Wow! This was so cool. You did an amazing job on such a challenging project! I enjoy your instructional videos so much, thanks for taking the time to create and share them here.
My hat is off to you in recognition of your fine craftsmanship. I am a former Museum Technician, NMAI, Smithsonian. I have viewed and custom mounted thousands of Ameri-Indian artifacts. Do you sell working flint knife blades?
Thanks for the great info. My teacher just assigned me a project on the Aztec warriors and their wepons this helped a lot . Thank you Shawn and love you videos.
i wish i could have the time and materials to reproduce this kind of things, deffinetly your videos are damn good to watch, much better then what you would learn sitting in school
great job on the knife Shawn, thanks for posting that....very interesting build. It appeared in the photo of the original artifact, that their mosaic tiles were inlaid into the wood ? That would give a much more smooth appearance, and inlay is not all that difficult. I made Native American " style " flutes out of wood, bamboo, and even PVC for almost 13 years, and did a LOT, LOT of inlay. It really adds a nice touch of color, especially if used with a darker wood. Great job though, loved your build. ;-)
that was pretty nest Shawn, your quite the craftsman, wow you sure have grown is subscribers & 10,000,000 views that's stellar, your the most watched RUclipsr in our archeo-net community, a big kudo's to you bro that's awesome, best wishes my friend
u make it look so easy, the moment seeing the inside of the obsidian block is magical, u can def see why the ancient Mexicans were drawn to it. It was a commodity and those who controlled the obsidian mines were rich and powerful. obsidian was also the only cutting edge needed for everyday life-- a middle class everyday product as we say. u should have chipped ure own turquoise instead of using beads much more beautiful. And wheres the money shot?? u have to cut something with it! thanks enjoyed the video!
hey Shawn on the phone I can't send PM's, I was wondering if you've ever tried drilling a hole in a piece of stone with a stone drill? or do you know of another Tuber maybe who has? I'm curious as to how long it takes & does one need a stone drill with having 4 sides to drill correctly, I know guys says they used cane to drill & I just don't buy that Theory, just wondering?
Hi Brooksy, I have tried drilling a hole in rock but have not had much success. Soap Stone and Sand Stone are easy but the harder stone chewed up my stone drill. I am just amazed by some of the artifacts our stone age ancestors were able to make.
+Shawn Woods thanks Shawn for taking the time to answer me back, I know you get 100's of comments, as I always handle my forget & a few other hard stone artifacts that have drill holes, it always has me in amazement as how long it must of took them to drill a hole into hard stone, especially any glacial slate, I've put every possible word combination in the search to see if someone has drilled a hole in any stone on here & I can't find anything, so I guess it's pretty tedious work & probably took several drills used up and resharpened, be well my friend, I'm going to try & shoot a vid about my Theory/opinion of drills and perforator points, what makes the difference between the two and what each one was possibly used for
So a better way to do it is to just put a small candle under a tin vessel, sort of like an MRE esbit burner and have the pitch glue liquidified and simply apply a little drop of it to each mosaic piece individually with a stick. You should totally re-do the handle with this technique, while trying to make the mach aztec geometric shapes in the mozaic. I bet it'd look much better.
My fingers got cut up just watching you knapp that obsidian.
Awesome!
Now let's see you make a sacrifice :]
Taylor Harris lol
Wow! This was so cool. You did an amazing job on such a challenging project! I enjoy your instructional videos so much, thanks for taking the time to create and share them here.
My hat is off to you in recognition of your fine craftsmanship. I am a former Museum Technician, NMAI, Smithsonian. I have viewed and custom mounted thousands of Ameri-Indian artifacts. Do you sell working flint knife blades?
I'm jealous of your skill and envious of your patience! Very nice - thanks Shawn for a great video!
Thanks for the great info. My teacher just assigned me a project on the Aztec warriors and their wepons this helped a lot . Thank you Shawn and love you videos.
The way you knapped those blade still amaze me man.
you, never cease to amaze !! thanks for your efforts Shawn !!
What a way to change it up, great craftsmanship Shawn.
Thanks, Shawn. I always enjoy and learn from you.
Ron
crazy how tiny and intricate the original mosaic pieces were. Nice recreation.
Shawn really digging all your videos keep them coming.
wow! well done! absolutely love your videos!
