Thankyou :) it was very pleasant to use. I have some other bits of footage to edit over the next few weeks, and another comparing larger neolithic axes to this one
As a woman who experiences great joy in making Paleolithic tools weapons and Jewelry I just happened upon your channel and was absolutely thrilled to see another woman out there doing what I love so much! Girl power!
there are dozens of us! i dislike social media or i would follow you there. If i could find a community of people in the PNW living this way...i'd be there.
That looks a very effective tool. Well done. I agree with you, a yew tree is very sacred and it should never be cut unless you ask the tree first. People laugh at me when I say that , but i always make peace with the tree before taking a branch.
Hi Memma, ☺ nice work on the axe making, and it's a capable cutting tool, I look forward to your next video, thanks, stay safe girl, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart.uk.
There are some really interesting methods. I've got another video in the works where i teamed up with Scott knight. He's an amazing carver of hard materials, mostly stone and he polished some axes knapped by will lord. They are works of art, very practical effective tools but the haft is deceptively simple.
Pretty good job, Memma, very authentic. I just wonder why you heated the antler before cutting it. Soaking it in water would have the same effect and is less smelly. Keep up the good work, regards from the Lion Man!
Heating the antler ( strategically burning it) makes it more brittle more friable and easier to cut. Whole antlers are a really awkward shape to fit into any sort of cooking vessel. I often soak smaller bits to make them easier to cut, fit for sectioning antler I prefer dry heat- this was a god opportunity to try both methods. I soaked the cut antler to soften the core so the flint head would fit in
Makes sense that stone axes are quite light and nimble as they chip so little. So there is no need to hit with full force. And they probably dont even last if hit with steel axe forces.
Fantastic Memma!!👍🏼😁 You really make this come alive, with your skills and dedication. Yew trees are hard to find downunda, where I come from and I would have loved to do this type of thing when I was younger. As a child, I attempted to make a stone axe from a smooth river stone and willow wand, wrapped in willow bark. The stone split on the first strike and that was that! 🤷♂️😅. Looking forward to the next videos.
Glad you enjoyed it! They were probably a common tool type in northern Europe during the Mesolithic, and possibly upper paleolithic as well- In the UK we only find the axe/ adze heads themselves, with no evidence of the haft. this type of tool is known from some more complete examples recovered from Danish bogs.
...wow, this is the coolest channel on YT for sure....man, do I wanna get my grubby mitts on that flake you used on the shaft for usewear analysis, and the axe .... that Mesolithic fannypack rocks!
Hi. Just wanted to say thank you for this vid. I really enjoyed it. I have no experience using flint and I was just wondering do you need to rework the edge of the axe while cutting the tree or does it hold its edge until the task is done? Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the video :) It depends a bit on the quality of the original edge ( the knapping and the stone itself) the skill of the person using it, and the hardness of the wood. Mesolithic azes like this are definitely more prone to going blunt than polished axes. And polished axes are far more efficient to cut with. Mesolithic axes wete likely not used for larger felling very often ( if ever)
I'm struck with the idea a fellow might select a nice flint nodual thinking, "that will make a nice (whatever), but the real value is in the many flakes that will be knocked off on the way to making that (whatever), each flake sponsoring at least one tool of it's own". A fellow might select a rock for next years axe head, and for all those smaller tools that will be needed in the meantime. Basically, a variation of core tool technology, where the core itself is destined to become the feature tool of the set, ...later. I wonder if there is any evidence for this...
@kurtisengle6256 Great minds think alike, and fools seldom differ. I'm sure that what you describe is exactly what happened, discovered independently countless times by competent knappers, and surely passed along as best practice to even the barely proficient of the groups. Before complex divisions of societies, everyone knew how to do everything, even if they were mostly doing particular tasks that they were most expert in.
I love hunting artifacts and in my experience I’ve noticed caches, one spot of like items, then a different spot with different like items. I’ve seen preforms and big chunks that were worked off of but the chunk itself wasn’t anything. Your comment might explain that a little bit, they might have had what they needed and staged what they wanted to work on for later. Prepping.
Have you considered Instagram? I know Will is on it and he has quite a few Instagram followers, it's quite a good marketing platform honestly. Though I can understand the sentiment with social media, I only just got it back myself after years without any form of it.
