Making a stone axe head using only primitive tools. The grinding took approximately 2 hours. The pecking took about 1 hour. I might still work on this in the future to finish it up.
the technique you use for making a large river boulder into a natural whetstone is actually quite intriguing , and using river silt as an aggrigate for getting a fine polish was even more ingenious. thank you for being an awesome and entertaining teacher.
@Winterhold Guard yea I guess your right. I've seen one two on Neutral sites. Incidental I suppose. I dont remember where I was working on 4 years ago lol
@@steveshelton3081 yes, that is how people should be. Everybody of todays generation are just a bunch of little snowflakes who dont know how to stand up for themselves. They just whine when they get their feelings hurt.
@@williamwhite9481 dude not everyone is like that im gen z and trust me i love the outdoors and i love fishing hunting and i know many friends that love the outdoors
Dan: I always enjoy and admire your ability to play, explore new things and learn and I think it's great that you share your curosity with your children.
I'm very interested to see you finish this axe and the handle. I was actually disappointed that there was not another follow up video. this is the way I always wanted to see it done. Now I have confidence in using this method. Thank you for sharing.
This was very well made. I enjoyed the cinematic scenes underwater of the clay from grinding mixing with the water and the process and the progression of the tool. I really enjoyed it!
You know. From the looks of this boulder it has been used for this exact purpose a lot. It would not surprise me if this thing has been used for this for a long, long time by generations of humans.
well until now, I always pictured the ancients sitting around the fire all winter long just to make one tool like the one you did in so little time. thanks for the lesson.
Sweet! I need to make one of these to finish my primitive bow! (primitive bows are tough!!!) Thanks for showing how the natives would have done this! It looks good... take care, Will
Impressive. Thanks for posting. The Maoris here in NZ made some wonderful stone adzes from argillite and jade. From a young age I was under the impression that an adze took maybe months to make. I can now see that functional stone adzes / axeheads can be made fairly quickly. Best wishes....
Very cool! I don't know why I never thought of using water and sand grit before ... We don't have flint around here , so this will be a fun new project!
dasdew2 and in many cases built thriving communities- all with primitive methods. Yes you can put a handle on it. you can google "stone axe" and see how.
There are several primitive ways to put a handle on it. The split stick method, where a stick is split down the middle and the head is placed inside. It is then tied in place. Then theres the forked branch method, which requires a branch that breaks off into two branches at one end. The head is clamped between these two branches and tied in place. Finally, the less reliable wrap method. You take a very long stick, and literally whittle literally half of it away, so that just the other half, and the papery bark remains. The head is then wrapped in the bark end, to secure it. It is then tied down just on case. All of these would work, sorry for the long-ass comment
Tino Vasquez no.. not even close. they just were alot more effective in using what they had. but they probably were stronger on average than an average human today. i think a chimpanzee can crush a human skull with a downward fist slam. they have really strong back and arm muscles to hold and swing on tree branches when getting food.
They probably would have made a cylinder like stone by grinding and used that to grind in the bottom of the head, then found a stick just a bit bigger that the hole made, and out it in
Nicely honed edge! :) Grinding is always a pain in the neck, and a very easy way to speed that up is to prepare the guidelines and start the grinding with a rasp then peck and hone smooth the old-fashioned way.
You have the best primitive axe making video on you tube hands down . Love all of your videos on stone tools . Wish you could upload a video on making a complete axe head though . I was a little let down when you didn't finish the head all the way. But all and all good work man ! hope to see new vids soon.
That sudden fish while you were getting grinding gravel made me laugh harder than I needed to. "Hey land being, what you doing in my river? Gonna dig me up some grub?"
Greetings, don't worry about your pecking stone breaking... it is when i snap the axe head that gets me upset. I often will hold the axe in my hand as a cushion. And I listen for a good sound in the rock when I select one. A nice clear ring, no cracks. I enjoy your work and thank you for sharing with us. pax, Puffinlittle
I always love your hand axe vids. To find a rock here without a long walk to the river is ehem very difficult. I mean if you had no car ehe. Trade was very common here for natives.
@@gotrocksinhead God knows I do too but a part of me would enjoy it. I grew up on a farm and I feel like we made a big mistake, pushing nature so far from our everyday life.
@@heathertaylor8904 yeah, there's that wild side of me that would be thrilled to step back into the "past." I don't think my wife would be too thrilled though. I suppose if that happened, we'd be the ones who would survive... perhaps.
