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

[@JosephGautrey85]

Thanks

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Bless your heart thanks buddy

[@RatMom5403]

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! 😁

[@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."😉

[@tobyjessup6483]

Thanks!

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Bless your heart thank you so much 😎👋

[@robertfoote3255]

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

[@rickschneider3887]

You can never fully appreciation modern tools and the luxury of being able to just go to the store and buy them until you realize what our ancestors had to go through to get what they needed. These are skills people needed to survive and should be remembered and appreciated. The ancient people were just as intelligent and skilled with their craftsmanship as modern people are because they had to figure all this stuff out without the convenience of machines and computers doing all the hard detail work!

[@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.

[@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 👍😎

[@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.

[@holyngrace7806]

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

[@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!

[@wildkampfer]

Met Will at the Bushcraft Show. My son bought a reindeer hide. Very warm and genuine bloke, pleased to add to my YT subs.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers buddy great to meet you and your son 👍😎

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@haihalevy]

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

[@PPYTAO]

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

[@williamseelen3077]

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

[@JamesSmith-is7co]

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

[@Lastvoids]

the first strike was right on the dot,perfect

[@Kargoneth]

Excellent. Nice to watch you craft, Will.

[@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.

[@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 😎👍

[@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

[@suzannekearns1233]

Beautiful peice of work as usually Will.

[@samcummings9895]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@1mmickk]

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

[@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 😅

[@holyngrace7806]

Yay Will! Good to see you again!

[@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 😎👍

[@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.

[@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.

[@zanderrobertson5138]

The way you made that so effortlessly was so impressive 👍

[@kukaliemikalie8157]

Welcome To Finland 👋😊

[@senkuu_ishigamii]

This looks like a cross between an Achulean tool and a Kerville knife

[@senkuu_ishigamii]

The blade is Achulean but the knife itself has cortex as a handle so it’s like grabbing a rock

[@johngrenfell7171]

As usual anuther great video from you ,keep them coming 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❤

[@gerrittenberkdeboer7763]

you are incredibly fast with your skills...respect

[@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.

[@HFArizona]

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

[@syfieldsjr1576]

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

[@jean2023jean]

Great work, man.

[@jannecas5281]

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

[@Telefonziege]

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

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

It’s all hand made my friend

[@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

[@gavinhill4121]

Bloody awesome

[@AndyH.200]

Thanks Will, that was an impressive hand axe and a delight to watch. Interesting to hear about the different types of arrowheads too.

[@peterappleton5213]

Great to see you Will our tribe leader❤

[@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

[@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]

😂👍😎

[@stephenasbridge878]

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

[@dvkevin]

100% would love to see him on JRE

[@marty9256]

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

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers Marty

[@JamieW-o7b]

Impressive!

[@haelreysur750]

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

[@jameshetfield5894]

The chances are small of me ever doing anything like that, or making my own clothes, or having cool hair, but your stuff is always interesting to watch, it’s mesmerizing and meditative, soothing really. Thanks man😊

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers mate very kind of you

[@CapraObscura]

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

[@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.

[@jonnymyrberg3180]

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

[@pitchforkcustom]

great chat and work ❤

[@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

[@jaredarmstrong1805]

Really great videos. Thanks mate. [Subscribed]

[@samgibson684]

Always a good time!

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks Will

[@desmondbroad1305]

I love the way you explain.even with the vast knowledge you have your so humble I love that brilliant viewing as always and very interesting 👍😁😍

[@sen5i]

Keep at the Spanish, now that you've realised it'll take years not weeks to learn you can relax and that'll actually speed up the process. Once you have a good few months under your belt and if you have some money to spend take yourself to a Spanish speaking country for a week or two and get away from the tourist areas. You'll discover that full immersion settings reveal that you learnt more than you'd realised and that once locals know you're trying to learn their language they go out of their way to help accelerate the process. I live mostly in Mexico and can vouch for that having grown up in Hendon, N London. I love your channel and am figuring out when I can come and get some hands on training from your good self, hopefully within a year🤞Cheers.

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Cheers buddy appreciate your thoughts

[@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

[@DerekWalsh-l4i]

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.

[@bleda7612]

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

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Yeah mate loved it went a couple of years ago

[@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.

[@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.

[@GerryPowell-r6s]

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..

[@johnmallette3143]

Tkzz for sharing,.,..,peace

[@EddieGilliland-m3v]

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.

[@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.

[@jodycopeland1]

You should come to tennessee

[@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.

[@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 😂👍😎

[@Tradbow85]

What is that antler from?

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Red deer mate

[@Tradbow85]

@@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival thank you

[@markmcarthy596]

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

[@ianbruce6515]

I'd like to see a demonstration of an hand axe being used. Too me, it seems like a screwdriver in a world without screws. There are lots of things that you can do with a screwdriver, that it can do with mixed success--but without screws--it isn't great at any of them. Nobody seems to have the purpose that the hand axe is really good for! Will, do you have any theory?

[@mauriceclark4870]

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

[@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

[@CelticWa4rior]

Greatest work i have seen yet!

[@WillLordPrehistoricSurvival]

Thanks buddy

[@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.

[@canadan350]

Hello Will. Have you received any chert from Canada recently?

[@niknack666]

Very nice

[@markboyen1118]

Hi will How do I find your etsy store. Thankyou

[@maknifeandrods7701]

👍

[@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.

[@GuyThompson-xe4qh]

Can you tell me about primitive dragon stones ? What age are they and what is the cult .and why is the left eye missing ? Is this because they see in the land of the living and the dead .most I've found are not made of Flint dose this make them older than Flint? Thanks any information would be Good

[@nofunclub]

And now back to you Interresting

[@nataliephelan7773]

Where are you based Will. Can a day course be booked?

[@Primitive_Productions]

He is based in St Edmunds in England, he has a website and I know a bloke who took a course with him. Again, it's all on his website

[@kencope1984]

fabuloso

[@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 .

[@peterwilkinson2998]

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