@GreenPineMuseum]

Excellent work mate, great to see you making square sectioned axes!

[@davideldridge8505]

Not the best video but still very good. I’m in process of learning to nap and it’s incredibly hard to do, the whole process of finding making tools to Nap. has been a lovely journey, especially after my cancer operation because it takes my mind off of my situation people like Will need to be supported they are true British treasures. Hopefully I’ll get the privilege to meet him one day.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@davideldridge8505 no I just did it in one shot from my phone mate you it wasn’t the best I’m now editing the process of making the type 1V dagger and I spent a lot more time on the filming so hopefully that will be something to look forward to, good luck with your knapping.

[@andrewwillmott28]

Yes indeed I would watch the whole process, such craftsmanship!

[@stevenolan7972]

yes I would watch all day plus I can always pause and pick back up a little later. Keep up the good work Will!

[@oldwaysrisingfarm]

Thank you so much, square section work is one of the things on my short list to start experimenting with soon, and there is very little available on it. I have the Mound Builder Books series on square axe and the Danish daggers, but it can be a little hard to translate their photo format into direct contact with a rock. Are you still planning to do a follow-up video on this piece? Thanks and have a blessed day, Adam.

[@thedeathwobblechannel6539]

Will I'm very glad you are not a programmer or an accountant. 😊

[@Spectrum1210TV]

This treasure of a man must be protected at all costs

[@JesseP.Watson]

...Is someone after him? Maybe he should hide!

[@Spectrum1210TV]

@@JesseP.Watson I find it quite hard to believe anyone could find a reason to be upset at him

[@captainflint89]

protected from what ?

[@Spectrum1210TV]

@@captainflint89 the dangers

[@JesseP.Watson]

@@captainflint89 This man must be protected from erectile dysfunction at all costs!

[@ausnorman8050]

Once the axe is completed, how do they go in use? do they still chip and break some? Or since it vs wood (what about a hard wood?) its harder therefor doesn't break? Cheers from Tasmania! Edit* Hopfully once its polished up in another video you can demonstrate it?

[@kencope1984]

fab!

[@transistor754]

it's lovely.. I love your stuff... but please illustrate what its used for?

[@gunchbandit4422]

I'd like to see you actually attaching these to a handle sometime.

[@BryanKoenig379]

Will you should make a video telling about your leather clothes I wish I knew about them. Thanks

[@kelldlpwow]

Does anyone know where in uk-somerset you can go and find flint? Thanks

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@kelldlpwow along the coast Dorset is probably the nearest place for you mate

[@ColinH1776]

Jokes on you I do have all day to watch this!

[@alexbuilds706]

Yeah I’d watch the whole thing.. Or in different parts of vids

[@thewalruswasjason101]

That sucker obviously gets reduced right?

[@DadCanCook]

Make urself a paddle bilet so not to miss the punch.love ya mate don't want to see you lose any fingers..was that a cooper punch i didn't hear if u said.

[@CodyGlover-fq6jz]

@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival in your opinion, which is easier for a beginner Flint or Obsidian?

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@CodyGlover-fq6jz flint is safer as obsidian is much sharper

[@elantrauma]

How does flint compare to working with other types like shale or obsidian?

[@sam1812seal]

Did Stone Age flint knappers use a punch and if so, what would the punch have been made of? It looks like the punch you’re using is copper or copper alloy which they wouldn’t have had access to. (And yes, I would’ve been more than happy to carry on watching this)

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@sam1812seal that’s a good point you making but this style of axe was made during the bronze age when they had copper punches you can also make do with using antler as a punch

[@sam1812seal]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I didn’t realise that they were still making such large tools out of flint when their metal equivalents are so much more efficient. The archaeological ‘fuzziness’ between late Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Bronze Age has always fascinated me.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

@@sam1812seal yeah there was a big crossover right into the iron age probably into our current age if you went into jungles and certain places like that

[@CzechMedHub]

Oh no will got a disease wich made you making square axes over and over again, probably from peter wiking 😁 good flintknapping job and beautifull videos from denmark

[@darkwingduck9589]

Do you use all those shards for something?

[@amjad268]

Steel tool ......