Your skills amaze me! Nice work Shawn. Thanks for sharing
Giving away such a cool project, that is very generous!!
Excellent work, I am impressed with your work. Thanks for sharing Sir.
i wish i could have the time and materials to reproduce this kind of things, deffinetly your videos are damn good to watch, much better then what you would learn sitting in school
Beautiful knife. I love your videos.
Hey that's pretty good.
Wow awesome video it would be cool if you could make more Mexican/south American Indian weapons like that obsidian club or Aztec archery stuff thanks
nice piece it's beautiful.
This is really awesome and thank you for sharing. Take care!
great job on the knife Shawn, thanks for posting that....very interesting build. It appeared in the photo of the original artifact, that their mosaic tiles were inlaid into the wood ? That would give a much more smooth appearance, and inlay is not all that difficult. I made Native American " style " flutes out of wood, bamboo, and even PVC for almost 13 years, and did a LOT, LOT of inlay. It really adds a nice touch of color, especially if used with a darker wood. Great job though, loved your build. ;-)
that was pretty nest Shawn, your quite the craftsman, wow you sure have grown is subscribers & 10,000,000 views that's stellar, your the most watched RUclipsr in our archeo-net community, a big kudo's to you bro that's awesome, best wishes my friend
Hey this was really interesting to watch, great video, will you be cleaning off any of the excess glue?
I am always amazed by your skills :O
With a Pokémon ball on the leg, of the one in the picture
Lovely work! I hope you experiment with more things from Mesoamerica! greetings from Mexico!
thank you for sharing this video I'm glad your interested in my culture
Love the knife! Would love to see you get to use something like that for skinning.
how do you find big bolders of obsidian (sorry for my english im swedish) do obsidian exsist in other countrys
You find a lot of it on the ground near a volcanos
is that a pokeball on the reference knife? did they also seek to catch them all?
Great work as always!
u make it look so easy, the moment seeing the inside of the obsidian block is magical, u can def see why the ancient Mexicans were drawn to it. It was a commodity and those who controlled the obsidian mines were rich and powerful. obsidian was also the only cutting edge needed for everyday life-- a middle class everyday product as we say. u should have chipped ure own turquoise instead of using beads much more beautiful. And wheres the money shot?? u have to cut something with it! thanks enjoyed the video!
wow very interesting, definitely subscribing
Wow, Sweet knife. .... Awesome job bro.
Beautiful knife
Is the handle comfortable? It looks very wide!
This is great! I hope you make more aztec and mayan stuff.
Nice to give us a chance for the knife!
amazing work as always
hey Shawn on the phone I can't send PM's, I was wondering if you've ever tried drilling a hole in a piece of stone with a stone drill? or do you know of another Tuber maybe who has? I'm curious as to how long it takes & does one need a stone drill with having 4 sides to drill correctly, I know guys says they used cane to drill & I just don't buy that Theory, just wondering?
Hi Brooksy,
I have tried drilling a hole in rock but have not had much success. Soap Stone and Sand Stone are easy but the harder stone chewed up my stone drill. I am just amazed by some of the artifacts our stone age ancestors were able to make.
+Shawn Woods thanks Shawn for taking the time to answer me back, I know you get 100's of comments, as I always handle my forget & a few other hard stone artifacts that have drill holes, it always has me in amazement as how long it must of took them to drill a hole into hard stone, especially any glacial slate, I've put every possible word combination in the search to see if someone has drilled a hole in any stone on here & I can't find anything, so I guess it's pretty tedious work & probably took several drills used up and resharpened, be well my friend, I'm going to try & shoot a vid about my Theory/opinion of drills and perforator points, what makes the difference between the two and what each one was possibly used for
That was very interesting thanks
This is Very Awesome!
Very nice. Thanks
So a better way to do it is to just put a small candle under a tin vessel, sort of like an MRE esbit burner and have the pitch glue liquidified and simply apply a little drop of it to each mosaic piece individually with a stick.
You should totally re-do the handle with this technique, while trying to make the mach aztec geometric shapes in the mozaic. I bet it'd look much better.
Wonderful!
Great job you should try to make an Aztec spear keep up the good work
Where do you get your obsidian?
marvelous
Where is the best place to find obsidian or chert?
Nice
Respect.
Cool
crazy😵
there's a pokeball in the original aztec knife
kewl!
just sell it on ebay for like a grand some sucker would think its real haha