Crescent Knife - 11,000 Year Old Butchering Tool

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The Crescent Knife...not the crescent arrow head is a butchering tool that dates back to 11,000-9,000 BP. It was widely used in the western united states and is a pretty amazing ancient stone tool.
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@fromshane 8 месяцев назад

How ancient people woulda mimicked like claws or the moon or something is a really cool observation, I think that makes a lot of sense. Awesome work man

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks. Appreciate it greatly. Observation is the easiest source of inspiration. Thanks for watching.

@knobcreekoutdoors135 5 месяцев назад

I have to say you do amazing work. I have found several arrowheads hearing Kentucky.

@WoodHippy1971 3 месяца назад

As a avid collector of Native Artifacts. Thanks to you My appreciation of them is now 1000 times more. Thank You for showing how much skill and time it takes to create them.

@greenpawsgroomimg2196 7 месяцев назад

You captivate me

@johnmakarsky2787 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much for this demo! That's truly a fantastic tool. I'm going to have to give that project a go.

@bookman7409 4 месяца назад

I was right now years old when I realized (at least one of) the point(s) of prepping with abrasion, expending extra work to concentrate force. A delicate, crumbly edge throws off your aim while dispersing your point of force in unexpected ways. There may be additional elements, but I can visualize the force vectors and perception involved. Whatever the other benefits, exchanging simple work to improve precision work is always a good thing. That's self-taught, so I'm throwing it out there for others who're trying to figure out how and why it all works. Sharing a realization.

@maritimespook 6 месяцев назад

Donny ....I watch every vid you do...I remember when you had like 100 subs lol..and to share a bit I've had some mental health struggles man and I just wanted you to know when I watch these videos of knapping they put me at some peace, thank you my friend.... Spook

@filaptv 8 месяцев назад

It's easy to see why this shape works well for all stages, dressing, skinning, butchering.

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely. It’s pretty amazing the design and overall use. It’s something I’ve used before and can truly say it’s very effective.

@jasongarling20 8 месяцев назад

Donny, you are an absolute artist! Thanks for the education!

@jeffreytaylor4464 7 месяцев назад

that's excellent craftsmanship. thank you for sharing it with us.

@paulfreeman23000 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for this great explanation and flint work.

@izzyc.6559 8 месяцев назад

Nice knife. Totally agree with humans making tools that resemble things on animals(claws, teeth) or things in the sky(moon). God made everything so perfectly humans can't find better designs to use, such as the shape of a claw or tooth for knives and arrowheads. Also, its good to know that I'm not the only one who gets flakes in their fingers haha. Thanks again for the video!

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Haha. Flaked in fingers is pretty routine. I appreciate you watching and your assessment on the inspiration of where stone tools get their design! Thanks

@allanwagner4570 26 дней назад

@@izzyc.6559 God made??

@izzyc.6559 25 дней назад

@@allanwagner4570 👍

@mikecurtis2585 8 месяцев назад

Nice amazing work! Always interesting watching you work!

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Mike. Appreciate that greatly!

@paleohunterWHG 8 месяцев назад

From one rock-loving guy covered in Pictish tattoos to another, you're awesome. Long hair and beard too. You're just buffer. Been watching you a long time man, stay you. You're an inspiration to me.

@user-es2ej9tx4c 6 месяцев назад

Awesome

@petterfh 8 месяцев назад

Great video brother! I really like this kind of video with seeing the whole process. Interesting how you keep the craft alive. Hope you make more of these. (The ambient background music was a nice touch🎯 ) Greetings from Norway🇳🇴

@macbailes3635 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating and informative.

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate your time watching 🤙

@AnarchoReptiloidUa 8 месяцев назад

Great video, as always. 👍🤘💪

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@westmichiganpreparedness 7 месяцев назад

The precision of those strikes when flaking are astounding! Hell of a job 🤙

@EgoPersequorErgoSum 8 месяцев назад

That’s awesome

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks 🤙

@Jerry-ds4ye 7 месяцев назад

My Dude, love your videos. You would be amazing to hang with. Thanks for the videos.❤❤❤

@tonyfleming2743 7 месяцев назад

Your so good at making things 😮

@shaneblankenship231 8 месяцев назад

Your videos are always killer. You’ve got me over here wanting to learn to Knapp and spend more time in the woods

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Do it. Enjoy the adventures the are ahead of you. Thanks for watching!

