Basically you're using a stone flake or a chisel to create a pocket for the axe head it'll need to be bigger at be he front and more narrow at the back.
Green wood is generally better wood for many purposes. Chair bodgers in Britain, the US and Canada pursued (and still do) their craft working primarily with simple hand tools that are direct descendants of stone tools whose analogs are recognizable in the prehistoric record.
Just doing some field walking one time after a heavy rain in East Anglia I found what I believed to be a broken tranchet , or a failed one that someone had attempted to make and then it went sideways. Literally. I took it to a lithologist who said it was possible and then to an archaeologist who dismissed it out of hand. What made it so remarkable was the distinctive triangular flake removal. It was always a mystery to me and it made me wonder how many thousands of things we have walked right past that may have been used by someone once upon a time. Not everyone was terribly good at knapping stone or Flint. Myself included :-)
I keep thinking about the fuzz that could have been brought up when a stone is cut too much. Because that causes it to have less service life. It does give a sharper edge. Also it is one of the few things these people were doing. And if its a valuable asset, and you have to walk a long way to get more. Could this be a reason for a fight? How where the social dynamics? Can you afford a fight? Maybe it is less of a fuzz with a lot of the flint laying around. But i certainly would not like to haul masses of stones a long long way just to have it being cut to little bits and just get a small tool out of that big a chunk. So that is the wonder really. And i really cant say no to the feeling. Maybe its just honest (in some other video you chopped up some big big piece, maybe it was to get some other smaller tools from it too). I havent tried the cutting of stone with stone, but i can really see that happening that some guy is like what i said before. Any way, really cool vidoes, i really enjoy the topic. This tool looks great without any spoil. :D Greetings, Jeff
@@ThiccboiSalmon wow, to be sincere I thought nobody would care :D I do a lot of flintknapping, but I also do some primitive forging. type in: Stubbornly Lazy Productions purple goat is the logo image :D thanks for at least taking the interest :D
@@ancientcraftUK hahah cool man, hope you find something you like. Personally, I would really like to have some flint like you do, I heard that Norfolk flint is the way to go, but I'm not from those parts :D Tv glass is the next best thing :)
Did the people who made dugout canoes in the Britain use fire to hollow out the wood first and then use axes to scoop out the interior? There are a few cypress and hickory dugouts that were made that way and were recovered in this area (Midwest U.S.) from the Mississippian people who lived along the river c. 500-1250 CE.
Can you please please do a series on greens typology of flint arrowheads in the UK ? The book is far too expensive and all the papers online on this information are pay to read . . Gatekeeping at its most annoying ! 😂 there is plenty info on American points but just vague info on British ones .. I am a beginner knapper and want to try and re create the UK and European arrowhead types and all their classified variants but need visual references with data to study , please help us out with this project , hope to see you in Scotland soon for your workshop !
Thanks for the video! For maintenance, would the head have been removed from the haft? If so, how would that be done? Can the glue/pitch be melted away, the axe head re-knapped, and then simply re-socketed, or is there any waste that can't be re-used? I appreciate in experimental archaeology not everything is exact, but maintenance is always an interesting topic and I really enjoyed seeing you get into that in the video.
Seem to have found the answer or most of it in this other video: ruclips.net/video/x16lzP-wyC0/видео.html The glue melts with heat and the blades drop out.
These axes almost definitely weren’t not glued into the handle. A well fitted wooden socket is more than enough to hold the stone blade. The addition of glue only creates an inconvenience and waste of glue
@@ancientcraftUK Thanks for the reply I appreciate I made it sound more about glue than intended, but the answer is much appreciated. For maintenance, would the head have been removed from the haft to sharpen?
Ah, flint. I bet people who didn't have it naturally in their backyard were sooo jealous. I know they were because I am. They had to pay for something that could be made in 30 minutes.
same. i live in germanies flint-desert and everywhere around, just outside of daytrip-range, folks are knapping away without ever thinking about conserving material.
Bone may have been a better material to haft as an axe than antler. Perhaps there is some truth in the legend of Samson killing people with "the jawbone of an ass"; particularly if it was hafted as a battleaxe !
nice work , subbed .. i am starting a series on reproducing all the arrowheads described in greens typology and other lithics from the uk and ireland . been knapping a year and really starting to the hang of it . have a look at my uploads if you get a chance
Awesome as always
Great video and nicely edited and detailed and very educational and entertaining.
Looking forward to it already
Thanks James!
A very pretty topic. Brings to mind the challenges of life in the near past.
Hi James - do you do courses on this?
Hi! Yes I do, keep an eye on my website calendar or Facebook events for workshops
@@ancientcraftUK - thanks, James. That's brilliant. Should be awesome.
Really wish you have shown how you made the axe beyond just the blade. Great video nonetheless and I learned a lot!
Basically you're using a stone flake or a chisel to create a pocket for the axe head it'll need to be bigger at be he front and more narrow at the back.
Green wood is generally better wood for many purposes. Chair bodgers in Britain, the US and Canada pursued (and still do) their craft working primarily with simple hand tools that are direct descendants of stone tools whose analogs are recognizable in the prehistoric record.
