Flintknapping Trash - 1920's Glass Purex Bottle

[@lightning2849]

Modern material, primitive techniques, touch of a surgeon ! Thanks Donnie!

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Appreciate you watching. Thanks so very much.

[@patrickmcgovern676]

Well said!!!

[@seba4053]

A work of art!!

[@opposedpin1416]

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks I want you to operate on my brain with a sharp rock

[@mbox30____]

sorry lol not being rude but isn’t it donny* not donny. i’m new here so sorry if in wrong just pointing it out since it says donny in his username. be blessed

[@brianfreland9065]

one of the coolest things about knapping is being able to practice and use old glass bottles etc. or even in a pinch, theres always some glass around somewhere. but most of all, like i said, practing on glass to save a ton of money on stone is where its at!! thanks for the vid

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

My pleasure. Obsidian is glass and glass is totally doable. I recommend it!!!

[@aonghusmor333]

Love how you can still see the "purex" on there. Beautiful work.

[@krishoogstraat6866]

True craftsmanship. Well done sir.

[@j-rod4217]

I was going to make a Playlist of some of your videos for reference. Then I realized you entire channel IS the Playlist. Much respect brother. 🤙

[@FandorinON]

Удивляюсь вашему терпению !!! Спасибо за ваши выпуски 👍👍👍

[@Squirrel-zq6oe]

Wow I never would have known you could do that!

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Glass is similar to obsidian. It’s a thing. Thanks for watching.

[@Squirrel-zq6oe]

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks awesome thanks dude I've seen your videos for about four months or so now 👍always cool stuff.

[@InsertarNombreOriginal777]

damn, thats a nice knife, the kind of brown/red makes it look so cool! Also, im impressed by how hard the glass was, thought it was gonna shatter any moment haha

[@aaronengland5622]

glass flakes very well but you gotta support it right and hit it with softer tools cause shock waves travel through it WAY quicker than grittier materials. glass usually isn't isn't too much softer than quartz based rocks though it does range a bit. 3-5 on the Mohs harness scale. that said brown glass is definitely one of the easiest ones to break. You'll definitely want to grind a lot with it.

[@Justsomedude81]

you can make a tool from anything. its always amazing to watch.

[@seona6549]

Art chip by chip..... Just amazing and beautiful!

[@ВикторЕвсеев-х3щ]

One day my grandfather ask me - how do you think, your life will make any people in this world happy? Sir, I must to say one thing from you. Your life makes many and many people happy. Best wishes, Viktor Burgardt.

[@harrycummings1317]

Living history at it's finest. Thank you!

[@earloverbay75]

You Sir are an official bad ass. Love what you do, your videos are an absolute joy to watch. Thank You for the knowledge.

[@LionAstrology]

Sick! Thanks for sharing.

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Thanks for watching. Appreciate it.

[@JesusSaves86AB]

Watching this makes my fingers tingle with glass sliver PTSD. You are master of the craft sir. God bless.

[@amazoniancustodian]

Beautiful work man!

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Thanks

[@andymuzzo8568]

Absolutely awesome work. Love the look of the finished piece

[@9mmARman]

You are an absolute artist. I can't wait to try my hand doing this. I remember the first time seeing someone do this back in the late 80's or early 90's at my friend's garage when someone made an arrowhead out of the bottom of a beer bottle. This is one of the best videos I've seen on this craft. Thanks for posting.

[@lockheedsr-71blackbird60]

Thank you for just being amazing.

[@johncoffey8645]

Clorox from 1940's would love this promo. I've always seen these bottles as flower bed borders.... Until now!👌✌️

[@maximilienlestrat8191]

Je pourrais regarder ça toute la journée 👌

[@buckingtonhassleshire9136]

very cool, i like the silence.

[@Squirrel-zq6oe]

*walks away like a badass*

[@arukiojake97]

What an amazing video

[@elliotepic7081]

Great vid,would love to see a longer vid of a camp and cook.

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

No problem.

