Primitive Slate Tomahawk : Stone Age Survival tool and fighting weapon!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- The primitive slate stone tomahawk is one of the simplest and most versatile survival tools out there! Aside from wood processing and camp cutting tasks, this hatchet like tool also works great as a hunting and fighting weapon!
The primitive tomahawk took me 45 minutes to construct, let go test it!
You can choke up on the tomahawk and use it like a knife
1. Food processing is easy
2. Cutting cordage is no problem at all
You can also use it like an axe or hatchet
3. Processing soft wood is no problem at all
4. Chopping hardwood is also doable but the head will be worn down faster.
This tool can also be used like a machete
5. The tomahawk can be used to clear brush, vines, and light vegetation.
6. Being reasonably light and well balanced, the tomahawk can be used as a hunting tool. It can be thrown accurately against cornered game at close range.
7. Finally, that same combination of weight and balance makes the tomahawk a fast and agile self defense weapon.
The stone tomahawk was first used by Algonquin speaking tribes in North America. 17th century European colonists recorded a large number of native uses for this tool. These uses included performing camp chores, , for hunting, and as a form of warfare where natives would hurl their tomahawks at their enemies on mass immediately prior to a charge.
Now for a Stone Age design, the Tomahawk is incredibly well suited for wilderness survival even today. Building this tool uses common materials, can be reasonably quickly, and does not require advanced crafting skills. Once built, this tool can perform a wide variety of essential survival tasks. So bottom line, I really like the Tomahawk and would recommend it as a viable wilderness survival tool. Anyways, thanks so much for watching this video, if you like what you are seeing and want to see more, please like, share, and subscribe to my channel. Thanks and have a nice day!
This man isn't a wannabe, HE IS IT.
Thanks!
Definitely neat. Seems like slate would be an interesting material to see used in a macuahuitl.
That would be cool!
I was thinking about that yeah
03:14 puts frown on Amazon box after hitting it with tomahawk.
Lol thx for watching!
Wannabe Bushcrafter: "Stone age tool"
Also Wannabe Bushcrafter: **Uses metal knife and saw**
Thanks for watching! Well this tool could be made entirely with non-metal tools. But metal knives and saws makes it much faster to construct.
@@WannabeBushcrafter It makes no sense to use modern tools if you want to show how to bushcraft ...
@@ZorlacSkater use another piece of slate and make saw teeth along the edge. There is your saw. To split the shaft to insert the blade, take more shale and use it just like he did the knife to split. It’s quite simple and most people could figure that much. He wasn’t really showing how to bush craft either. He was simply making a review and talking about the Stone Age tomahawk rather than trying to be true to the historical making process.
@@silvertower7477 i dont want this explained in a comment but in the video
Jesus dude, then go do it yourself and stop complaining. Its not that hard but time consuming and labor intensive.
Wannabe Bush crafter is my spirit animal .
Thanks! I appreciate it!
@@WannabeBushcrafter I am in England so it is dark and freezing rn but tomorrow I am 100% gonna make one of these.
@@comso3632 Nice! Yeah I have to say that I'm quite impressed with this primitive design. For a compound tool, it's not too complicated or difficult to put together and works very effectively!
nice. just built one today and one yesterday because of your videos. turned out great!
Awesome! Glad you found it helpful!
I found a metal pice that looks just like the axe head let's gooo
Nice!
Tip: the easier it is to out an edge on a material the less time said edge will hold
Thanks for watching!
hey i think you actually live near me lmfaoo nice video brother
Nice! Thanks for watching!
@@WannabeBushcrafter np man, you in the NS bushcraft group right? maybe we could go on an outing once this covid bullshit blows over, have a good day brother
@@johnryan1292 Yes I'm in that group! That sounds fun!
I wish I could find stone/flint like that in my area lol. Keep on keepin on!
You and me both!
Excellent video, great content! Thank you Sir! (I will try this with a metalplate)
Have fun!
I agree that's why I have 2 steel ones.
Thanks for watching! I'm impressed with the stone version, the steel version should be even better!
@@WannabeBushcrafter So true, bro!
This tomahawk will be handy in zombie apocalypse
Thanks for watching! I think this is one of those designs that is super handy to remember.
0:48 man really said "😗"
Lol thx for watching!
😂 no problem man! keep up the good work
Wow awesome I didnt manage to make my stone axe last time but I dont have any modern tool in my challage but I will try to make tomahawk
Thanks for watching!
@@WannabeBushcrafter Hey I do not have slate so will doing this with brick part will be good idea
@@doktorminjak318 I have not tried it with brick.
Lol, just came from your other video. Was gonna make a knife and axe but just couldn't find a nice peice for and axe head. Going hunting for some more soon.
Lol good stuff!
Awesome video man. Gotta make onenow
Thx glad you like it!
