Learn how to make flint stone tools 

I've been following Will for quite a few years now on youtube. I can say that he will ALWAYS be my favourite person making this type of content online. Thank you for driving my interest in the stone age

I just stumbled on Wills RU-vid channel a month or so ago, think it was was the flint spear... I was blown away by it! Now I'm hooked and want to knap flint 😂 love the fact it's someone from Great Britain for a change as all the primitive stuff is always the states

I appreciated not just coming along as you make something, but actually learning why you’re doing what you’re doing. It was very helpful watching you flip the flint over after each hit. Explaining about the 30 degrees “shock” from the percussion was very useful. I can wrap my head around it now and I have watched your show for years. Thank you for breaking it down!

Ive seen other youtube channels demonstrate making flint tools but i stand by will and i hope this channel grows. Hes got the character this sort of thing deserves. I mean that.

Thank you Will Lord for being amazing as you are!

Cracking video mate good stuff as usual, all hail Will Lord our tribe leader ❤

Amazing to watch your hard won skills in action thanks Will

It's like going back in time, gives me these feelings awe.

You are the best. Thanks for these videos!

thanks again for a great video will! i could watch you hit rocks with other rocks for hours!

14:27 "A common question is, if you can break it that easy, doesn't it break that easy when you use it?" Flint is fairly hard, in fact, flint and steel is used to make sparks. The way this works is the flint strikes the steel and is able to cleave or shave a small enough amount and the energy from that action causes the steel to heat up into a small glowing bit of metal. Flint can cleave steel, it is hard enough to cause significant damage to steel, and all the more to softer materials like wood and meat. In short, if you are using the flint tool in line with what that tool is designed to do, then it won't break easy. Edit: Figured it was an interesting question and wanted to add to your explanation. As always, love your videos and all that you do, Cheers!

One of THE best primitive skills guys of our time like no bullshit do your research people an a great personality also much love an respect my brother

And BOOM just like that i understand. the ball bearing explanation was exactly what i needed. not saying i can go out and do it successfully right off the bat but i get it now. i love understanding stuff. thanks man

Your skills and artistry are stunning. Thank you...!

Will. I have only begun my journey doing flint knapping and some paleo techniques. You are a wealth of knowledge, and I appreciate you sharing this with us all.

Loved every second! I really like watching you work, especially when you're in your Earth Lodge and telling stories!!! Great explanation - viewing that little cone and the bearing was a great visual on the geometry that is needed to effectively profile the desired tool. Super visual! I'm also so glad your channel is growing, Will!! People aren't just looking for knowledge of skills, but are also looking for wisdom, guidance, and a connection to our Collective past. I feel like I've always improved myself as a person in some way after hanging out with you. Thanks! 👍❤

Very nice as always keep the vids coming more people should know this knowledge

used by "people" for many thousands of years and indeed, before people. certainly long before H. sapiens. i don't yet knap myself but the thing thats so interesting to be about it is that it's an utterly ancient and still to this day unique art, really. as complex as any other. knapping is part of our very DNA like perhaps few things are. its inextricably human, thats where we come from. i think people can forget that.

Thank you very much sir!

Deeply impressed. Again. It never gets boring watching a master craftsman.

Thank you Will. Your tutelage, and your sharing of your journey, awesome stuff. Have now started my knapping journey, and yes, as expected, it's nowhere near as easy as your decades of experience make it look. Looking forward to getting better and making something more than gravel!

We love you Will in the US.

Awesome stuff Will.. Didn't know about your travel vids, will check them out! Thx as always...

Hi m8 , in the interest of the previous comment ide like to say that i have been subscribed to you for years, and years ago when i worked in Swanley as a bailiff and i was stuck on a site for 5 weeks i dug out all the flint i could find and brought it back to wales. made my own tools and started knapping admittedly not done it much since i thought i had a decent understanding of it but i have never missed one of your videos in over 8 years still fascinated with your skill and play the game of guessing where i would strike next, i pride myself on seldom being wrong !! watching this particular video im thinking of driving to Hastings to get more flint for giggles !!

Thank you! Appreciate very much and very happy to learn.

Fascinating. A true master at work, and a gentleman to boot. Thanks Will.

Ace, Thanks Will for the just great detail but down to earth way, catchin up on all vids since you went to Bretange, thankyou Sam.

Best explanation of the fracturing pattern I’ve seen. Thank you.

Great video , thank you. I remember as a boy growing up on the farm in the blackdown hills , I used to try to make stone tools even then , trouble is I used to wack the brown flint with a hammer and get frustrated when I ended up with a pile of gravel 😂😂

Love this so much! Just discovered your work and channel and have been "binge watching" your videos during all my free time for several days now.. If you know about Jean Auel's series "Clan of the Cave Bear", which is a favorite of mine, you can understand why I am so thrilled to get to SEE how so many of these skills she describes are actually done. Thank you so much for all your work and for being such an awesome teacher. It is a total joy to watch you work and listen to your voice.

Great content Will!

Always a please to watch your videos.

It seems you have a lot of useful pieces falling to the ground. Do you go back and repurpose those as well? As a side note, I read the Clan of the Cave Bear series of books and the second main character, starting in The Valley of Horses, is a flint knapper. I now understand much of what the book author described as he worked, thanks to you. Makes the read a lot more interesting!

Thanks

I've wondered what becomes of all the little left over bits?, IN central Oregon I lived in the country and found a place that had several pick up truck sized loads of tiny obsidian chips ,all in a small area on a miniature butte or flat top hill, seems people used the same place too make arrow heads for generations, , someone has said they did it in a spot so the chips wouldn't be all over and get stepped on it don't make good gravel , SO a question, WHAT can be done with the leftovers? Love the videos ❤😅

Fascinating as always! Do you have a book maybe?

Have you ever tried heating flint in a fire and then tried working it after it has cooled back down? I would be interested to hear what your thoughts are on this please? :)

I've never quite understood what you mean by platform. Is that the sharp edge thats been abraded down and just wide enough to be hit with the antler? Glad to hear your channel is growing

Pre-Chalco, yes? Do you ever pressure knap with copper points c. Beaker? (more modern, that -- time of pyramids)

Hi there ,just subscribed i live in cornwall near lands end and at my wits end to find anything to knapp,i do leatherwork,cabinet making and make bass fishing lures, so in my workshop ive made the knapping tools but am now at a loss ,,,ive looked on ebay with limited success ,even looked at flint as a building material however i dont need a ton,,,could you please advise ,cheers Guy

Hi Will I've managed to make a couple bit's now an arrow head and a knife the arrow head turned out really well the knife not so good but i'm happy with it but can I ask when you are knapping I noticed that you keep tapping over the edge of the flint with a stone is that just to take off the sharp edges or some other reason Thanks

Do you or can you use all the chips/flakes you take off for different things?

can you shave with obsidian ?

I have access to a extremely high quality obsidian but I'm terrified to 1. ruin it with amateurish attempts at knapping qnd 2. cut the daylights out of myself.

Never walk barefoot in the earth lodge! 😉

What did waters say

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Question: Why do you prefer ancient technique, even when these products are available? Why go through all that work/efford, even though knowing 'it' is avalable at low price/efford? ( why you/i love❤️history?

You make 'boring stones' into 'adventures'......???

Idea: Start chopping a stone: choose: start from peace, rixh, comfort. In return to Start from fear, threat, attack....🫤🤔