@shaneblankenship231 8 месяцев назад

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracksDonny what’s your favorite stone to Knapp? And do you still do the survival courses?

@danieldelgado3659 8 месяцев назад

good job friend Donny, much success to your channel¡¡¡¡

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Thank you very much. I appreciate that greatly 🔥

@markycash9368 7 месяцев назад

It would be so awesome to see your tools and storage of them and your materials

@storbunlimitedbushcraft6996 8 месяцев назад

Awesome work brother 🤙💜

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@trinarichardson291 7 месяцев назад

Wow this is so cool to observe i was watching so closely i felt that ouch !! Love your videos so educational !!!

@stevenkeithley4336 8 месяцев назад

Great video bud keep'em coming. Wishing you and yours the best. Stay safe and be well brother. 👊😎🤙🔥🍻🇺🇸

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks, you too! I appreciate you watching!

@jackblackpowderprepper4940 8 месяцев назад

I just subed a few days ago. The video I watched was on the Cody blade. Before you started knapping it the stone resembled an axe head shape. I have many of these stones, rough as they are they hold the potential for various tools. Really appreciate what you do and you have inspired me to attempt a Cody blade video on my channel. It should be entertaining to say the least. Thank you. 😊

@Lilithofeden1 5 месяцев назад

Peaceful as being in a real life Skyrim game, love your videos❤🐦🙏

@josephcormier5974 8 месяцев назад

This is a very informative video now I see why the ancient people wanted so much in trade for their stone work it takes a bit to Knapp them thanks for sharing this with us six stars brother

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@user-sc6eq5xf2f 7 месяцев назад

This realy help me Looks realy afective😂

@GoannaEarthskills 8 месяцев назад

Great stuff as always Donny! Also reckon they’d be great for harvesting tules/cat tail leaves

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks. Absolutely…from a functional knife standpoint it can really be used on anything. Harvesting cattails, bull rush, tules, arrow root, etc…it’s pretty optimal in all ways!!

@ksenijashka 8 месяцев назад

❤️

@elijahgrimm8052 6 дней назад

They also could have been used to cut reeds, harvest cattails, as well as butchering. Maybe something of a very early multi-use sickle.

@robertsupra4511 6 месяцев назад

How strange that right when I was about to ask if u get cut or jabbed by any flakes from the stone, you say, Got one!. Then I look up from typing to see a piece of rock sticking out of your finger😅..you would be an awesome older brother or father that's for sure! Never had a male role model in my life to teach things like this! I missed out for sure

@DeclanAethelwulfPryce 12 дней назад

I just found your channel and am hooked, thank you. Do you have a tutorial on how to make those chips, how and where to strike, what to look for, when to use x tool, etc?

@Wemissjericho 7 месяцев назад

Ive found something alot like that in Washington state up north i tried using for a few different things but i thought it was really good at helping me make arrows skinning the stick and getting it all smooth but i could very easily be wrong

@WillieTaggett 8 месяцев назад

Donny looks like he surfs waterfalls

@user-jw9wx1er8j 8 месяцев назад

Круто дивитись всі твої відео так тримати 🇺🇦 ЗДОРОВ'Я МІЦНОГО 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👍🏻🥃 ЙОВ

@user-bl6vm2di5h 7 месяцев назад

Donny, the zombie deer have appeared carefully.

@Disruptrt90 8 месяцев назад

Awesome work man I love seeing the different tools used. I really need to make one of those caribou antler pressure flakers.

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

You should! I will say it’s got some great leverage to it. The caribou is the difficult part. Appreciate you watching

@AHomeIsHaven 8 месяцев назад

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks😂

@Disruptrt90 8 месяцев назад

@@AHomeIsHaven What was funny about that? lol

@AHomeIsHaven 8 месяцев назад

@@Disruptrt90 "Getting the caribou is the difficult part" 😂☺️

@Disruptrt90 8 месяцев назад

@@AHomeIsHaven lol Yeah, they aren't cheap at all but I love making and trying different tools.

@bigchef22 7 дней назад

I always wondered if anyone ever hunted waterfowl with skipping stones in prehistoric times. Seems like it could work in shallow waters, where you could just wade in and retrieve the crippled or dead birds.

