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paleomanjim
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I began flintknaping in 1980 using aboriginal tools similar to what stone age cultures used. In the 1990's I transitioned to modern tools such as copper which is the preferred tool for the majority of modern day flintknappers. Over the past decade I have transitioned back to abo tools (hammerstones and organic tools) in an effort to more closely approximate ancient techniques and strategies. My goal in posting these videos is to demonstrate some of the tools, techniques and thought processes that were used by our ancestors. Early mans ability to work stone enabled him to better survive his environment and resulted in a shift from gathering to hunting. Making tools and hunting required more complex thought processes. This was our beginning.
DVD's of some of these videos are available on my website at www.flintknappers.com/store.php?sid=Ng%3D%3D
Check out my other UA-cam channel: The Curious Nomad
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DVD's of some of these videos are available on my website at www.flintknappers.com/store.php?sid=Ng%3D%3D
Check out my other UA-cam channel: The Curious Nomad
ua-cam.com/channels/-KG7sUUfJjl92U4PgjTTNw.html
How to Make a Pump Drill
Shows how to make an ancient Pump Drill using simple materials that are available anywhere. We begin making the spindle and handle followed by an easy to make cement counterweight. Next we attach flint drill tips to the end of the spindle and test them out on various materials. Finally we flintknapp a flint drill bit showing what seems to work best on drill bits. Enjoy!
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Fire Making with Pump Drill
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This video demonstrates how to use an ancient pump drill to create fire. The history of the pump drill is discussed followed by a fire making demo. Afterward I reassemble the pump drill components to explain their proper function and provide some useful tips to improve performance.
Making Tinder Bundles for Fire Making
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Demonstrates how to make a tinder bundle or birds nest for Friction Fire making. Includes collecting suitable materials from the field. I gather Juniper bark, Yucca leaves, pine needles and dry grass and then process these into seperate tinder bundles. Each is then blown into flame using a bow drill made ember.
Fire Making with Bow Drill
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Demonstrates how to make fire using the Bow Drill. Includes how to make the components of the bow drill and detailed explanation of how to make fire using the Bow Drill.
Fire Making with Bamboo Fire Saw
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Demonstrates how to make fire using the Bamboo Fire Saw. Includes where is was used, the 2 different methods to make fire, how to shape the pieces and tips on successful fire making.
Fire Making in the Wild
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On this trip we hike in the coastal California hills in search of fire making materials. We collect suitable woods and tinder and then shape them into a Fire Plow. It took several attempts, but we finally produce a viable ember using the Fire Plow.
Fire Making with Yucca Fire Saw
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Shows how to start a fire with a Yucca flower stalk using the fire saw method. Normally bamboo is used for this technique but I did not have any so I opted to try using Yucca instead. It worked very well.
Fire Making with the Fire Plow
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Demonstrates the method of using the Fire Plow to start a fire. Tools and wood types are shown and explained. The Fire Plow was widely used throughout Polynesia and South East Asia and possibly in the Americas as well. Both Sotol and Yucca woods are demo'ed in the Fire making process.
Fire Making with Hand Drill Part 2
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Part 2 of the series. Shows fire being made with the tools we collected from the desert, including tips on how to keep the ember burning.
Fire Making with Hand Drill Part 1
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Shows how to make a fire using the Hand Drill method. This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Begins with a description of the component parts of the Hand Drill, followed by a brief demo. We collect materials from the desert to make a hand drill set and then describe optimum conditions for each component. Fire making is one of the most basic survival skills. Hope some of you give this a try. Enjoy!
Unifacial flint draw knife
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Just a short video for Goose to demonstrate how a unifacial flaked piece of chert can be used in a similar manner as a modern day draw knife to shape and plane wood. I'll do a complete video later showing how to make a bi-pointed unofficial knife and how they could have been used. This is just a primer...
Blade Core Pressure Blading Part 4
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Shows completion of pressure blading the core, including rejuvenating the core platform with tablet flake removals and correcting errors on blade removals. The final core in not exhausted, but has around 20 to 30 potential blade removals remaining. This completes the series. I may do another segment on Micro cores if there is interest in it.
Blade Core Pressure Blading Part 3
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Part 3 shows how to remove pressure blades using a chest crutch. The tools and the core support device is shown and explained followed by my simple abo core support device. The remainder of part 3 shows pressure blades being removed from the same core that was preformed in part 2. In Part 4 of this series we will finish removing pressure blades from this core and complete the series.