[@josephcormier5974]

Cool little knife I see working with glass can be a bit sketchy excellent video great content thank you for sharing five stars brother

[@ColdHarborOP]

You should do a giveaway where folks can travel to you on their dime and spend a day, or a weekend, or a week shadowing you to see you do what you do. Your content is on point and I appreciate every new video you drop.

[@storbunlimitedbushcraft6996]

Caveman gets thrown forward to the 20s finds a bar, then kicks about in the bins at the back for a night and this is what he pumped out! 🙌🏽

[@carnivorecaveman]

Very good idea, thank you sir!

[@robobeetlepanzer]

I have not read the comments to that video, I did not leave a comment about it, but I did think to myself "oh... it just comes with an arrowhead for some reason" on the arrow from a wine bottle video. Nice to see a video that's closer to what I was imagining, whether answering that very particular disappointment was the intention or not.

[@Sheepdog1314]

awesome...I used toilet bowls and Pyrex dishes before.....new life for old junk (wish I could say that about myself)

[@denisestarr2314]

I love that style of knife , i will try andake one .

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Awesome. Go for it!! Thanks for watching!

[@StepOnTwigs]

Certified badass! cool stuff.

[@carlotanzi9949]

congratulations you are an artist

[@kelvinsparks4651]

Very nice well done. I've had the good fortune to have found a whole lot of bottle bottoms in a abandoned dump site, dating from the Victorian times, they flake so much better than modern glass.

[@danielmiller2886]

Where is the cutoff between older and modern? I mean, when did the manufacturing properties change so that older works better for knapping? I'd like to learn this skill and glass seems easy to come by, but I want to get the right glass

[@kelvinsparks4651]

@@danielmiller2886 well that's a good question, I'm sure the quality varies from country to country . Here in the UK after the Victorian era the glass gets thinner, probably due to manufacturing improvements and cost cutting. Modern glass still knapps ok but due to the thickness is a bit more delicate. Ive learned all my knapping abilities from KZbin to be honest. Chanel's like will lord , danny dust , primitive pathways and shaun woods are excellent examples for learning.

[@danielmiller2886]

@@kelvinsparks4651 Thanks for the reply! I'm gonna give it a shot

[@aussieflintknapping]

@@kelvinsparks4651 check out Jack Crafty too, I took a two year break from Knapping after my son was born and I'm better now than when I last knapped because I've watched dozens of hours worth of his content

[@kelvinsparks4651]

@@aussieflintknapping thank you, yes I've watched many of his videos to. He's a good knapper

[@marclucier2533]

Creative, and informative. Love your content

[@UrbanCommando]

man when I stumbled upon your videos I was so Wowed and still am keep it up man!

[@jeeeem1507]

Привет, я ничего не понимаю по английски, но спасибо большое за видео в которых вы показываете основы экспериментальной археологии. Благодаря вам я многому научился.Спасибо большое!!! Продолжайте в том же духе. Вы крутой мужик💪💪

[@Petroness]

Is there a meaning to the Symbols on his hands? I loooove the symmetrical design

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

They are Pictish symbols from Ireland and Scotland.

[@-_Jayden_-]

Why did i read the title as "kidnapping trash" 😭

[@zaimozairc]

Lmfao

[@zaimozairc]

Hello guys today we are going to kidnap trash from the sea

[@barnwitchgamergirl8727]

@@zaimozairc yesss gather in the forces and rid the sea of it's treasure trash

[@wyatthausman4377]

Too much true crime lol

[@stephengarrett8076]

Outstanding!

[@carlcomo196]

That was badass! I love your vidios

[@revol2933]

That's a real piece of art, chief Ps. Very elegant hat 🤙

[@leemessman6865]

Great video as always

[@adamlederer5872]

Who need obsidian!? Thank you for the idea.

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

Very nice 👌

[@jabohabo3821]

The thumbnail 100% looked like you had made a folding stone knife. I got excited and knocked my lamp over.