Yeah! Another video. I was beginning to wonder if you were still doing hand-to-hand combat with the rodents and they got the best of you. Sure is good to watch you again. Nice work on the axe. I like your painted face thumbnail. I bet you could sell stickers and coffee mugs with that on them. I'd put one of the stickers next to my security sticker on my door.
In My area Parma italy there are no flint,/ossidiana deposites. in the day they must have traded or how did this area evolve in Stone age times? In the Bardi castle area we have deep red jasper
There are lots of other rocks that can be knapped, basalt, quartzite, quartz, chert.. and yes, there was a lot of trading especially in later prehistory :) I'd be interested to know what local ancient people used if you are able to find out ?
@@Zane-It honestly not sure... I know there are some really early ones from one of the neanderthal butchery sites in the UK.. they were much shorter and used in a more vertical motio.. I imagine a lot of them may have been turned into other things once the coronet surface wore off too. They're the sort of thing that wouldn't often make it into snazzy writeups because they don't look like much compared to beautiful bits of art, or the flints themselves
@@memmathecavewoman7138 I'm a drift knapper from the US and I always wondered where people came up with baton knapping. Apparently from my research baton knapping was modeled after gun flint knappers. So I was wondering what info you could give me on the subject to help me with research.
@@Zane-It it's using antler hammer shoes back a LONG time... If my memory serves there was evidence at boxgrove which was half a million years old. So no it predates our species. They used shorter sections, but apparently witha movement more like a hammer stone.
I can get chalk and charcoal locally but the best ochre in the UK comes from a mine over near Bristol- Clearwell caves. I do have some from there, but actually I tend to get it from artists suppliers. :)
"we do not think of trees as beautiful objects or dryad's when we cut them into beams, the first man to do so may have felt it acutely and the bleeding trees in Vergil and Dante may be a long off echo of that prehistoric impiety." CS Lewis hope we can get back to God and nature.
I like to think that feeling is still there, even in domesticated, nature less city people. We used to take people to see a beautiful old beech in Sussex. I'd walk them through this tunnel of hawthorn , not telling them why, then when we got to the clearing I'd just stand back and let them wonder at it. Some actually cried.
Best up and coming experimental archaeology channel on RUclips
That's easily the most elegant stone axe I've seen anyone make, full stop. Well done.
Thankyou :) it was very pleasant to use. I have some other bits of footage to edit over the next few weeks, and another comparing larger neolithic axes to this one
As a woman who experiences great joy in making Paleolithic tools weapons and Jewelry I just happened upon your channel and was absolutely thrilled to see another woman out there doing what I love so much! Girl power!
Id love to see what you get up to :) are you on Facebook/ insta etc?
there are dozens of us! i dislike social media or i would follow you there. If i could find a community of people in the PNW living this way...i'd be there.
Intelligent and efficient, brilliant solutions are always obvious after you've shown them.
That looks a very effective tool. Well done. I agree with you, a yew tree is very sacred and it should never be cut unless you ask the tree first. People laugh at me when I say that , but i always make peace with the tree before taking a branch.
Wow... Respect... crofty... as its art it is... to make this type of tools...
Very impressive display of skills and use of natural materials! I am jealous of your countryside. Fantastic work! Ben
Very good Memma. I enjoyed this video. I liked and subscribed.
Inspirational video!
Nice work!
Thankyou :)
I very much enjoy this educational and practical content.
Amazing video! Love your content, please keep it up
Great stuff!
Fantastic Video!!! bravo
I mean if you don't subscribe after that, then what are we even doing here? This was de-gosh-darn-lightful.
Hi Memma, ☺ nice work on the axe making, and it's a capable cutting tool, I look forward to your next video, thanks, stay safe girl, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart.uk.
Cheers stuart :)
Awesome video
Loved the video! I'm a flintknapper but I don't have much practical knowledge about hafting so this video was extremely interesting 👍
There are some really interesting methods. I've got another video in the works where i teamed up with Scott knight. He's an amazing carver of hard materials, mostly stone and he polished some axes knapped by will lord. They are works of art, very practical effective tools but the haft is deceptively simple.
Pretty good job, Memma, very authentic. I just wonder why you heated the antler before cutting it. Soaking it in water would have the same effect and is less smelly. Keep up the good work, regards from the Lion Man!
Heating the antler ( strategically burning it) makes it more brittle more friable and easier to cut. Whole antlers are a really awkward shape to fit into any sort of cooking vessel. I often soak smaller bits to make them easier to cut, fit for sectioning antler I prefer dry heat- this was a god opportunity to try both methods. I soaked the cut antler to soften the core so the flint head would fit in
Love the video
Great work, love to see it.
