halfting a spearhead onto a wooden shaft~1 

this is what i like when i type how to make a primative flint spear

I really need to read ' Seahenge' again, after having viewed your fascinating series Will. So I shall.

Brilliant thinking. Best way I have seen, makes perfect sense rather than notching, more strength. Tks, love your work 😀

Well done Will, i have never seen or heard of pounding the fibers to haft a stone blade. Well done and thy, i suppose you can do the same with a knife handle as well. I usually have used my saw to cut in a groove, tho i figured alot of grinding or sawing with flint to get a groove otherwise.

Great skill and amazing video. But this spear would be able to penetrate only to the length of the blade as beginning of the shaft would create resistance. Transition from blade to shaft should be more smooth if this spear would be able to penetrate and not wound only.

Love the flint knife that you have used to help haft the spear tip.

I made replica Maritime Archaic Period stone tools for School Teachers show on display for elementary middle school pupils but used a saw to notch handles for the slate stone knives (The pounding method never occurred to me then so thank you for making the video I know that method now.)

Hi John, a very interesting method of hafting. I never seen it before. Thank you very much for your presentation. Honza

Your skill level is impressive & thank you very much .

Brilliant method! Are there any prehistoric findings for it?

One thing many people forget is our ancestors heated the shafts of a spear just like arrow shafts and straightened them

I suspect they'd have used the stronger ash. Wrap the shaft with wet rawhide to prevent over splitting and let it dry then use a stone cleaver/scraper or just a large flake as a wedge and get a split going. I suspect they would have let the thong dry before painting on the binder. Yes I may be full of bull. I also note that you are left with a strong shoulder that might stop penetration. Pretty sure they'd want to reduce the shoulder.

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Would all this work need to be redone after every kill? Or is it strong enough to not break

hi will, was it a green stick or seasoned/dry wood?

if you found yourself in the wild how would you create the glue?

Well done. You should try asphaltum. Works great.

Will, can you show us how you made that flint knife in the beginning of your video?? Particularly how you set it into the handle? Thanks!!

Awesome work Will - our ancestors would be mighty proud of that spear! Thank you for sharing all of your skills with us and for helping to disprove the notion that "primitive" means "stupid caveman". To be able to go out on the landscape and produce such a beautiful tool is awe-inspiring, to say the least. Any workshops planned for the Northeastern United States? :) Cheers!

good lad

very nice, thanks!

Reckon there's perhaps a bow in that ash?

how did you make that glue at 10:58 ? :)

like your spear

2:50, U could always fire-harden & stone-rub hone it into a wood-only spear.

wear eye protection. you could easily go blind.

why not pure that all over it i dont think the cars will mind lol

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Never thought of beating it to soften the fibers. I'll have to try that. Thanks Will.

What a brilliant and informative tutorial, many thanks for sharing Will ~Peace~

Maybe you could soak the tip of the ash in water for a day? Don't know if that would make it pliable enough... Great video though! Great information!

If you can cut downward into that tip, four or five cuts one way, and four or five the other, in a lattice pattern to make small square shaped "bristles" then beat it, it may become more fibrous and stay intact.

all of your vids are brilliant. Yet another well documented and decent video,clever and creative.

Probably the best tutorial Ive seen yet and now Im glad I hadn't started any projects like this yet!

Love your​ videos brother. one of my favorite educational channels

Use only under adult supervision you can put your eye out with one of those things

show us the finished product D:

what is the best tree to use for the shaft? Preferably indigenous to Norway. I bought 2 antique spearheads from Congo that needs a bit of wood.

Awesome job🐮