I was holding my breath as I watched you apply the finishing touches to the arrow head. The possibility that after all that work it might break was almost too much to bear. Glad it turned out as well as it did. Cheers, b.

Nick, you are not only extremely talented, but a great teacher!

This is among the very best introductory videos on flintknapping I've seen so far.

I'm wanting to try my hand at flint knapping and I'm doing a lot of research before I make my first attempt. I found this video very helpful. Thank you.

Beautiful work wow...! My grandfather was from Maine and was native Indian he made wicker baskets and birch canoes..

Your skills never cease to amaze me. I think you will survive the apocalypse.

Man, Nick, you have some amazing skills! Very nice work!

Hey Nick. I have done a few of your builds from your instructions. Your videos are always easy to follow and understand. I am rewatching all your knapping material now as I have decided to get into knapping. I have built my own tool set and am practicing. Thanks again for your no nonsense approach to instructions as well as inspiration.

Love your channel and books. Thank you for your knowledge on flint napping and pvc as well as your traditional bows. Keep up the awesome work

Budy you are an artist! I'm not at all into knives or bowes and the like, however I am fascinated with your videos, you are an awsome teacher and make it look so fun! Keep up the great work.

Dude you are crazy talented and hard-working. I don't even like making bows and arrows and I've never even held a bow. Keep doing what you do, I love it.

Hey BackyardBowyer, you are my favorite KZfaqr because your videos are so easy to follow along to. I made my own 40 pound bow based on you gull wing bow video. Thank you soooooo much, you are a great inspiration to me

Dude that's so cool, I've never seen anyone do that before. You make it look pretty easy, good job bro:)

+BackyardBowyer Hi Nick, i just wanted to say that you could use your stone more efficiently by shaping smaller flakes rather than big chunks. This way you can make more point per nodule.

As a archaeologist that can't knap a single flake I'm impressed with your abillity

That clarified a lot of stuff including flint knapping terms. Just broke out a kit that i got for christmas 2 years ago... ive alwwys been concerned about durability of the arrowheads though

Very nice Nick - I just finished several glass arrowheads for my penetration test and I know what your talking about, very sharp! I was not aware of your knapping skills, very impressive!

Outstanding Nick! Nicely done.

Nice job Nick. You make it look easy.

Absolutely mad skills....

I think you explain everything that's going on here better than every other video I've watched from other people.

This video is so relaxing to watch that I had to watch it 2 times.

I never knew that was how arrow heard where made, thanks for enlightening me

It looks like you know exactly what you're doing. Great work! Greetings Manfred

Beautiful job looks perfect I like that arrowhead well done.

That's a beautiful piece of stone. Came out looking fantastic!

Nick, your videos are fantastic. I always look forward to seeing a new video from yourself ! keep up the great work bud !

Wow, this is simply amazing. Very well done.

That's a beautiful piece of obsidian and very nice work, Nick...

This was awesome! I'm currently writing a sci-fi fantasy novel that involves a culture of people who evolved using obsidian tools, knives, spears and arrowheads. I had no idea how this work could be accomplished with simpler hand tools as opposed to cutting with diamond saws. This really helped fill in some blanks for me. Thank you.

Very informative, great video!

Looks really cool.

the material is beautiful. !!@ it's colors blew me away !!

What a beautiful piece! You made this look so deceptively easy. I am sure when I start attempting this with bottoms from bottles I will break many before I would risk a great piece of obsidian like that. Wonderful work.

Fantastic video. Always enjoy them

liking this video . and would love the glass idea too

Very nice work Nick. Turned out beautiful.

that was excellent flintknapping can be tedious work but the outcome is fantastic , that was a beautiful stone , who knew a arrowhead was hiding inside .

Great work nick your an inspiration ! you've got my kids off their xbox's an into making bows ect thankyou.

wow you really have grown in your knowledge.it seems you have a wonderful teacher or elder.any the case you have surprised me in all of your vidios I've watched them all and thank you for showing the world your craft .I'm amazed.