I like it, thank you very much!
Very cool
Stunning educational stuff on primitive weapon making. Well done memma!
Very impressive handmade axe.
Excellent job again
Wondeful video! I mostly see videos on big axes, but as a beginner I made a small axe head. Would it be possible to use wood instead of antler?
Makes sense that stone axes are quite light and nimble as they chip so little. So there is no need to hit with full force. And they probably dont even last if hit with steel axe forces.
Fantastic Memma!!👍🏼😁 You really make this come alive, with your skills and dedication. Yew trees are hard to find downunda, where I come from and I would have loved to do this type of thing when I was younger. As a child, I attempted to make a stone axe from a smooth river stone and willow wand, wrapped in willow bark. The stone split on the first strike and that was that! 🤷♂️😅. Looking forward to the next videos.
I'm lucky here, there are actually quite a few yews about. They are wonderful mysterious, slightly sinister old trees, i love them :)
im a flintknapper stone tool make from ontario canada love what you do come to Flintridge Knapp in in ohio
That is the most unusual axe I’ve ever seen and I love it
Glad you enjoyed it!
They were probably a common tool type in northern Europe during the Mesolithic, and possibly upper paleolithic as well- In the UK we only find the axe/ adze heads themselves, with no evidence of the haft. this type of tool is known from some more complete examples recovered from Danish bogs.
@@memmathecavewoman7138 yeah especially for the hunter gatherers when they hunted deer
Awesome memma, I love it. Thanks for sharing 👍
...wow, this is the coolest channel on YT for sure....man, do I wanna get my grubby mitts on that flake you used on the shaft for usewear analysis, and the axe .... that Mesolithic fannypack rocks!
If you want flakes for use wear analysis im sure i can sort some out :)
@@memmathecavewoman7138 you are the best! so nice, lemme ponder that!
I mean who taught you all this? wow amazing
Спасибо, это очень весело.😊
Excellent. That’s my kind of woman.
Fantastic, i really enjoy watching your videos. ✌❤
That was a good technique for the head 🎉🎉
God bless thank you
Awesome job!
Thanks!
Hi. Just wanted to say thank you for this vid. I really enjoyed it. I have no experience using flint and I was just wondering do you need to rework the edge of the axe while cutting the tree or does it hold its edge until the task is done? Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the video :)
It depends a bit on the quality of the original edge ( the knapping and the stone itself) the skill of the person using it, and the hardness of the wood. Mesolithic azes like this are definitely more prone to going blunt than polished axes. And polished axes are far more efficient to cut with. Mesolithic axes wete likely not used for larger felling very often ( if ever)
Great stuff, very impressive axe!
Glad you like it!
nice sarah
Cheers Bjorn :)
Great video as always!
Cheers Joe :)
Haaaaa vrouwen en hun techniek...
Grappig best wel grappig om dat ook verfilmd te zien op RUclips...
Cool
Je bedoelt elegantie en techniek versus brute kracht en onwetendheid? lol
Wouldn't you be using something else besides a Venus of Willendorf?
Also....what you are doing is cool.
I'm struck with the idea a fellow might select a nice flint nodual thinking, "that will make a nice (whatever), but the real value is in the many flakes that will be knocked off on the way to making that (whatever), each flake sponsoring at least one tool of it's own". A fellow might select a rock for next years axe head, and for all those smaller tools that will be needed in the meantime. Basically, a variation of core tool technology, where the core itself is destined to become the feature tool of the set, ...later. I wonder if there is any evidence for this...
@kurtisengle6256 Great minds think alike, and fools seldom differ.
I'm sure that what you describe is exactly what happened, discovered independently countless times by competent knappers, and surely passed along as best practice to even the barely proficient of the groups. Before complex divisions of societies, everyone knew how to do everything, even if they were mostly doing particular tasks that they were most expert in.
I love hunting artifacts and in my experience I’ve noticed caches, one spot of like items, then a different spot with different like items. I’ve seen preforms and big chunks that were worked off of but the chunk itself wasn’t anything. Your comment might explain that a little bit, they might have had what they needed and staged what they wanted to work on for later. Prepping.
My mom will never teach me this. Thank you for the tutorial
Massively underrated channel, you should definitely get more traffic than you do, it's a shame.
