Alternate Title: Local caveman uses rock to make assault rock.

He is the Bob Ross of stones. "Nice little flake right there." "Happy little tree." ^_^

i never had incentive to go outside, couldn't feel entertained alone in the desolated area i live in, lately though i have grown an interest in primitive tools, rock knapping and so on, videos like this really get me excited to go out and search for the materials i need to make tools! so thank you, it helps to start going outside on my own more

That was brilliant I'm not even interested in making stone knives, but seeing the whole process, and your refelctions on the evolution of the blade through use, and length of the handle; facinating!

The blade looks good and all, but will it KEEL?

Wow this is the first time I have ever seen knapping, and I am just blown away by the whole process. The skill shown in making this blade impresses me just as much as any blacksmith on youtube ever has.

I have been wanting to make tools like this the way people made them years ago. Thank you for showing me how. I'm glad I found your videos. Very entertaining and informative

I says to myself: "Self, I'd buy rocks from this fella." But then I remembered I could probably go find some. But if ever I were to buy rocks from a fella, it would be this fella.

I'm a writer and this has been a great reference for a story I'm working on.

You can say he rocks at his job😉

As an amateur knife maker, and amateur bladesmith. I found this to be absolutely fascinating. It was so satisfying watching the history of what I do today, and pondering the evolution of all of it.... I like to think there was an ancient man crafting his blades and handle materials , tediously working and slathering every square inch of his tool with the attention to detail , only attainable by the most passionate of craftsmen . Thanks for this.. I really appreciate the way you let your thoughts flow out of your mouth . It reminds me if when I'm working on a peice and my lines are coming out just right, and when Im landing perfect blows with my hammer and the steel is moving just right .

Your knowledge and passion are clear. Much respect to you.

Having declared my dissatisfaction with this sharpener last night kzfaq.infoUgkxDcr-y2Pf6xdnrFHrSP7dl9kpKaCozcSQ I thought about the problem some more. It occurred to me that I might be undoing each attempt at achieving a sharp edge by the repeated attempts. So, I tried to clean up the unsatisfactory result by honing with only positions 3 and 4.Miracle!! A really nicely sharpened chef's knife, more than enough to handle my needs. Admittedly, it did not reach professionally sharpened razor-fineness, but it is now significantly sharper than it was. A bout of breaking down carrots convinced me. So, major apologies to the manufacturer, Amazon, and all happy and potential owners! Follow the directions: don't buy it if you have ceramic blades; and don't overwork your knife blade.

Ryan..I just across this video..and I really enjoyed every minute of it. I've always enjoyed the outdoors. Channels like yours has inspired me to learn and practice self sufficient ways of living. Your instructions were informative and understandable. Hope to see many more videos.

Seriously love your craftmen work on making the bison skinner knife, absolutely amazing ,loved how you even pointed out the finer tips of your work style , keep up the amazing work you do !!!

Love your videos, as someone who makes primitive tools, ( needles and fish hooks ect.) And primitive weapons (lol, so many) it's nice to watch someone else that has the same passion!!! My favorite channel

me and my family love to go camping in the wild and I always loved making weapons out of wood obviously they never work so now I'm moving to stone this was really helpful and now when I'm bored at camp looks like ill be making even more tools thank you so much this was very helpful

Experimental archaeology is really important to help understand the past. Good video and great flint knapping.

Wow what a great demonstration. Thanks Ryan!

Great one, Ryan! I have an old walrus ivory cribbage board that I've been using for guitar parts that I'll give a try as an indirect flaker. It had some pegs like that which served as feet. They should work. Your knowledge and skill have added invaluable data to help understand our prehistoric past!

I recently took up flintknapping, but my profession is as a music teacher - speaking from this point of being a newbie, but as someone who has utilized Alexander Technique, as well as others, I think more emphasis should be made on being easy on your body as you're flintknapping; get up, move around, stretch your fingers and forearms all throughout this process so that you don't develop arthritis, tendinitis, or general soreness.

Final Video in the Series: "How to Time Travel into the Stone Age."

I'm so glad I found your videos! Thank God for you!

Some of the best instructional vids here on your channel, thank you, so glad I found ya!

Plot twist: Arrowheads are just old worn out knives that were repurposed so as not to waste a perfectly good pointy bit.

Thank you so much for sharing your talent. While watching I admired your patience and effort of making this great stone ages knives and shared this video for us. Be careful of your setting position not good for your back. Beautiful knives.

I love to radio your vids while working on my business stuff. Currently listening to this while making stone hammers.

So ill be honest I used to think that you were Boring but then I looked at your videos and they are so great because they are Educational and me as a Beginner flint napper I really appreciate your content and I love your videos

I really enjoyed watching you do that. Thanks for sharing.

Man you really inspire me to check out the primitive world:)

thank so much for taking the time and sharing your knowledge/talent.

You are a treasure of knowledge for free,so cool stuff

I find it soothing to watch you work the stone. It seems that your old skinner would be perfect for a harpoon-like spear that releases the point.

metal weapons are fine and all, but there is something about stone weapons that so attractive and i don't know how to describe it

Thank you for all of your free information that you put out

It’s a very connective feeling when you have learned to Knapp then look at very old arrowheads and you can see how the maker did it and all the same things they had to deal with on making it that happen to you when you knapping,it is a cool thing to experience the work of another person from 10,000 years ago. I still have issues fluting but do get it right half the time

Hi Ryan, dont worry about the time. Love your tutorials , Im a knap junkie now and need my fix. Keep well L.👍

Beautiful work 👌

Great job man,you got good patients and wicked skills!

