Reproducing a 400,000 year old Hand axe from a giant flint stone.

Reproducing a 400,000 year old Hand axe from a giant flint stone.
During this video You will learn how to make an amazing hand axe from a flint stone and catch up with what I have been getting up to lately.
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[@Sam-vj3kw]

as a displaced saami myself. having lost almost all of my family hiatory, I would appreciate watching your journey and adventure with them, I'm 17 and hope to reconnect with my ancestors some day, and if you can film that it would be a dream, and give me hope knowing one day I can make a pilgrimage, and learn from them what I've lost

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

That’s another reason for me to get out there then 👍😎

[@samgibson684]

Take him with you Will! 😁

[@fadingmargins]

Your longing for connection and the primitive is I think universal among, particularly males of the current generations. The virtual, the technological, once or thrice removed can never compete with the ancient, immediate and truly real! Well said my friend!

[@Pancreaticdefect]

There are so many "primitive" KZbin channels these days and this is one of precisely two I've discovered that are actually worth watching.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Thank you that is a great compliment to receive 😎👍

[@AamonThorsson]

What’s the other?

[@Pancreaticdefect]

@@AamonThorsson www.youtube.com/@primitivetechnology9550

[@chaosmorris5865]

​@@AamonThorssonI'd assume Hunt Primitive

[@celem1000]

That's a good bet if you want another skilled knapper

[@KernowekTim]

Will, as an old so-called "hilly-Billy" countryman, I can fully appreciate your great vision, feel. and acceptance of nature's gifts. As a small boy, way back in the early sixties, I remember my Pappy Matt walking up to one of the small menhirs that were dotted around some of our carn meadows and placing his fore-head against it for a brief moment. I could see Pappy's lips move, but hear no words. I can still see this in my mind's eye..Gran said to, "Leave it be Timmy. It's deeper than Dolcoath m'boy". Eventually I became a miner at South Wheal Crofty. "Dolcoath is, indeed, deep."😉

[@dandaman2753]

Of course we will all happily follow your adventures whatever you do and wherever you go when you're "testing your skills" but never forget that telling great stories is one of the many skills you've already perfected. Your earlier storytelling KZbin videos are the videos that Made me become a subscriber. Thank you for those and thank you for all the videos but you make for us!

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers mate bless your heart

[@mr.zardoz3344]

I agree. The story of the young boy going through his trial of survival while producing an ax, and returning to his tribe had me. Hook line and sinker. Ive been enjoying this channel since then.

[@dandaman2753]

@@mr.zardoz3344 I'm not sure if you're talking about the same series of stories that he told that I really enjoyed. It was about a young boy and his family moving from their original home wayback during approximately the Stone age era. It also had me hook, line & sinker. I'll have to listen to itagain soon because I only remember parts like they had to make skis to travel faster over the snow and ice. And what was truly amazing is that it was told while at the same time he was making tools by flint knapping. You know someone's a natural-born storyteller when they can make something amazing with their hands at the same exact time they're telling you a story that's 200% captivating to anyone who starts to listen to it.

[@toebarsrealm3773]

Thats great advice: "you gotta let the piece steer your thinking." The sooner you learn that, the better your creations become. Applies to a lot of things in life.

[@robertfoote3255]

Two ax heads for a "bit" of tusk......what a handsome trade indeed. Best Wishes Will.

[@holyngrace7806]

I've been on Will's courses and they are sooo worth every minute!

[@TM-nc9hi]

I had a fascination with primitive tools as a child. Now 6 decades later my interest is reignited by your videos. That is a mighty big chunk of flint rock. I love the smell of napping flint.

[@CouchMethod]

On all of the dig-sites i have been on in the UK (a few being pre-historic). I am yet to ever dig a ditch and or Pit feature that shows such a clear-cut example of worked flint...god i wish. Perhaps you could make a demonstration of what a fleshing tool would look like? an 'on the spot' sort of tool? It woud be of great help to me, as when i look at potential lithics coming from my features, i can't tell head from tail (I'm more of a Saxon/Roman archaeologist myself) :) when i send my pre-historic finds back to the office they are often Plow-struck bits of flint 😅

[@lelandshanks3590]

Will, all I can say is you are a true ambassador of the ancients way of life. I also am learning Spanish, plus I have friends that are Latinos. Don't worry about being fluent in a language just the basics will get you started.

[@ianbruce6515]

Lovely hand axe! I'm impressed by how fast it can be made by a hughly experienced knapper. I've seen videos of different types of stone tools in use, working wood, processing a bison--but I've never seen a hand axe put to use--and can't for the life of me figure out what it might be for! Especially the really pointy ones! They must be highly useful--they were so widespread!