[@baptisteverdeille7268]

Hey donny hi from France, i realy like ur vidéos, u make me wana try flintknaping.

[@shanemiller8461]

i love purex

[@Beenhereawhile1001]

Pretty cool dude!

[@t.michaelsalter5700]

Really nice piece. Thanks for sharing the creation of it. How did you learn to flint-knap? And what was the bag you were using? It looks a lot more structured than the patoo.

[@omuriceis300bucks3]

I made myself glass knife using small beer bottle shard. It turned out like something similar to double-edged safety razor, but out of glass, serrated and with only one sharp edge. I tried to cut grass, thin branches, leather, ropes, even food (tbh i was expecting that it will leave sharp flakes in food and I probably dead man) and it did quite well in all tasks, even food. One con of my knife is that it's too short. I probably gonna make something bigger, so i can use it more comfortable, like normal sized knife.

[@StickHippieOutdoors]

Very cool

[@veewaiyawuth2063]

Dang, those are some tough hands. I usually wear gloves when working with glass.

[@reneewood3171]

Nice

[@johnkeck1025]

Cool pice man, looks like it came from the stone age!

[@bravepietri6729]

Dope!

[@greywuuf]

Again with your preferred style of blade, very utilitarian and wonderfully useful, I still wonder if this is a style that shows up in archeology? ...where/when did you discover this form ?

[@lostcat9lives322]

I once had a job that was at an old, large mine site. On my off hours I wandered about the homesites. Nothing was left of them but I found a curiously large amount of glass bleach bottles. Later I realized that's how they treated their drinking water. Duh.

[@clodhopper5892]

Killer piece of glass to knapp.

[@Brextynne]

First I want to be this guy when I grow up. Outstanding bro! Second I wish more channels were like this, no stupid political religious etc BS he just shows us the trade and moves on. You and essential craftsman are amazing I hope I can master my trade like y'all have.

[@chrisbioterapeuta9736]

Excelent!!!👊💪🇧🇷💪

[@anthonydesertony2250]

If the economy did crash or the SHTF. Because of what you know, Hunger and shelter is something you'll never have to worry about! Thats a good place to be.

[@ryanschultz4119]

A little chopper!👍👊

[@paulkramer4176]

I have a ranch in Northern Ca, a few miles from the coast. I find pointa fairly often, but the quality of the material that the Native American's had to work with was pretty poor in general around here. Sometimes I find Obsidian points, but the source of the material isn't local. Recently, a couple weeks ago, I found a point, (broken but pretty nice) 1 1/4" across the bottom, that was made out of glass. I've owned the ranch for 60 years almost. And before that it was VERY rural land. I sort of doubt that a non native made it. I think it might have been made by someone back in the 1800's! It is fairly dark in color, but when held to the light, it is a very consistent (no bands of color) green. Why do I think it is glass? One side is almost perfectly flat. Like the surface of a bottle. Good flat reflection, though it has a VERY slight convexity to it. The other side is slightly pitted and bubbled. I've seen a lot of obsidian, and never seen any that looked like this. I've heard that Native American's DID utilize glass in the 1800's, so I'd be very curious if there was some way to confirm this is glass.

[@zaimozairc]

That dagger is sharp

[@-elliott-averagedragonenjo1812]

What’s up with the troll username?

[@mrkultra1655]

Nice work Donnie, thanks. I see she zinged you a bit on the knuckle ;) How does the glass edges hold up against flint edges in sharpness and wear?

[@Mountaincrazy]

No self promotion! I am ignorant on the primitive tool evolution. I have found stone tools and one resembles a modern shovel! Shape, size, it’s not like anything I can find. Any idea if or who can help? Love what you do. I’m choosing to go back 120 years no power and spring water son ! ☮️❤️

[@jfbowers369]

You had to really take it litttle by little with this one. Looks like you have the patience of a Saint. Do you hold the same patience with people? Lol

[@robsorgdrager8477]

Awesome, I was asking about this 🧐....watches intently. What about obsidian? Would one work this a similar way?