Dude, I knew exactly what you were talking about when you palmed the handle! I just got and reviewed a new rotary cutter ('cuz I've been making masks like they're fashionable or something) and one of my favorite things about it is being able to hold it just like you did your knife.

great video thanks for the info on making a knife i have been trying to learn and this helped so much

Another Gooder Ryan!

Outstanding Ryan. I should come visit and film with you some day.

Good video! I'm going to start making knives and arrows with local materials, so I'll definitely check out your other videos

awesome video, very informative!

I've always been interested in this stuff

Hello , RYAN thank for the video you did a wonderful piece of ARTwork

This is a great tutorial video!

Great video as always!

This was awesome to see the whole process

Your videos are so good man, thanks that you share your knollege with us :) Go ahead I can`t wait to see more from you :))))))

I’m not at that stage in my life yet but I’m really excited to get there. Subbed, wanna try this in a few years maybe

It's 4am... Just got done watching a video on how to make home made large rifle primers, and this pops up. The responsible adult in me says, "Go to bed!" The bushman in me says, "I NEED TO WATCH THIS!" **Inner conflict intensifies...**

Hilarious. So much fun watching you groove on the flakes.

Great work!

Love all this info

Hey nice video really great job explaining and showing what and why you are doing the things you are. One of the best videos I have seen on here. Thank you

You do PRETTY WORK !!! Thank you for an E X C E L L E N T video! Bill from Tn., 🇺🇸

Thank you for this video as a historian & wilderness gal, I enjoyed seeing it! I will give napping a stone to fashion a knife a try and let you know how it turns out.

great video as always, take it easy brother.

Dude I'm a big fan and you could really survive in the wild.

Great how to video.

Those Hammerstone strikes were very satsifying to watch.

love it man looks good i will have to make my own

Very nice build along

Outstanding video. Thank you.

I am lovin' that copper ring man

Great project for quarantine

Amazing video man. Keep it up 👍🏼

EXCELLENT VIDEO

Thanks, now I know how to make a great stone knife!!!

This guy make it look so easy

So much. Knowledge. To the sound someone needs to hear. ...yes there a story. From rock to life saving tool. With clues past on ...understand I

I love this channel

now that is the original serrated knife great video see you on the next one

Beautiful work. I used to have one of these years ago when I did more with my tribe the Lenape, but since my brother passed away, I don't do as much.

Really nice video. I have to say, just yesterday I learned to make pine pitch and I about gagged when you liked your fingers 😆

im just sitting here watching this just incase one day i get lost in the wilderness lmaoooo

Sitting on the ankles is one of the most comfortable positions for me. Since my childhood friends from Kazakhstan showed me, ive just loved sitting like that, especially moreso than a short backless chair

The knife you showed in the beginning reminds me of the knife that Keda in the movie Alpha had its a good movie about survival and I love learning about how to survive so thankyou for the video!!🤣😁

thank you very much friend you help me.. this is was i looking for thank.... the best channel for sure :D thank you brotha

I am so glad I found this channel =o-o= I absolutely love this stuff

I’ll probably try to make the knife with some random stone in my backyard Maybe basalt. Great vid, I also finally finished some arrows following the Stone Age arrow build Thanks 👍

New to your channel really enjoying it. I've been a apprentice knife maker for 6 months. In the process I have found these primitive knives and really like them . I'm made a modern knife and tried to capture the look and profile of these knives and it came out good. . For a long time I've owned a very large arrow head/spear head / maby a knife idk a friend of mines father is a archaeologist and said that from what he's seen in pictures of it it looks to be 5000 to 8000 years old so I've fought of the urge to sharpen modify or make a knife with it so I'm very interested in checking out your site and your videos

Thank you Ryan for all your very informative videos...I´m starting to put some money aside :-)))

Well done. Many Thanks Sir.

I really want to make a knife Ryan I’ve been sharpening knives since I was 8yrs old! No joke I could sharpen an old hickory that would peel hair without stropping it my Dad said I had the touch. I want one of yours but much more I wanna make a good one. As soon as I can figure out how to place an order I’m gonna get a full kit of tools I’ve saved the videos and I’m binging on all of you videos many of them 2 times and some 3 times

Very underrated channel

Great work

That shirt is wild, my man. Might make my own with some petroglyphs from my ancestors area.

Let's be real I think primitive knives work better than most modern knifes. The cut, rasp and saw in one is actually so handy. I'm very impressed. I might just make a new edc knife.

Good job man👍👍

Good stuff.

I love the Georgetown flint hand axe, I want to make one of your bison skinners from a piece of dacite, however I just need to be patient and wait until I have all the proper tools.

Oh my gosh thank you this is so helpful me and my friend are trying to live primitive will get to hunting when we’re older

Most excellent.

Sweet, thank you!

Your subscribers are finally starting to pick up speed which is awesome!

This minecraft mod seems really cool, ive been wanting knives in vanilla for a while.

Amazing Video so much knowlege