Very nice simple point! I have always loved points made from mahogany obsidian! They are beautiful in the colors hey produce as well as being very sharp as all obsidian points are! When I was a little boy in the 60s, our family and one or two of the other families in the small town I grew up in would go out onto the Red Desert and hunt for arrowheads, often finding Clovis as well as Solutrean style points and also, many of the super refined points from real scientists in their field! Much of what we did then would be a crime, nowadays but, back then, we were just being amateur Archaeologists as many of us got into studying the different types of points we found! We found a few of what, at that time, were known as Eden Points! Whether that terminology still exists, I don't know but, they were some of the most refined and well made points we ever found! Beautiful, long and extremely well crafted! Not to mention some of the sharpest of the points! When I was 9, my mother and I visited relatives in North Carolina and we checked out one of our cousin's tobacco patches after a rain! WOW! We found over 300 points in about 45 minutes! They ranged, in degree of workmanship/craftsmanship, from almost unrecognizable as an arrowhead to points that weren't quite as good as those from our area of Wyoming, but their technology was getting very close to that! Thanks for posting this video! I an always interested in the different techniques used by the many different knappers! One of our good friends is Tom Lucas, who has made a study of Native crafts for the last 50 years of his life! He is the first of several who figured out how to make the Big Horn Sheep horn bows that were used by the Sheep Eater Indians of the Wind River and Big Horn Mountain ranges in Wyoming! He also has been knapping chert and flint and obsidian for around 40 years and is a master that can easily equal the Eden Points! I have watched him make beautiful hunting points, spear points and knives, for almost 30 years and I have learned a lot! That said, I learn a bit more from each of you, when I watch your videos! Thanks, again and best wishes!

Sabía para que se usaba la Obsidiana pero nunca había visto como se trabaja en ella. Gracias.

that is a beautiful piece.

Good demo vid Nick, Native American Indians used Obsidian for arrow heads, nice one, atb, Paul.

You make it look easy my friend

Danm ... you are a man with a lot of talent's and skills ... many many thanks for showing ... and keep up the good works ;-))

Amazing Nick! I have a long way to go but this helps. Simple and easy to understand directions. Keep up the great work!! Thanks, John

That is really awesome! Thank you for the tips!😃👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

this is actually so sick!!! i wanna make one now

You make it seem so easy man. Apreciate your experience!

So rad.

This was awesome! Thank you so much.

Thank you, clear,great detail.

Hi Nicholas I really like your videos and they are awesome. I have started to get into flintknapping but I have no idea where to get the supplies for it. I would really appreciate if you could tell what to get and where to get it and where to get obsidian. Thank you and as always, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! (And flintknapping!)

I use a dremel with diamond bit pieces to thin out my flint, chert, and everything that I can use

that is some impressive work, I had no idea there was a whole new vernacular for knapping

very well done. this may seem like a stupid question but can you make an edge smooth enough to use as a razor. my daily shave is one of 3 dozen straight razors but I'd love an obsidian or glass razor

Wow that was badass you have some real talent , im still learning how to do this hopefully one day ill be as good as you are👍👍👍💎

That looks like mahogany obsidian, nice.

I mostly make myself steel arrowheads but I always like a refresher on flintknapping incase SHTF and I can't make anymore arrows with steel heads

That's awesome! thanks for sharing.

truly an art requiring lotta patience and skill.

Excellent work!

Nice work!

Beautiful marbling on that obsidian. Are there any pros/cons to using copper tools over traditional bone/antler ones, or is it just a matter of preference?

Really nice work! And I envy your materials. In the Northeast, the best we have locally are cherts. Not to undersell cryptocrystalline quartz, but it's not obsidian....

Fascinating! Thanks for doing this!

beautiful ! i love where this channel is going .. keep it up !

You are a true master!

Cool demo dude.

Maybe try to make an obsidian knife! That be something worth seeing!

Fantastic job..

I love all your vids.

great job🏹

Fascinating ! You really have a talent. Thanks.

Beautiful work

Wow,como podemos distinguir entre una realizada x usted a una realizada x un nativo hace 500 años jajaja va a ser dificil,felicidades es usted un artista

woww! it's fantastic, congratulations!

Good job. Sadly most of my knapping involves a couch or a bed, but on a nice day I wouldn't turn down a lounge chair outside. You should do a knife and hand axe video or two.

Looks nice.

great stuff that nick.I've gotta try knapping sometime.

Major informative and what a cool think to do. What advise can you give a total amateur regarding acquiring knapping tools.?

really nice piece man

Very good.

Bravo. You just managed to explain flintknapping in 6 minutes what hours of video failed to do for me.

another great vid Thanks Nick!

pretty cool stuff, enjoyed this vid a lot.

Oh Wow ,, great job,,, keep up the good work. ..

Great vid & skills 👍🏼😃

Great video.

Hey nick! it's akiva,your friendly neighborhood blacksmith. so far you have really done wonders with steel and I'm impressed. there is one thing I wanted to tell you though. while the magnet test is useful, I would suggest a higher quenching temperature.

Very nice

You make it look so easy, i would have ruined it on the first wack lol.

I think many of us eventually get around to making those pendants, I sell a lot of them

You're a pretty talented guy!

you should abrade the edges of the pendant to be safe.

Great video as usual! Keep it up!

with the pressure flaker, are you taking them from the underside? or are you pressing from on top and going all the way through?

amazing

have you ever tried shooting with an arrowhead you knapped? they're so beautiful, that would almost seem like a waste