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Went all over the world like all the good ideas

i used the adze to make the adze

Dude, this was an insanely good video. That indirect method was so casual and had me stressing. Well done!!!

You've always been an awesome narrator, and an amazing teacher. I like that the thing everyone complains about, you find the positive. The rain makes everything pop.

Great production, Silas! and that chert!? perfect for that style of point! Thanks for the lessons!

Brilliant craftsmanship

What about the sadia point,they say it was older than clovis.

Just a few days ago I was wondering when there would be a new video, happy to see this!

Wish I would’ve stuck with natural tools when starting out then maybe I’d be better with them

Another great video with the perfect combination of well referenced information and proficient, traditional knapping skills.

Nice peice of stone youre working. Ive only worked a couple palm sized flakes of it before. I found an ancient spall about half inch thick and 5or6 inches long of some really high grade Hornstone i think or maybe blue Sonora chert. It was so waxy and beautiful I couldn't help myself but to knap it lol. It turned out great i think. Take a look and tell me what you think. Its a short. 😎🏹

Appreciate the skilled knapping and educational commentary. 👍

Nice work. It's deceptive to look at an Adena point and then try to recreate it, thinking it is a simple form. The proportions are difficult to get without first understanding the preform stages. It took me several attempts to replicate a proper Robbins Adena, with an accurately proportioned stem and thin blade. The difference between a late archaic stemmed point and a true culturally correct Adena is subtle but it's there.

Great video.

Great Job! Thank you so much for sharing. I learned a lot from this video.

Transverse arrowheads are just stone broadheads lol 😆

Thank you 🙏🏼

can you talk about side scrapers and their hafting?

would these be used for scraping and shaping wood as well?

would they haft flint scrapers like the one you use to shape the handle? what alternatives can someone use for that task?

Solutrean culture heavily valued there tools by evidence of “sacrificial blade caches”. Some of the most beautifully thin lengthy points were found that were over 12 inches long! Producing blades that were thin, long, and masterfully pressure flaked is extremely difficult and arduous. I’ve tried many times and broke many but the challenge is master level for bifacial point reproduction.

Awesome historical documentary well done!

Awesome, good job man the arrowhead and the information. Collector from Missouri.

great info.

your content deserves 100k views first week, but of course that's not the world we live in

Fascinating! You've inspired me to try making one myself!

Great job as always!

It’s amazing how effective that really is! Id love to see a comparison to a knapped guilford axe.

I got to see the prehistoric adze quarry on main island of American Samoa. It's in the headwaters of Vaipuna stream near village of Leone (leo-ngee). Also the bedrock grinding polishing bowls called "foaga" (foh-ahn-ah). The ones I saw were on the banks of stream beds of the villages of Amaluia, Asili and Afao at west end of Tutuiuila. Slippery Rock just south of Leone.. Also on the beach at Faga' (fah-ngah) on the north shore island of Ta'u (tah-ooo). The basalt rock at said quarry has been found in far away parts of Polynesia and is of very fine grain. If you visit AmSam go to the National Park Service visitors center in Pago Fagatogo (fah-ngah-koe-ngo) and a ranger can give you directions. I did a home stay for two months in village of Amaluia. Look up on Google Satellite maps or Google Earth of American Samoa islands to view these spots I mentioned (street view is also of these spots).

Very nicely done. How many hours do you think it took to grind the adze?

love it! finally some different styles of tools!

Very cool!! I’ve wanted to try my hand at ground stone tools. I haven’t knapped in well over a year after I lost my touch. Might be time to get back into it. The only complaint I have about your videos is that I wish you could make more.

Outstanding!

Barbourville

very similar to the square axes from neolithic europe , nice work !

I am guessing that there were some kind of rotary systems that turned large flat stones, and I believe these stones were made with a slightly more sophisticated technology... but I can't prove it. I could only assume that someone clever enough to Knap stones, would also realize the basic physics of a makeshift flywheel. There have been large stone wheels found at some sites and some claim that they were animal driven grain grinding stones. I would just like to think that there is a more timely method! Great show man!

Great video. Little tip from experience here, but if you go to your local creek and get sand to use as a grit while grinding it makes the whole process go twice as fast even if your grinding on sandstone. I found that out and will always do it that way from now on. When ready to polish you can just wash the sand off your sanding block or get a smooth stone and polish the edge without sand which i have found to work the best.👍🏻

Excellent video and great information

Nice!!!

can you do a couple videos/series on eastern woodlands style toolkits?

Thank you for explaining and showing the techniques. I always enjoy your videos.

Beautiful adze. The stone blade you made is just like the ones I used to find along the Scioto River in Ohio. Thank for showing start to finish!

Good video,... now where will we find you in the ice? Did you also make his Knife sheath, Bow and Arrows, Quiver, Shoes, Clothes, Back Pack?

I find solutrean style points in pa made from aluminum oxide aka corundum any chance you have ever worked with this material and tried to make a point? I have a lot of rough corundum if you would ever like to try let me know id sacrifice a piece lol.. I know it's controversial but I believe I have found evidence that the solutrean made it to the east coast of North America.. the corundum is so hard they were using a lot of abrasion and heating techniques to shape it ...many saws and drills..my theory is this material is to difficult to flake but they made great points and they seemed to have used abrasion to creat the shape or preform then went in heated the edges and pressure flaked..?? They were also making effigy stones and beads and pendants I've located several quarry sites in s.e PA check my channel out for more info ...Awesome Work!!👍

I can appreciate the work with the primitive tools. .

Great explanation!

I love your explanations! I have read so much about the topic but I am always hungry for more.

You are ignoring the theory outlawed by mainstream archaeology that South American peoples first colonised the eastern Pacific, then Polynesian arrived and usurped them, wiping out most but not all of the people with South American genetics. However more evidence is coming out to support this theory. Because Thor Heyerdahl advanced this theory, who was a citizen anthropologist, academics hate on it due to jealousy of a non-academic interfering in their sphere.

I live in Denmark and are fasinated by those points. Make a lot of them myself.

I doubt you have ever been there