Interesting, I’ll have to see if my local stuff works.

@@MalcolmPL I'd imagine bamboo would work too since that stuff has been crowding out rivercane. I know there are people who pick chinese bamboo for arrows because it's invasive.

Thankfully I don't have that in my neighborhood.

Wonder if japanese knotweed cane could work for arrows on low powered bows or if it's just to fragile/brittle

​@@Y34RZEROI once had a cut on my finger from a bamboo peel when I was a child. I never cried from my wound but I was very careful after that when working with bamboo.

Good to hear.

more please, mate. @@MalcolmPL

I can only see the tiny flakes being used for something like small precision work. Skinning a small animal, or maybe scoring a line in something. There are cultures that have used tiny flakes for arrows due to the piercing power. Large flakes make most tasks done with the small ones seem obsolete though when being used for most tasks, I agree entirely

My people are the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, the people of the flint. Our old territory was rich in flint, the trade of which made us the most wealthy and powerful of the five nations. Back in the day. Here in south ontario, good flint is hard to come by. Frustrating, but it is what it is. Re, slate axes. Slate is not really well suited for axes. It is very soft. Better axe stones like granite and basalt are relatively widespread and easy to come by. In areas with flint, slate knives were mainly only used for cooking and butchering.

for axes stones that are dense, grainy andnd durable like rhyolite are best.

I could try shell, but jade and teeth are not options, as I would have to buy them.

You should try and use a bamboo knife as they were stone age tools as well in asia

@@armymen7170 some native americans also used knives made from rivercane

Jade is also insanely hard and difficult to grind. Most of the jade tools the pacific islanders used were heirlooms because they take forever to grind down.

@@Ith4qua its a trade-off that the tools took longer to make, but they last longer even for generations, strong enough they could be used for longer amounts of time and be passed down as an heirloom and still be usable, after they received iron tools they started intricately carving their axe heads into little tiki statue

The flint in my region comes in uneven chunks, none of which are larger than a couple inches, and is full of veins and limestone impurities. I can’t make any of the standard techniques work because the lousy grain makes it flake unpredictably. The best I can do is shatter it and hope I get something useful or something suitable for pressure flaking. It’s rather frustrating.

Each of these have their pros and cons, being about as good as a steel knife in some tasks. But worse in others. A steel knife has all the strengths of each of these without any of the weaknesses.

@@MalcolmPL can you do a video on how to make a Turkish helmet or a avar lamellarhelm? I am trying to make my own but I need a little more help😅

@@terrynewsome6698 Hmm... Never tried making one of those before, and I do need a new helmet anyway... Maybe I'll give it a shot, but no promises.

@@MalcolmPL k.😁

I'd imagine that if you've got a village of people, you'd have a great big pile of waste flakes from all the knives and arrowheads and such.

@@MalcolmPL exactly so they could pick and choose from a near infinite number of different shapes for the ones best suited to the task so like broader, thinner blades for skinning and meat cutting and thicker chunks for wood working or something like that. Theyd probably pick out a handful of them before going off to whatever their days labor was i imagine

@@dickyboi4956 Yeah, that's perfectly logical. I'd imagine I'd carry a pouch with an assortment for every occasion.

Native copper was used in the Great Lakes region, lumps of copper that don’t require smelting. Copper knives were prized for certain tasks but were limited by the size of the native copper lumps. I haven’t seen any blades from here that were dagger length.

There are some pretty large blades, almost none of them shaped like daggers however. Usually single bladed and curved for cutting and skinning. Unless of course you consider the large spear points to also be inter changeable as daggers.......which is entirely possible. Just put on a short handle instead of a long shaft and they're essentially the same thing. My guess is the clubs and spears were more typical for hand to hand combat. Knife fighting is not very effective if you don't have a blades designed to stab since deer skin is pretty tough. If you do have blades designed to stab then knife fighting is really dangerous for everyone..........you almost never come out of that unharmed. A club or spear with a bit more reach is always better.

Also shows knapping techniques

Why not?

Might be useful for research purposes

Yeah, it's still that way so why wouldn't it be back then, you've got your steak knives and your paring knives etc.