[@stephenasbridge878]

Joe Rogan should have Will on his show; it’d be a fascinating conversation.

[@dvkevin]

100% would love to see him on JRE

[@DuaneRogers-sh2sl]

You're an amazing man and bring a wealth of prehistoric history about our very intelligent ancestors thank you for sharing this knowledge that we may need to learn to survive our future

[@paulfreeman23000]

Missed You Will, Great hand axe flaking class. Thank You

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Ahh cheers Paul hopefully I will keep a bit more consistency in posting 👍😎

[@Lastvoids]

the first strike was right on the dot,perfect

[@marty9256]

You need a bigger platform to reach more people …. You teach and enlighten on so many levels….. Always a pleasure

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers Marty

[@TalRohan]

I can't help noticing that the big starter piece looked like a large slightly squashed nose Lovely hand axe. and surprising how fast that came together. I really enjoy seeing how you control the way you take flakes off. very cool to watch

[@Swagodactyll]

Once again I’m just loving watching you work, man. It’s so satisfying to watch, and your ability to explain the process along the way, keep a conversation going, and just the feeling of it all is so good. Great work as always!

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers my friend

[@PPYTAO]

Wow, what a demonstration of very well practiced skill! And an absolutely beautiful result! Thank you for sharing.

[@zanderrobertson5138]

The way you made that so effortlessly was so impressive 👍

[@JamesSmith-is7co]

Love the whole bit and that is great work with the Hand Axe!!

[@Alexander-iq5yq]

I know what you mean about languages. Thing is, English is far and away the most useful language/practical choice to learn as a second language. Native English speakers have to pick a language that will at best have a very small opportunity for use. So it makes sense that we dont learn/teach second languages very well and its not really about being lazy. Though I do wish they would just pick one and teach it from an early age like most do with English. My school taught French from age 11/12 which is late to start already. Then three years after that, they gave us the opportunity to pick a different language, and being a kid I just wanted to do something new so ended up with half the time in two languages vs one language.

[@davidvaughn7752]

Oh boy, another day in the Earthlodge! I just _love_ hanging out here ❤ ! Hi, Will, thanks for the invite - another fascinating journey into the past! ( yes, our ancestor speak to us in our dreams when we're in the right frame of mind... cool!)

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers again David 😎👍

[@haihalevy]

Thanks for providing such an excellent perspective showing that stone tools used all the time.

[@williamseelen3077]

A master craftsman and smart business man,,,awesome !

[@rhyswickham8281]

Fantastic work as usual Will. Love how you knock out a beautiful piece whilst casually chatting to the camera. The Hoxane ficron handaxe has to be one of the finest paleolithic tools ever knapped.

[@GroovlyDo]

12:45 bit of a puzzle for archaeologists - probably the same reason we have tiny chainsaws and huge chainsaws, humans haven't changed that much in trying to shape their environment.

[@nebifn8817]

Thank you for sharing your expertise and passion Will. You and your wonderful dad have inspired me to try flint knapping and to learn more about our history. I wish you were a teacher at my school. I learn a lot from you, thank you!

[@WayneTheSeine]

Thanks for sharing your great skills and thank god there are people preserving this hard won technology. Humanity may never know when she may have to again know such great skills. Good luck on your language course. Learning a new language at my age would be nearly impossible. I can barely remember things in my native language.

[@Kargoneth]

Excellent. Nice to watch you craft, Will.

[@BryanKoenig379]

Awesome that your gonna learn a new language. I've always wanted to get a degree in archeology and I love experimental arch. Maybe I'll get to it soon. Thanks for the vid❤

[@holyngrace7806]

Yay Will! Good to see you again!

[@1mmickk]

Never seen this done before and Im amazed at the technique and your skills.

[@suzannekearns1233]

Beautiful peice of work as usually Will.

[@samcummings9895]

Great to see you back on it, Insperation again , thanks

[@reddragoon7981]

Something you may find interesting (and probably already knew) is that there are some scholars who think there is a connection between the structure of language and acheulian tool making. Basically, the order of operations to speak a language mirrors the process to make a tool. Some people argue that acheulian tools are the indicators of language.

[@syfieldsjr1576]

My English brother you are a master craftsman. I certainly admire and appreciate your work, dedication, and fine skills!

[@andrewhoward7200]

That's terrific. I was involved with a German university carrying out experimental palaeontology , mostly glue from birch, some axe heads, spear tips etc. terribly difficult/impossible to replicate the artistry of our ancestors.

[@johngrenfell7171]

As usual anuther great video from you ,keep them coming will.

