Making a dagger from a stone with. Will Lord 

The rich tinkle of flakes from this insanely large preform of perfect flint literally released endorphins into my brain. Thank you.

That was the BEST knapping video I ever saw. You rock!

As a trucker i can't watch more then a glimpse at a time but I love when you talk history and techniques throughout the vids ... thx

My heart stopped for a second when you lost the handle. You handled it much better than I would have. Those moments kill a bit of your soul for a few…ever.

I feel like I get immersed in the process and invested in the outcome. Brilliant vid.

Not at all disappointed. You've demonstrated the skill it takes to get a decent blade. It's no wonder once they figured out bronze and iron they abandoned stone tools. If you mess up a metal tool, it can always be melted back down and started over. Stone is unforgiving.

Wow! another master class , You could see by your face that you enjoyed that beautiful piece of flint , I do love the sound of knapping flint but that one sounded amazing,

You definitely don't need to apologise because you demonstrated how to make good a genuine piece of bad luck! I love your vids and the narrative. Right On!!!!!!!

Howard varley just gave me a spoiler alert about 2 secs b4 your face of frustration!, omg 😯 ❤ how have I only just come across this one .

He handled that better than i would have...i would still be screaming

You sound like the flint knapping equivalent of a teenager geeking out over a brand new laptop....and I can understand why too that flint is beautiful the title makes it sound like you started out with a half a brick but oh boy .... Smashing rocks? You are the flint knapping equivalent of a van der whosit diamond cutter Mr Lord Incredible work, fantastic to watch and Yes I think that was a warranted word....too

Absolutely gutted when it snapped, would have been an awesome dagger, still silver lining and all that you still managed to create an amazing knife.

You, Sir, are the poet of stone

the skill that you have shown in making this dagger Will, is exceptional....I watched from the beginning, and was totally consumed with AWE !....99% of the flint knappers couldn't even come close to your skill level, or your ballz. I'm 76 and I know virtually nothing about knapping except what I have watched, I do however know how to judge the human animal, and you never cease to totally amaze me......please continue, and THANK YOU for doing these videos man !! ......OnWard........

Wow. Good on that man for putting that stone into capable hands. I woulda been a nervous wreck hitting that rock. Unbelievable flint. Makes our American flint look like rubble. Didn’t want that to end. Wish you had a mound of that stuff! Looked like you just ate the catbird whacking on that rock haha

What an art form flintknapping really is

That material just looks like a joy to work.

This reminds me of Stone Henge. Those early artisans be shrooming and singing with the blue stones 💙

That is a sweet looking stone, so is the one behind you on your left. And it's got the nicest ring to it. And knapping is often about recovering after a major failure. Good Job Will.

Great video! I could feel your disappointment when the handle broke. Credit to you that you only dropped one f-bomb.

Even though it broke ,it's still really nice

Still a beautiful piece I made a bunch of fowl mouth bird points myself but you done a great job love your work

Greetings Will, You're a most welcome site in my humble Phoenix, Arizona home this fine morning. I appreciate you giving us another amazing display of stone age craftsmanship. No worries about the handle. It was inevitable. Adventure on brother, Phat

Even I, knowing nothing about flint knaping, am struck by the purity of the sound from that nodule. It rings like a bell, like finest china.

This man is a regular old Phil Harding with the flint!

Loved the video, swear word and all!

Will, no safety glasses!!! you should be wearing your safety glasses. Another great job...

Will, I absolutely love your knowledge and knapping expertise. I’m 26 now and have been pursuing flint since I was 6. I love the knowledge you are passing on and I will be using such to improve my own Paleolithic adventure! I would love to come to the UK sometime and join your courses and learn as much as I can from you! You are more an inspiration than many realize!! Much love to you and your craft Master Lord.

This huge stone is great for those of us who are clueless about basic principles of knapping. It lets us see really clearly how things work: where exactly a strike is made, how that relates to flakes coming off the underside. It did not die in vain!

Feel for you. Wasn't fun to watch it break. I noted that you still managed to get a decent dagger however. The pieces you took off will make some beautiful items as well. One thing I've noticed with knapping is that an item is only a total loss if you want it to be. There is always something to do with even small pieces leftover. Kind of changes your outlook on a lot of things in life.

Definitely a heart brake when the handle broke but you recovered quickly. And you have a great piece to make an arrow from.

Amazing work, I am in awe of the skill you possess and I love watching you create works of art.

It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission 😂 still a stunning job Will.

The tinkles of the shards is the magic escaping from the Stone.

I feel your pain sir.... how ever it is fine work

Great video! I knew recognised you on Ben Fogle!

Exactly rite we're all watchn you knap that and praying it all goes rite...just all from different tribes

As usual amazingly talented, I am in awe as to how you do this even after being on a course with your good self! Love all your videos, cheers for sharing. All the best Will.

I did not read but a couple of these comments. I do know that breaking a work piece is a chance you take with each strike. One hell of a fine job you did on both pieces. I swear quite a bit napping myself. Appolagizing is a great thing for the children, but sometimes it’s easier to ask for forgivness than permission. You certainly earned the right to say whatever you like. The stone was singing (break me). Great video man!!!

In Will's defense that is one sexy piece of stone.

Nappin that flint looks and sounds so inviting! Wish i had some! Dnt really have any in the states (USA) where im at lol

oohshit!!! That hurt me worse than you! Well....maybe not! Permission granted to say whatever you want! I said it soon as I heard that crunching grinding sound. She stopped peaking for just a moment but she will sing again!