@@MalcolmPL Yes - your video got me thinking about the matter.

Yes and ulu's often have a curved blade that would have made them easier to use, at least less awkward.

Unfortunately to demonstrate properly I would need to build a small section of wall, which is not really feasible for me at the moment.

@@MalcolmPL Yes, that was a rather dramatic thing to ask!.

I would very much like to reproduce those armors at some point. The only issue is that leather is a tad pricey. Some test panels might be within my current budget. With regards to the war paddles. They aren't sharpened to cut an enemy, so much as focus the impact. A heavy blow concentrated on a fine edge is more likely to split bones and rupture tissue.

@@MalcolmPL I'd say the striking war paddle is a very common example. I did get a chance in middle school during a field trip to see an example of war paddle designed for thrusting and striking. The trip guide did lay claim that it was primarily for thrusting. I think, in hindsight, it was more like a war pick, using a strike to deliver a piercing blow. It had a very fine, tapered, and curved point. I cannot for the life of me find such an example on the internet.

@@conlinbryant5037 Interesting, I don't know that I've ever seen one quite like that. Do you remember what museum you saw it at?

@@MalcolmPL It was at a cultural heritage site at Kitsalas Canyon near Terrace, British Columbia. I doubt there is any documentation of it readily available, short of contacting them directly.

@@conlinbryant5037 Pity.

It might not be worth the hassle of trying to get a good fit.

Trilobite I found at Kettle point.

@@MalcolmPL thanks !

Trilobite I found at kettle point.

Man u are looking at them

@@mariaconcepcionrodriguezhe2850 Mostly ppl do videos on how to make these things but with modern tools. Ive yet to see someone carve into bone or stone with ancient tools? If you have Maria, lemme know, send me a link. The M is for Melanie.

This might be of interest, a man carving an antler figurine with flint tools. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ns2SqbdqxNbOqqM.html

The leather for the handle is a strip of modern tanned deerskin with the skin side turned in for better grip. If you’re looking for authentic brain tanned buckskin, you basically have to tan it yourself. If you’ve got a reserve nearby, you can sometimes find leather for a very good prices in little gift/craft stores. But that may not be applicable. Other than that, Most big cities have a leather store, most leather stores have deerskin. If a full skin looks a little pricey, they generally sell bags of off cuts for a pittance. But I’m not sure how things will be affected by lockdown. Sorry I can’t be more helpful. I don’t shop online.

@@MalcolmPL It would be really neat to see a video on how to make a wooden knife. A historical wooden knife would be an interesting video and a unique one at that.

@@ethanstang9941 Alright. That's the third request I've had for that and it's a quick and simple project, so I'll put it on the short list.

@@MalcolmPL its like the ball head club video. No one ever made a real how to video on making such a thing.

@@ethanstang9941 Out of curiosity, what do you mean by that? A preliminary search shows there are a couple of war club videos that predate mine.

Yes.

I don't know enough to comment on that specifically, I'm not good with the chemistry stuff. Something similar but not really related off the top of my head, there was a carving technique where sand or other sharp grit was used in conjunction with a wooden blade to carve hard material. Sort of like the modern technique of wrapping sandpaper around a dowel to get in crevasses. Not really what you're talking about, but it sprung to mind.

Who used this carving technique?

@@ButtoneyeDecker I'm not actually sure. It's just one of those things out of the back of my dumpster fire brain.

@@MalcolmPL One more thing. Have you ever seen any knives using animal teeth as the blade? I saw some knives from Australia that used filed possum and kangaroo teeth as blades on fighting knives. I know about sharktoothed knives but that was surprising to me. any animals around NA who’s teeth would be strong enough or effective to use as a blade?

@@ButtoneyeDecker I remember reading about beaver teeth used as a gouge in woodcarving.

Trilobite from Kettle point.

Butcher’s stamp.

She;konh.

Trilobite from kettle point.

You don't need to buy one, you have all the skills and tools you need to make your own. They only take half an hour or so.

I need to learn to make them.

Worse things happen at sea.