Thankyou :) I'm working on it ;) social medial is a funny beast! But any and all shares etc are much appreciated ;)
Have you considered Instagram? I know Will is on it and he has quite a few Instagram followers, it's quite a good marketing platform honestly. Though I can understand the sentiment with social media, I only just got it back myself after years without any form of it.
@@User-ru1sq i am on instagram, its growing too, slowly :) look up @memmathecavewoman. Its very good for selling things, and i love how visual it is
Absolutely brilliant and enjoyable learning ! I hope you'll have time to make many more
Yeah! Another video. I was beginning to wonder if you were still doing hand-to-hand combat with the rodents and they got the best of you. Sure is good to watch you again. Nice work on the axe. I like your painted face thumbnail. I bet you could sell stickers and coffee mugs with that on them. I'd put one of the stickers next to my security sticker on my door.
Maybe 'merchandising' is something i should sort out. We are doing several shows this year
I think it is something you should give some thought to. You have a unique niche, and with your look and style, it might be a winner.
Mandou bem. Querida otimo
Obrigada :)
awesome...why did you pick Yew?
Because I'm going to make a bow in a future video, and yew is the best :)
I can’t tell if I’m a bit off by being turned on by this. This was amazing.
Lol it is a very snazzy axe ;)
In My area Parma italy there are no flint,/ossidiana deposites.
in the day they must have traded or how did this area evolve in Stone age times? In the Bardi castle area we have deep red jasper
There are lots of other rocks that can be knapped, basalt, quartzite, quartz, chert.. and yes, there was a lot of trading especially in later prehistory :) I'd be interested to know what local ancient people used if you are able to find out ?
You and will lord would make the dream couple 😂.
Can you make a video about your clothing / face painting? That would be interesting
I have one in the works.. one of many video projects ;)
What do you use for your face paint do you have a video on it?
Its all natural stuff, the red and yellow are ochres and the black is finely ground charcoal mixed to a paste with water
Good idea though, i should do a video :)
Mandou bem amada
Wow, good work😮 subscribet👍
Thankyou! The bow stave is seasoned now... I should probably make it into a bow at some point....
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How many batons where found in the archeological record?
Batons?
@@memmathecavewoman7138 the large antler mallets you hit the stone with. I call them batons
@@Zane-It honestly not sure... I know there are some really early ones from one of the neanderthal butchery sites in the UK.. they were much shorter and used in a more vertical motio.. I imagine a lot of them may have been turned into other things once the coronet surface wore off too. They're the sort of thing that wouldn't often make it into snazzy writeups because they don't look like much compared to beautiful bits of art, or the flints themselves
@@memmathecavewoman7138 I'm a drift knapper from the US and I always wondered where people came up with baton knapping. Apparently from my research baton knapping was modeled after gun flint knappers. So I was wondering what info you could give me on the subject to help me with research.
@@Zane-It it's using antler hammer shoes back a LONG time... If my memory serves there was evidence at boxgrove which was half a million years old. So no it predates our species. They used shorter sections, but apparently witha movement more like a hammer stone.
Do you get your pigments locally?
I can get chalk and charcoal locally but the best ochre in the UK comes from a mine over near Bristol- Clearwell caves. I do have some from there, but actually I tend to get it from artists suppliers. :)
@@memmathecavewoman7138 were those caves actually used by the ancient people for red ochre too?
@@lusolad they were, at least in later prehistory. I'm not sure how far back they go.
@@memmathecavewoman7138 is it possible to purchase red ochre from there?
Badass woman
☝🤘
To put a handle in a head hit it from the other end,it will bang in a treat hard as you need.
Ahh yes the middle Stone Age we may respect our ancestors
Who unfroze you?
"we do not think of trees as beautiful objects or dryad's when we cut them into beams, the first man to do so may have felt it acutely and the bleeding trees in Vergil and Dante may be a long off echo of that prehistoric impiety." CS Lewis hope we can get back to God and nature.
I like to think that feeling is still there, even in domesticated, nature less city people. We used to take people to see a beautiful old beech in Sussex. I'd walk them through this tunnel of hawthorn , not telling them why, then when we got to the clearing I'd just stand back and let them wonder at it. Some actually cried.
@@memmathecavewoman7138 Hope you'll look into CS Lewis.
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How many thousands of people have said "Will you marry me" ?
A few, not too many. ;)
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Do you have a cave husband