[@crimson7925]

Hope you had some bandaid on you. Judging the few cuts you've received while making the knife.

[@jyechan1261]

Looks sick wondering if you did the far cry primitive knife with the jawbone

[@Rawdogsavage]

Is flintknapping glass more difficult or easier than stone?

[@connorhart7597]

Its honestly fuckin crazy that whoever put it wherever you found it CERTAINLY wasnt thinking "oh yeah 100 years from now some guy with long hair is gonna devolve a couple millenia and make a cool knife outta this bad boy"

[@thebimpson1933]

How different is it to knap stone v glass? It looks a little more difficult cause you’re not really getting the big chunks and flakes you normally get when knapping flint.

[@galoreorc01]

Best to practice on glass before touching obsidian(tends to be a bit harder to source)

[@aussieflintknapping]

As Moisted potato said, glass and obsidian are super easy to learn on as they're consistent in their density all over. If Donny worked the centreline back to one face more and really abraded his platforms to be a lot more stout he could've knocked much deeper thinning flakes off but given the piece of glass he was working with isn't super thick to begin with it wasn't necessary. The side with the writing was harder to clear and flake through as the depressions in the glass cause the flakes to want to stop early

[@jasonaucolorado5111]

How many times you had a project that broke during your creation that is my first thought of making something like that

[@christinakulpbmws]

Have you ever tried making a Folsom point? Just curious

[@patrickmcgovern676]

That's awesome 👍. Pure craftsmanship 🤙 take care of that Nick though. Normally dark bottle's like like held corrosive liquids back in the day. Just for safety. Take care.✌️🙂

[@brynntaylor6952]

I want one

[@eZU4nQsWN9pAGsU38aHj]

Was it better than obsidian?

[@17Liberty76]

I know I've seen the answer in a previous video. I just can't find it. What is the reason for abrading the edge?

[@YoMateo.]

Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen

[@Bushcraftfelix]

Sir, thank you, but my life is quite nice, and I am here to watch donny Dust flintnap. Have a nice day

[@viktormasek4574]

Did you clean those glass fragments?

[@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks]

Off the ground…absolutely.

[@viktormasek4574]

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks Much respect to you!

[@Scott.E.H]

I was just about to ask how many times you've cut yourself making a blade when I noticed that you just did! Hope that's doing all right. So how frequently has that occurred? I take it material makes a difference...

[@procrastinator41]

Glass, volcanic or man-made, scares the me. It can be horrifically sharp.

[@7even871]

Can you make one with fused quartz?

[@sgtcarnage2772]

Have you ever tried flint knapping underwater?

[@borttorbbq2556]

You know it kind of makes sense that you could do it but I really didn't even consider that you could

[@brummyd123]

When you doing a vid with the liver king

[@Quietluxury83]

Có lẽ ông ấy là người tạo hình cho các con dao đẹp nhất.

[@Крщенебудуказати]

Glass gets heavy so soon

[@gregwatruba4541]

When you scrape the glass with a rock what are you doing?? And why??

[@FlinnGaidin]

Dulling the edge of it, by the looks of things.

[@caseypeay8624]

Wouldn’t you inhale glass dust?

[@55Quirll]

Can't see anything except the tippy top of his head and the sound of napping

[@aaroncc2205]

can you make arm armor?

[@dingo9696]

Awesome work. Do you ever look for artifacts/arrowheads along with knapping? A lot of people start with one and get into the other.

[@jessyoplaat5816]

Donny can you make a obsydian dolk

[@МаксимЗвір-э3м]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👍👍👍🤝🤝🤝Такі уроки ДУЖЕ ПОВЧАЛЬНІ круто🥃🥃🥃

[@-elliott-averagedragonenjo1812]

You’re really pretty

[@ibanheadhunter8317]

If WWIII ever breaks out, I won't be surprised if a bearded man with a bow and glass tipped arrows is causing mayhem towards the enemy.