[@peterappleton5213]

Great to see you Will our tribe leader❤

[@el_wumberino]

Dear Will, As someone who's fortunate to speak several languages but has never knapped a single piece flint in his entire life, I would like to say, as an encouragement, that learning a language is very much like making and honing a blade; you start off really coarse and go gradually finer and finer, the smoother you want your blade, the longer it’ll take - and similarly to knapping you mustn't be afraid to start the process (even knowing that you are probably going to butcher it), you simply keep on trying. It’s a great adventure of its own and most rewarding as addressing people in their own language is a sign of respect and thus always (at least in my experience) instantly rewarded with sympathy. Different people have different talents: ie. you’ve mastered flint knapping - which in my opininion is a so much harder skill to learn as it is not natural to human beings as opossed to communication. Eventually you’ll suceed. All the best, mate, practice is everything. PS. Speaking of grinding, I just reminded me of that scene in your last video … man, it still makes me laugh! And again, in the end learning a foreign language sometimes feels the same way.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Awesome thanks for your words brother 😎👍

[@jannecas5281]

Will with big piece of flint that means it will be superb ! Thanks for your videos

[@zacchcanavan5390]

Spearfishing in tidal areas here in the UK is legal without a license. I think you should see what you can get with that harpoon, Will

[@haelreysur750]

My first experience with you, was "The Ice age is coming" story you made.

[@gavinhill4121]

Bloody awesome

[@jean2023jean]

Great work, man.

[@walterwaller9784]

Just found your channel, and super glad I did! At about the 16:00 mark you were talking about the type of head this was napping into. You said something about a sharks tooth, and at that moment you did the head had the appearance of a Meg tooth! Awesome content and I will be taking a stroll down the rabbit hole. Thanks for sharing

[@user-cw9qn1nb2n]

Why would the ancients not make a hand-axe somewhat larger than necessary? Would it not allow for reshaping if the point broke off? What a skill you have, I loved this video.

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks Will

[@mikecope806]

In South Africa, hand axes are to be found by the billion (no exaggeration) and there are ENORMOUS hand axes to be found along some rivers - also in vast numbers. The big hand axes are thought to have been used for getting to the very desirable marrow of hippos.

[@samgibson684]

Always a good time!

[@user-nx8ii4ef7f]

Impressive!

[@2908phild]

Australia is your friend. Everything you seek is still alive and well in the outback of Australia

[@haihalevy]

Did you try to put the rocks into fire, not to high but slowly heating the stone as when it cooled at first it was in no oxogen environment heating will expose the natural cracks of the rock, the bigger the rock the better.

[@jonnymyrberg3180]

Nice :) Started to wonder when next was to be :)

[@bleda7612]

Will have you visited Turkey? You would love Catalhöyük and Göbeklitepe!

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Yeah mate loved it went a couple of years ago

[@aaronshardlow1234]

Last summer I visited the Sami in the artic circle in Sweden and went on a fishing trip with them, they are a fascinating and awe inspiring people

[@kukaliemikalie8157]

Welcome To Finland 👋😊

[@FPSadict1612038]

Video starts at 8:43

[@pitchforkcustom]

great chat and work ❤

[@marcusmason3440]

Hi Will, good to see you. Just used up the last of the gun flints I got from you years ago, never found any better and wondering if you are still producing them? Best wishes

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Ahh sorry mate I don’t make them at the moment the source of the material got too hard to obtain

[@johnmallette3143]

Tkzz for sharing,.,..,peace

[@johnrula]

Greeting Will ! FINE work indeed, I’m subscribed for over a year and look forward to your posts, I was wondering if petrified wood is knapp ( sp?) able , i am an artist with paint on canvas and made some sterling jewellery 30 yr’s ago, I traded for a bunch of stone way back and some of it was large pc’s of petrified wood , some river tumbled and some smallish stumps, when I dropped a pc it broke like flint in a Concoidial (sp?) way forgive my spelling, thought id ask a human , great life lessons my friend…peace

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Yeah I recon so I’ve knapped petrified wood in the past mate

[@user-gn7cm6db2d]

I live in Poitou France which has many prehistoric sites,although in the whole of France many exist.

[@KernowekTim]

I am Cornish. Though my surname is Breton. Truly, Britanny has some marvellous ancient sights, too..

[@mark.guitar]

Great framing on the opening shot. Do you have a new camera? I only ask because the picture quality is so good.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

I’m just getting better at using it 😀

[@mark.guitar]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival It shows mate! Hope the planny thinky stuff works out.

[@Telefonziege]

great as always. is there a source for your clothing or is it handmade :)? thx

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

It’s all hand made my friend

[@PastramiStaven]

In Sweden we have sami people, finland and norway, they are all very similar. So doesn't matter which one you go to, but yes there's people still living the old life style of sami people in Sweden traveling with the herd so on

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers mate much appreciated

[@PastramiStaven]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival No problem, good luck with the adventure where ever you choose to go.