I have not understood all what you say, but I feel with you all the stress during this sequence. A so fantastic stone singing in your hands and your fabulous technic 🙏👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Stunning, nothing goes to waste what an amazing skill you poses

Incredible to watch such skill

Awesome stone. And very therapeutic to watch, thanks Will. Big fan :)

Damn, well you called it from the get go. Can you comment on how you could have approached it a different way? Perhaps by working towards the center (like from the hilt or base of the handle) and working to the center. I have no idea. My favorite thing to do it to break my bifaces as soon as I get them 90% complete... Nerve racking. Thank you for sharing this video though, it is helpful and instructional. Also inspiring I suppose because half of the art is making the best out of a given situation. Still turned out to be a fine blade.

That whole thing almost looks like one of those fantasy caveman axes. Beautiful stone.

What an absolutely enthralling video. A joy to watch you ply your craft on an amazing piece of flint. One swear word is allowed😁 Can you do a video of mounting the handle. Would love to see the finished article. Thanks Will.

What a joy to watch you at your craft!

I love these vids with flint knapping. Listening to it now cooking tacos for dinner 👍 thanks Will

I'm guessing that big flat piece of flint is actually a flake from a much bigger piece, and it's been well weathered and rounded off.

Maybe a dagger for the Giant Ossian, or one of his counterparts!

i couldn't take my eyes off!

I've been watching u for a year now I'm gonna get into this stuff, thank you so much for showing us something unique.

Subbed after watching the crystal dagger vid. Glad to see your vids man.

If you never felt the frustration of endshock, then you ain't a flint knapper...

Will, I have always been told never to keep working a piece when you start to get tired, from watching I think that is what happened maybe should have taken a long brake or made a second video!! Hind sight always twenty twenty Great video Your skill level is awesome Keep making them

Love that sound

Beautiful stone .

Love it

The "fuck!" was totally appropriate..... 🙂 I'd love to go to one of your workshops.... but I am 12,000 miles away dammit..... Fascinating to watch you work Will;...

29:09 Well put XD

Love the passion

I'm even getting a woodie looking at this Stone how You work it ! LOL

i REALLY love the flint we got in Denmark if you find the right one

You didn't court this rock for two years, it was love at first sight, and I don't blame you because she's a one of a kind beauty! I thoroughly enjoyed watching you two dance, and listening to the song she sang! My heart sank when she split, and I felt your pain as well. Would you be so kind as to offer your opinion as to what exactly went wrong on that hit? Not enough support on the tip, too much weight on the handle end, a mix of both or ???

I get that same expression every single time one snaps on me. Still a super impressive dagger!

what a beautiful piece of flint!! yup! an incredible tone, & sound!! wow! so many useful piece's!! congratulation's! ready 2 go on a hunting trip tonight!!👍..not 2 mention, this is so historic!!jeez!

beautiful rock thanks for sharing

The stone was letting you know that it wants to be two tools

Amazing work real talent

That was a nail biter!

Hey Will, looking forward to watching you on Ben Fogle 'New Lives in the Wild' next Tuesday.

Fascinating

29:00 The stone just told you It wants to go in another direction than you had planned, is all.

Amazing work!

Will you add me in tears what a reaction fuck, you are a legend mate👌

Stone age TV i agree😊 i would of left that stone aside for years i know id snap it at the start😳😂😂

Awesome, and you could still go hunting.

thats a nice rock mate

King💀😎

Cool swing by Norfolk on way to Neolithic weekend for chance to be in a video ;()

Heart breaker!

Hey will just letting you know you have fans all the from Kansas city USA! Might I recommend saftey glass next time though

Amazing

Who the hell push the dislike bottom this man is a living fossil

Awesome 👌 👍

I really felt that when he broke the handle and responded with fffffffuck

You honestly make it look deceptively easy 😂😅! Idve shattered the thing by now

I was gutted when the handle snapped! Still a brilliant piece though!

Hey will just watched you on ben fogle mate awesome guy love your story if your ever back in cornwall give me a shout theres some ancient burial sites here currently one in the cliff which was exposed by the sea you can actually see the coffin made out of slate still in the cliff

You should write a book diagraming those shapes you have to watch out for and how to handle them. I would buy a copy.I'm an aspiring knapper. I'm in the United States though. and no visa

It took somewhere from sixty to a hundred million years for that beautiful piece of flint to form from the silicates leached out of the bodies of millions upon millions of dead filter feeders, compressed under the vast weight of their calciferous husks stacked in a column a hundred metres high, then one day a bloke picks it up and hits it and... fuck! ;-)

Oh noooo.... definitely should have kept that as a spearhead :()

Dammit I didn't even want to see you lose that Fu%king Handle. Great Go at it.

The stone sound's like a high tensile steel ring. Is it part of the skill process in picking the right type of stone IE for axe and knives ?. Cheers for now Wattie

Call THAT a knife? THIS is a knife!

Não esquenta, isso acontece só com aqueles que fazem!

Permission f@#$ing granted! I said it before you did. You showed a surprising amount of restraint imho. Fun to watch your style. I've watched closely before, but the lighting, or angle, or something was just right today to see how much your swing kind of "pulls" or "carries through" at the bottom. I had wondered at how hard you make contact, but I think I finally spotted as to how you're hitting your platform with that swing. Very interesting. Thank you.