I tried making a stone club this summer, using hand made cordage. It lasted 1.5 swings.
yeah it is frustrating tieing something and it falls apart
@@yourlocalaughbarmain2163
I wanted to try making my own cordage out of brambles. From what ive read, bramble cordage is supposed to be fairly strong. Not mine lol.
Thanks for watching! You really want to use good braided cordage. I make mine out of materials like inner bark fibers and a kind of tall grass.
@@WannabeBushcrafter yeah, from what ive seen, inner bark, cedar in particular makes some nice cordage. Brambles are also supposed to be excellent, but I apparently did it wrong. I think I let the fibers dry too much.
3:14 take that Amazon box... I'm going to make one of these 🙂
LOL thanks for watching!
Yes like me. Oh yeah makes my mouth water. C'mon you got this.
Lol thx for watching!
Cool good job 👏
Thanks! I appreciate it!
:o i like
Thanks for watching!
I really wanna make one of these but i dont have alot of slate/rock in my backyard 😒
Thanks for watching! Yeah, slate is all over my area for some reason. There are other stones that you could use such as quartz, or chert/jasper/flint.
How interesting, would never consider slate as tomahawk material but it’s easy to work with. Why did you consider using slate? Asking out of curiosity since I know not all areas have good knappable stones.
Thanks for watching! I have a ton of slate in my local area.
I remember in your slate knife video your blade worked but was defective do you think your axe is similar in that a chart axe or some other Stone would be better
Thanks for watching! Imho, I think the slate hatchet has the same disadvantages as the slate knife in that it's edge is brittle and don't last very long. Now you can mitigate that by giving it more of a convex grind rather than a scandi grind as I would do with a slate knife. But still with any kind of real wood working, even green wood working you'll need to resharpen the blade every 10 minutes. Now a harder stone like chert, basalt, or quartz can be made into an tomahawk head and would likely outperform slate in some areas. However each of these materials also come with their own disadvantages. Knappable stone like chert or jasper is hard to find in most areas and would require a lot of knapping experience to create. Basalt is common and axe heads can be made by using the same grinding technique as slate except it takes between 5 to 10 times longer to do so, and the material cannot be given a sharp edge. So a basalt tomahawk can chop and split but not cut. Quartz is common and can break into pieces with extremely sharp edges. However the catch here is that quartz do not break very predictably, so is much harder to knap than say chert. So either you need a much higher level of knapping experience or you'll have to settle for a much cruder and less efficient hand axe.
Very cool, are you in Nova Scotia? I feel like I've seen you post on the FB bushcraft group before?
Thanks for watching! I am not.
Could I use bamboo instead of wood?
Thanks for watching! I have not tried it myself but I don't see why not.
Yeahhhh
Thanks for watching!
the handle can also be made from a bone.
Thx for watching! And yes they also used bone.
How did you tie the string onto it?
Thanks for watching! I did a whip lash just below the head within the split and then criss-crossed a dozen or so times and then another whip lash on top of the head.
@@WannabeBushcrafter Ahh okay, thank you!
Question about grinding.
How do i know if a rock is suitable for grinding another rock into a edge
Does the rock that will become sharp need to be softer than the grind stone? can they be equally as hard?
I want to grind a small stone chizel to use as stabby bit on a war club im making
For slate, I find that grinding slate on slate works best.
@@WannabeBushcrafter I got me a edged slate but it doesn't seem to cut. How steep should she be
@@rebelape4257 I find an acute 35% scandi grind to be best for cutting but it also is the easiest edge to dull. Now I'm trying convex grinds they cut less well but lasts longer.
Slate isn't the most strong stone but effective
Thanks for watching!
You skipped the most important part, the knot
Thanks for watching! I used just 2 overhand knots in this design. One at the top wrap and one at the bottom wrap. The trick is to create a half loop with an exposed strand before the wrap, then after wrapping create the overhand knot, and then use the exposed strand to pull that over hand knot into the wrapping.
0:47
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Thanks for watching!
“Self defense weapon”. Ha! At the point someone breaks out an axe they’re not being defensive, they’re getting offensive.
Thanks for watching! The tomahawk specifically has many survival uses. If I didn't have other tools available, I would craft one to use as an improvised knife, axe, and a machete all in one tool.
Good donor stop marking RUclips videos
Thanks! I'll try to keep making bushcraft videos!
Rocks are stupid
Yeah it's not as good as steel, but it's better than nothing.
Dont make yourself look stupid when open saw
he wanted to show saw for people who are new to bushcraft
I do not use modern tools to create my tools and it is very hard why don't you try that
Thanks for watching! I have a couple of videos where I go 100% primitive in constructing tools. It's a useful skill to have for sure, but it also takes much longer to craft with primitive techniques then with a steel knife. And out in the woods, you should always have a metal blade with you.