[@bassboi6168]

Question- How often do you replace your antler billets? (if you do)

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

For most people, they would last ages, perhaps a lifetime, but I can wear one out quite quickly less than the year with the amount of napping that I do

[@tobyjessup6483]

Thanks!

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Bless your heart thank you so much 😎👋

[@markmcarthy596]

Here in the Mississippi River Valley around St Louis, there are weapons and hunting tools layers deep. Some really Are giant

[@mauriceclark4870]

Thats. Better. Than one. I saw. In. Museum. 😅!!

[@jodycopeland1]

You should come to tennessee

[@gerardhogan3]

Greetings from Australia. I watched a yank on utube trying to do what you do but in comparison you seem fair dinkum to me. I really like learning your stuff and I reckon you know your stuff. It's pretty interesting to see How you work and to be honest, you are pretty bloody good at it.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Greetings buddy I appreciate your comment, I try to film minus all the bull shit 😂👍😎

[@nofunclub]

And now back to you Interresting

[@JosephGautrey85]

Thanks

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Bless your heart thanks buddy

[@cedarpoplar]

When you said walrus tusk, I was hoping you didn't say a tooth. Animals were big monsters but not titanic. You gotta have intimate knowledge to be able to cut them stones.. French is hard to pronounce. They can always tell if you're a foreigner and they are not always too pretty bout it, specially if you American .

[@randallhall9670]

I make arrow tips by hand as a hobby and I have hundreds in my collection made out of many different types of rock. I have recently taken making them out of glass.

[@celem1000]

If you are looking for the modern Sami communities you want northern Norway and Sweden I think. Both countries also have occasional Sami language television (like welsh or gaelic in the uk, usually in the latenight slots). They may even have English, those countries in general do, so you may find trilingual Sami with strong English. On the subject of languages Norwegian and Swedish are both fun to learn as an English speaker. Really highlights the spots where we still are using Norse words. (Especially visible in the Scots my Granny taught me)

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Awesome thank you

[@stephengent9974]

I think you will be disappointed. The days of the traditional reindeer herder are long gone. The nearest to it are some people who live in Siberia.

[@maknifeandrods7701]

👍

[@niknack666]

Very nice

[@onemoredeadman]

400,000 years ago a man was making an axe like this, his wife came into the cave and said " I'm not cleaning that mess up "

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

😂👍😎

[@kencope1984]

fabuloso

[@user-pu5vd1hw4v]

How would that axe be used, applied?

[@resurgam44]

Specific applications remain unclear, but edge-wear suggests they were used for many different purposes, including butchery, digging, scraping hide, wood-working, etc.

[@Tradbow85]

What is that antler from?

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Red deer mate

[@Tradbow85]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival thank you

[@nurmihusa7780]

Languages. Sadly Americans inherited the English antipathy towards learning other languages. I say English because the Scots the Irish and the Welsh are proudly bilingual. Spanish is widely spoken in America and happily only going to get more so.

[@alandean9323]

Just a small point, Will. I don't think the Sami people speak Spanish. 😂

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

lol yes I know but I will get onto that one soon 😂

[@qwadratix]

There's no way to avoid feeling like 'The ignorant Englishmen'. Apart from the fact that there are hundreds of languages out there, almost everyone is eagerly learning English so the chances are they want to practice on you rather than the other way around. If you travel a lot, you just have to go along with it and just satisfy yourself with learning enough to 'get by' in several languages.

[@andrewhoward7200]

Yep, 4 years in West Germany learnt nix. East Germany, either German or Russian, I finally learnt German.

[@FacesintheStone]

Sir, we study the art of the ancient people. We offer you a virtual tour of ancient America, which has photo realistic portraits of human beings painted on crystals on giant hand axes. Not for profit, all proceeds go to indigenous charities in North America

[@Svheinn]

[@peterwilkinson2998]

SOCKS.....S O C K S..... think in Espanyol.

[@markeverson5849]

Will''""How do you know it's 400,000 years old😅 and not 400,023 years or how about simply 200 years old😢

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Let’s just settle for approximately 😂👍

[@florpdorp7190]

When I find Really interesting as atheists Believe the incredible impossibility that Everything was created from Nothing Secondly they have a constant change in their millions of years Some say 400000 some say million years some say this that or the other thing it's constantly changing but God's word never changes

[@patrickedgley4370]

Greatest work i have seen yet!

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Thanks buddy

[@roberhow2441]

I DO A LOT OF DRUGS THIS WAS ENTERTAINING