Just doing some field walking one time after a heavy rain in East Anglia I found what I believed to be a broken tranchet , or a failed one that someone had attempted to make and then it went sideways. Literally. I took it to a lithologist who said it was possible and then to an archaeologist who dismissed it out of hand. What made it so remarkable was the distinctive triangular flake removal. It was always a mystery to me and it made me wonder how many thousands of things we have walked right past that may have been used by someone once upon a time. Not everyone was terribly good at knapping stone or Flint. Myself included :-)
Drop me an email (can find it via my website) with some pictures of your finds. I’ll be honest and open with my opinion based on my experience.
@@ancientcraftUK Thank you I may do just that and take you up on your offer.
An Adze is usually more worn and polished on the top side opposite of the handle side.
I like the look and durability of ground stone axes more than these 'glass axes'.
I keep thinking about the fuzz that could have been brought up when a stone is cut too much. Because that causes it to have less service life. It does give a sharper edge. Also it is one of the few things these people were doing. And if its a valuable asset, and you have to walk a long way to get more. Could this be a reason for a fight? How where the social dynamics? Can you afford a fight?
Maybe it is less of a fuzz with a lot of the flint laying around. But i certainly would not like to haul masses of stones a long long way just to have it being cut to little bits and just get a small tool out of that big a chunk.
So that is the wonder really. And i really cant say no to the feeling. Maybe its just honest (in some other video you chopped up some big big piece, maybe it was to get some other smaller tools from it too). I havent tried the cutting of stone with stone, but i can really see that happening that some guy is like what i said before.
Any way, really cool vidoes, i really enjoy the topic.
This tool looks great without any spoil. :D
Greetings,
Jeff
I'm a yt-er also (not on this channel) but ur the best man :D
What is your actual channel? If it is along the same vein as AncientCraft then I would happily check it out
@@ThiccboiSalmon wow, to be sincere I thought nobody would care :D
I do a lot of flintknapping, but I also do some primitive forging.
type in: Stubbornly Lazy Productions
purple goat is the logo image :D
thanks for at least taking the interest :D
*Also goes for a sneaky look
@@ancientcraftUK hahah cool man, hope you find something you like.
Personally, I would really like to have some flint like you do, I heard that Norfolk flint is the way to go, but I'm not from those parts :D
Tv glass is the next best thing :)
Will Lord made these by making a flake with a sharp edge and then shaping around it to preserve it.
the tranchet is'nt an outils for ground work ? i have learn that traceo analysis show this utilisation
Did the people who made dugout canoes in the Britain use fire to hollow out the wood first and then use axes to scoop out the interior? There are a few cypress and hickory dugouts that were made that way and were recovered in this area (Midwest U.S.) from the Mississippian people who lived along the river c. 500-1250 CE.
Have not read of any examples of fire being used in this context
Can you please please do a series on greens typology of flint arrowheads in the UK ? The book is far too expensive and all the papers online on this information are pay to read . . Gatekeeping at its most annoying ! 😂 there is plenty info on American points but just vague info on British ones .. I am a beginner knapper and want to try and re create the UK and European arrowhead types and all their classified variants but need visual references with data to study , please help us out with this project , hope to see you in Scotland soon for your workshop !
I’ll see what we can do!
@@ancientcraftUK nice one thank you !
Thanks for the video! For maintenance, would the head have been removed from the haft? If so, how would that be done? Can the glue/pitch be melted away, the axe head re-knapped, and then simply re-socketed, or is there any waste that can't be re-used? I appreciate in experimental archaeology not everything is exact, but maintenance is always an interesting topic and I really enjoyed seeing you get into that in the video.
Seem to have found the answer or most of it in this other video: ruclips.net/video/x16lzP-wyC0/видео.html
The glue melts with heat and the blades drop out.
These axes almost definitely weren’t not glued into the handle. A well fitted wooden socket is more than enough to hold the stone blade. The addition of glue only creates an inconvenience and waste of glue
@@ancientcraftUK Thanks for the reply I appreciate I made it sound more about glue than intended, but the answer is much appreciated. For maintenance, would the head have been removed from the haft to sharpen?
Adzecwhere also used to scrape lots of dryed hide
I saw you today in crags
Ah, flint. I bet people who didn't have it naturally in their backyard were sooo jealous. I know they were because I am. They had to pay for something that could be made in 30 minutes.
same. i live in germanies flint-desert and everywhere around, just outside of daytrip-range, folks are knapping away without ever thinking about conserving material.
Bone may have been a better material to haft as an axe than antler. Perhaps there is some truth in the legend of Samson killing people with "the jawbone of an ass"; particularly if it was hafted as a battleaxe !
nice work , subbed .. i am starting a series on reproducing all the arrowheads described in greens typology and other lithics from the uk and ireland . been knapping a year and really starting to the hang of it . have a look at my uploads if you get a chance
wait half a million years ago? I thought modern humans have only been around for 200 000 years?
Shortly before the tranche axe there where antler axes
In some regions, but there are very few examples of antler axes before Tranchet examples, there’s only one from Britain
I dub him Legolas the Grey
Not it meansvtool to slice. Not dlice