Blade Core Hammerstone Preform Part 2
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Part 2 shows how to make a Blade Core preform using just a hammerstone. The finished preform is ready to remove pressure blades using a crutch. This type of core preform is similar to those found in Meso American blade core workshops and are believed to have been made at the quarry sites and then transported to the workshops. In Part 3 of this series we will begin removing pressure blades using...
Blade Core Basics Part 1
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All about the basics of Blades and cores. Shows several examples of prehistoric blade cores from various parts of the world, followed by diagrams and explanations of the requirements for successful blade removals from cores. The diagrams and discussion are intended for students and those interested in blade core technology. Part 1 of this series may be a bit dry for most folks, but part 2 will ...
Dacite Blade using Hammerstone and antler Part 2
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Dacite Blade using Hammerstone and antler Part 2
Dacite Blade using Hammerstone Part 1
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Dacite Blade using Hammerstone Part 1
Flint Knife part 4, Hammerstones and antler
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Flint Knife part 4, Hammerstones and antler
Flint Knife part 3, Hammerstones and antler
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Flint Knife part 3, Hammerstones and antler
Flint Knife part 2, Hammerstones and antler
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Flint Knife part 2, Hammerstones and antler
Hi
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equals survival!
Thanks. Very good and well explained vid.
Glad it was helpful!
Great demonstration.
Thanks
*I made one of these from just wood and rope and tree sap when I was about 12 years old. I used a knife, hatchet, and machete as my tools for crafting one of these. I used a heavy piece of fresh wood as the counter weight. I used dry wood for the rest of it. The fresh wood as a counter weight was still filled with moisture which made it a little heavier than dry wood but dry wood can be used as a counter weight as well. I used only materials I found out in the woods next to a river except for the rope. I split the handle and counter weight wood in half in order to create the hole in the middle for the spindle to go through. I coated the inner part that was split with sap and bound it with rope. The sap acts like glue when it dries. It also helps keep the rope in place where it's tied. The Pump Drill works really well for making fire and it's the easiest to use next to a magnifying glass and sun light. I never liked the bow drill but the pump drill is awesome.*
Thanks for sharing
Holy fuck the little animals
Yep, the. coyote was probably the hardest thing I ever made. The tail kept snapping off, very fragile
I thank you for the video. I wish you’d have shown yourself setting up your platforms.
Thanks for watching
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Wondering if a long strip cut from a cycle inner tube might be used to bind the piece to the frame. Every turn increases the total clamping force, and the amount of force is controlled by the tension you apply to each wrap. I have never tried it, but it might give the advantage of a strong full contact all along both side edges. The loose end could be secured with a piece of tape and the whole thing be released quickly. ..... I am not a flint knapper but I have used this many, many times in gluing up awkward wood joints...... and temporary repairs to car coolant hoses ;<)
How cool is that?!
Thanks
Thank you I will run from my home eheheheh😅
Seen the word “MACUAHUITL” online which i had never seen or heard B4. Obviously didn’t knw how 2 pronounce it either lol. Immediately checked Google 4 all my answers. Thankfully I found your videos, #1 & #2 🙌🏾. Very intriguing & well informed man you are 👍🏾. Thank you for your explanations & Tutorials on how to re-create one. Hope 2C BOTH U & Ur channel grow exponentially!!! A million blessings 2U my friend & #BigSalute from #Milwaukee414 -🙏🏾🫡
Thanks so much. It was a gret road to travel and I learned a lot about how our ancestors survived. Yeah, I knew I was not pronouncing it right, many folks have pointed that out. Thanks for watching
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Glad you like it
Exelente trabajo
Thanks
useless junk. one hit against anything and that bridle glass shit is done for.
I've been knapping for 3 years, and this is the first time I've seen an anvil used. I can think of a few times when I wish I had seen this sooner. Thanks for sharing.
Anvils work great to increase flake travel
My grandpa used to drill turquoise with one.. It was much smaller. Very cool.
Thanks
Nice, how did I never see this video? Cool stuff
I still don’t understand the progression to Folsom points. Those full length flutes just seem unnecessary. Man how I wish we knew more about the thought process
Agree, it is a huge mystery!