@anonsidious358 7 месяцев назад

The Paleo Leatherman

@user-dn3ol1vt2z 8 месяцев назад

안녕하세요. 👍🏻🤙🏻

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Hello. Thanks for watching!

@stevo48602 2 месяца назад

Donny is now Moon Knight!!! 😂

@bogus_not_me 8 месяцев назад

I agree with you, they are tools not attached to shafts but used to butcher the kill. It should be obvious when looking at the size. A blade 5-6 inches across and 3-4 inches from edge to back would be very difficult to use as an arrow....

@wadewilliam9053 8 месяцев назад

I've seen a few found here in Southern il that were made from cobden or raw kaolin chert

@AHomeIsHaven 8 месяцев назад

I have a massive block of that type rock. Maybe I'll give that a shot and play around with a few shapes. I will definitely end up with bloodier hands for my efforts to learn. Lol

@CJ-uf6xl 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating, thank you 🙏 I was wondering if you've ever found a fossil, or worked one?

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Yes I have. I have found several on my property in the Chihuahua Desert. Never worked them, but found plenty. Thanks for watching.

@thevieadanac6115 8 месяцев назад

Hello. Awesome video. What type of stone do you use as blades? I’ve seen obsidian shaping, but I’m wondering what type of rock you use to make your blades. Thanks. :)

@thomashofling4504 8 месяцев назад

Would work as a sickle, too. Typical form in the end neolithic (bellbeaker culture) in bavaria made out of plate silex.

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely. It’s a pretty universal cutting tool. Great for butchering, clean fish and harvesting plants. I imagine one day it was hafted and put into action. Thanks for watching b

@user-mb4se6km5p 8 месяцев назад

Can you show us how to pit steam recurve into a bow? In the dirt with fire and water.

@bogus_not_me 8 месяцев назад

Also look at the ulu knives made by Eskimo tribes - same shape used for cutting things up, not as a weapon...

@Dyl_P1ckle 8 месяцев назад

Can u make an obsidian karambit

@TBATLIGHTN 8 месяцев назад

Cool with it now. Snap of the fingers gotta live life.

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely 🤙

@ConnorMainwold 3 месяца назад

Can you do a knife design that would have been used in the Northeastern United States?

@shizok8064 7 месяцев назад

can u make a shelter for a family of 4? please. as a dad just want to be prepared!

@Jaden48108 8 месяцев назад

I'm surprised you don't have many scars on your hands. I'm sure there's a learning curve involved to knapping. I believe a neolithic man would nod in approval of your skill set, or, for that matter, paleolithic women-- perhaps for different reasons. Beautiful product at the end.

@HardscrabbleBlake1968 12 дней назад

Just for argument, let's say it was an arrowhead . . . What advantage would it have over a regular arrowhead? I can't really think of any, but I'm not an expert.

@jacobrawles8687 25 дней назад

Do you think the stone crescent blade could have inspired metal crescent that came after?

@GenuinelyCurious120 8 месяцев назад

If you didn't have a piece of antler, what else would work for chiping the edges like that?

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

When antler isn’t available a hard wood worked into a shape similar to antler can be used. Also small flakes can be obtained through slow, low mass hammer stones.

@chanderbrown1898 8 месяцев назад

Can you make a war club

@user-sn1pr1gs5r 8 месяцев назад

I wonder how many times he’s cut his foot on the flakes that you see on the floor

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Not very often. Does it happen…yes, but I’m pretty sure footed walking on broken stones. Appreciate you watching!

@robomonkey1018 8 месяцев назад

I think the arrow point thing comes from very similar medival iorn points. I don't think the theroy for those being meant for small game has much real evidence either though. In my opinion if I'm shooting an arrow at a duck ima use a fire hardened wood point. Why work so hard on something your shooting towards a lake

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Bingo. I couldn’t agree more. I think a small point are fire dried tip will absolutely get the job done. Thanks for watching.

@goblindart 8 месяцев назад

Can you make Naru's tomahawk from Prey (2022)

@k1m6a11 8 месяцев назад

Quick question: if it's sharp on all edges, how do you use it without cutting yourself?

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Great question. You actually pinch with your fingers and use more fingers than hand. It’s a little tricky at first, but you can quickly learn no to rest the blade in your hand.

@user-mb4se6km5p 8 месяцев назад

I want to recurve a alligator juniper and don't have a large pot. Open fire? This is from a six month season stave.

@olisametuh8115 8 месяцев назад

Donny what is that rapid fire hiting u do and it isn’t bid flaks it’s like super small flaks

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

The rapid fire is really preparing for a bigger strike for a large flake. Small flakes are with purpose as well as they prepare an edge raising or lowering it. In the video you see big flakes and small flakes being removed. All is with intent for edge preparation, thinning, edge maintenance and establishing a work flow.

@sonsofliberty3158 8 месяцев назад

Do you ever sell your stuff & if you do, where can I find it?

@Lmgoutdoors 8 месяцев назад

Hey, I should try to make one of those I wanna meet you so bad

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Go for it. Make a couple and cut some game with it. They work wonders. Not going to lie!!!!

@Lmgoutdoors 8 месяцев назад

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks I know you’re not lying How can I meet you?

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

@@Lmgoutdoors well…I’m on my way to Africa on Saturday for a month and how about when I get back we try and figure something out. 🤙

@Lmgoutdoors 8 месяцев назад

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks You should get some blue cow Sydney from there. You can always email figure something out.

@ProWalter2 5 месяцев назад

I just realized your hand tattoos are Pictish in origin. Are they stick and poke?

@monakw 8 месяцев назад

Somebody mentioned that your videos are always killer and that is true. But it made my mind wander as it does… there’s probably no evidence for this, but I’m wondering if there were any serial killers among the Flint nappers? Did they fight each other or did they just kill animals with all of these stone blades? ❤ The sound of knapping is very relaxing. Thank you.

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

Thanks. Thats a fair question. I don’t know about serial killers, but I imagine as time progressed…I think there could be some truth to it. Who knows? However…I’m intrigued by the statement! 🤙

@monakw 8 месяцев назад

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks I see them sitting around a fire saying …our chief is a narcissist. L O L O L O L I need a knap!

@Ironpine27 8 месяцев назад

I mean, from a psychological standpoint, people have pretty much always been born with many forms of mental disabilities and illnesses. I don't find it too difficult to think that ancient man had to deal with one of their own becoming a murderer doe to mental instability. Although they most likely wouldn't last too long before being found out as we used to live in tighter-knit and smaller communities.

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

@@Ironpine27 I think lots of mental issues stem from modern ways and a persons external influences. It’s hard to say exactly what could have been some sort of mental disability and where it stemmed from, but from a simple human context…I would wager to some degree they could have been present.

@JeremyHannay 5 месяцев назад

Would you do it by yourself or do you think they did it like a group ?

@davidpape9179 8 месяцев назад

Do you need a special kind of rock for this or will any kind of rock work

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

The rocks used are special rocks, but very obtainable. These rocks break smooth and are featureless. They have a high amount of silicate in them. I have some additional videos on the types of rocks as well. Check it out. 🤙

@jondalarhyrule6855 8 месяцев назад

I think it's a sickel

@PaintedskiesRankin 8 месяцев назад

So here’s the question how did the Zulu develop from this?

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

The people?

@KnappinStuff 8 месяцев назад

Bro, there are plenty of crescents that are less than an inch long, and shaped in a way that makes then useless for butchering. There are less big crescents than smaller ones. Besides most broken ones have impact fractures. Could it be used as a butchering tool? Sure, but you are missing a lot of info.

@kaldicuct 8 месяцев назад

I figure they weren't arrow heads, they'd need a way to attach to the arrow head. And if anyone tells me that the shank of every single one of these, that was used to attach it to the shaft broke off.... they nuttier than squirrel shit. i mean, every single one? without fail? This is getting into some messas are giant trees that giants cut down levels of conspiracy tomfoolery. i mean, lets take one of these blades, and freakin attach it. It doesn't look like it'll attach like an arrow head should. And if it was like a Dalton tip type situation, maybe it would be fluted. Know what i mean?

@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks 8 месяцев назад

I get you without a doubt. Totally makes sense. Years ago I actually hafted a few crescent “arrowheads” and experimented with shooting them and I can’t begin to tell you how erratic the flight was…also the breaks were constant. To shoot water fowls or even turkeys…you don’t need much to get the job done!

@dasanwilcox9063 8 месяцев назад

I show this video to orangutans at the zoo… just for fun

@petroscephas 8 месяцев назад

Love your work man, but I always find myself laughing at this nonsense about millions of years and this idea that we know a lot of the past from a few buried stones. 🤣