Your a great teacher
I appreciate that!
I found hundreds of cores of various sizes on one site in Hardin County Ky.
Try doing thus exact thing under 10 xs magnification .
Beautifully done!
Thank you very much!
Is there anything else you can use for the drill tip besides what you’re using?
What a badass man and very entertainingly educational
Thanks!
WOW!!!
Thanks
wow, nice!
Glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful.
Thanks!
Brill video n easy to understand. Great work and thank you sir.
You are welcome
Brill video n easy to understand. Great work and thank you sir.
Absolutely brilliant mate ,keep drilling 👏
Thanks, will do!
It's not easy to do making fire
True!
Jim is so sexy 😍
Absolutely fascinating stuff, thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it Thanks
The best explaination of the fire plow I have ever seen. Thanks!
Glad you liked it, thanks!
Великолепно!
Thanks
I have seen many a fluted point,the way you are doing it seems like the originals were made.
For me it gives the best control and chance for success, thanks
I cringed at your using the blade of the knife to smooth the spindle by raking across. 😢 The square back edge would have done it just as well. Sharpening trauma i suppose 😅 making a concrete flywheel is clever simple and cheap though 😊
Thanks
Amazing!
Thanks for watching
Hey I’m wondering why the blades need to be trapezoidal shaped if ur gunna grind down one side to fit tighter in the aztec macuahuitl? And you mentioned in the Macuahuitl making series that if we were making one and need blades to hit you up, I was also wondering if you’re still in the blade making world today?
Its a matter of stability in the blade making process. As the blade is peeling off from the core it is very stable following just below 2 ridges instead of one. Many cultures around the world made blades and they always have that shape. Triangular blades can be made but they would tend to terminate short of the distal end of the core. Most blades made in Meso America were used for day to day activities by families, most homes have blades found in them. Both edges could be used so this extended the life of the tool
A lot easier than a bow drill
Yep!
Finally someone showed exactly how to set up platforms by ahowing the direction of smaller flakes. Thanks man. Ive been struggling with thinning spalls.
Glad it helped, thanks for watching
14 years later and I am amazed at the level of skill you demonstrate here. Thanks for the vast treasure trove of experimental knowledge you have left here, Jim!
Wow, thank you!
the native indian learnt from you
Thanks
Is it for sale?
No
Cool video! Just subscribed.
Thanks
Great instructional video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey jim do you have any of this stone? I want some so badly.
Sorry I have only a small amount left. If you ever make it out to Texas there is still plenty left to find. probably not the larger stuff but fist size pieces are east to find
@@paleomanjim any idea where I would start? I would have no problem making a trip down there, the problem is where would I need to go?
@@duwla1913 Fredericksburg is where I picked up most of my Texas flint. The Pedernales river is full of flint, but access can be limited. Not sure of the rules now, but back then it was legal to access any Texas river at the road crossings and to walk along the river as far as you like up to the high flood line. The Hill country around San Antonio is also full of flint. I was there in the Fall after the crops had been tilled exposing the dirt and most fields are unfenced with many chunks of smaller flint (flist size and larger) exposed and easily picked up. The town of San Angelo is another good place, lots of flint in the many rivers and not really anyone out there collecting it. The 10 Freeway between Kerville and Junction has road cuts on the side of the freeway exposing the flint beds which occur in 2 seperate layers 4" to 6" thick and extending for many miles. It is high quality flint and I admit I have stopped a few times with a rock pick to pry out big pieces! The rivers of Kerville bridge crossings are another good place.
@@paleomanjimis there somewhere specific I can find the larger 6+ tabs? Thank you by the way this is very helpful.
@@duwla1913 If you can access the creeks after a big storm you will find them as the gravel bars will roll ovder and expose them. Otherwise they are pretty hard to find as most have been picked up by now. Big floods always expose more but the locals will get there first! If you can get permission on private land that works great too, but get permission first. I asked the ranch owner for permission and gave him a couple arrowheads and he was cool with that
Can you send me measurements on all the materials please. I enjoyed your demonstration very much. Cheers
Sorry, I dont have it anymore
The only things is if you are in the forest ( woods ) where are you going to find a drill string or flint lol
How about shoes laces? This is ot a survival method, more of something that may have been used by tribal folks who settled down and were not on the move all the time