Make a Stone Knife

[kibbles306]

Im going to make this soon!

Thank you for teaching me with this fantastic video!

[LivingHistorySchool]

@kibbles306 Your welcome

[PINOYako61299]

where did you get obsidian

?????????????

[WormsCommando]

way to cool.. this is super cool.

[baseguitar02]

ahhh ur the guy with the fake vid

[petercrazy12]

So to make the hoko knife you need a real knife.....

[ZZSFAN]

*Makes one of these*

I AM BEAR GRYLLS.

*MEGUSTA.JPG*

[ArickVancoolguy]

... Or. Or you could just stick with the knife you used to craft this tool..

[thetruefullmetal1]

how about using the term flint knapping please.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@thetruefullmetal1 your average person doesn't know that term

[fireGuzzi79]

in minecraft you cant make obsidian tools

[PENCILcrusher123]

cool i can use this method for a proper stone knife

[DennWoodGames]

ooohhh shit bad ass

[Mordecola]

You made a knife out of obsidian? Fool, you can't do that. Diamond is the highest you can go

[alzanaty1990]

what to make it if you already have a real knife ???

you have to make it without using a steal knife

[sabor312]

@alzanaty1990 If you were in a situation like that, you could cut the handle with the flake of stone you used.

[MILOSLAVJMP]

Díky z ukázku užitečného a poučného videa.

[Maper555]

where can i get obsidian

im guessing very very very deep undergroun

[crypter27]

Its almost like how prisoners make shanks out of out tooth brushes & razor blades.

[heavymetal6840]

He may of used a modern knife to make his hoko knife but after watching this i wen on a 2 week trip to the scottish highlands, an i lost my knife due to a wrong footstep, so i was basicly f*!@%d but i found some flint/chirt an made the hoko knife using the knifes blade, he used wat he had on him to his advantage, i wasnt so lucky at that point

[LivingHistorySchool]

@heavymetal6840 very cool story

[jefferson1232757]

this is more like a pre historic bistoury

[KSUcasey13]

I didnt know knives could be stoned and so these knives are made by Hoe Co.?

[NevolmonGaming]

I failed at stripping the bark, every time I started peeling it woud thin out and stop leaving me with nothing but a 3 inch long strip. =/

[TheMuslimKiller]

LMAO!! THE IRONY IS UNBEARABLY FINNY!!!

He uses a modern knife to make a primitive knife.

My question now is if you have a modern steel knife why would you make a stone knife?

[Geechs]

@TheMuslimKiller Because your friend needs a knife and you need a knife but you only need one.

[gargamel6699]

@TheMuslimKiller

Dumbass

[TheMuslimKiller]

@gargamel6699 You are just as fuckin stupid as the guy on the video. If you had a brain you would go to Big 5 and spend $10 and get a knife that is 8000 times better and more durable, and sharper and an unlimited amount of better than a rock. So go fuck off and play with your rocks. I'll stick to cold hard steel you fucking cocksucking cunt.

[gargamel6699]

@TheMuslimKiller

The extent of your language shows the extent of your education. Now take you 8k times better knife, let's say through dehydration, hunger or just exhaustion you misplaced it or you tripped and it fell down a cliff. Poof! no more metal knife. Do you think it would be better or worse that you saw a video that taught you to make a stone one?

Dumbass.

[tommysevilla1]

where do you get that rock from the one use to make the blade

[duelas01]

making a knife with a knife LoL

[coban0699]

why make a stone knife if you allready have a metall knife

[ismolaitelaVevo]

@coban0699 for fun

[TheDkMovie]

Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock.

It is produced when felsic lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimum crystal growth. Obsidian is commonly found within the margins of rhyolitic lava flows known as obsidian flows, where the chemical composition (high silica content) induces a high viscosity and polymerization degree of the lava. Straight from Wiki.

[gazrine08]

great vid but you cut it out too much i have got upto where you put the bark on i have done one side but i cant get it like yours after the cut at 3:41 please help.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@gazrine08 what do you need help with exactly?

[has2454]

its more like a small axe but still is a knife made from obsidian 0:

[MrUnforgiven100]

damn obsidian is sharp

[QuiChiYang2]

Not much of a knife, but if it can skin a deer, and ancient people used it on a regular basis and lived from it, then we are spoiled with our modern equipment. As Tom Brown say's if you have to walk into nature with a backpack full of equipment, you are an alien to nature.

[MW2noobilization]

Not much of a knife

[LivingHistorySchool]

@MW2noobilization I can skin a deer with a few small flakes of obsidian

[TheMacaroniez]

@LivingHistorySchool its kind of annoying how many peope doont know how sharp obsidian is they think its just a little rock

[illegalLem0n]

@LivingHistorySchool cool story bro now tell it again

[NoisemakerArrow]

Show how you crack the flake off the stone. That's the hardest part.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@NoisemakerArrow not really

[thewaytolos]

@LivingHistorySchool um yea it is, that's why it's an art; called flint knapping.

[thewaytolos]

Respond to this video... great vid tho

[LivingHistorySchool]

@whyschoulditell you can use a different type of stone called chert to split the wood if you like

[jlast000]

what you ned a knife to make a knife!!! lol still gfood video

[ThePorsalino]

dude did you took a piece of broken glass and panted

[LivingHistorySchool]

@DaTaco155 yes

[Crossbow123]

Birch glue is missing

[LivingHistorySchool]

@Crossbow123 we don't have birch here in Oregon... pine pitch

[2JobsStillPoorUSA]

@lewickimikolaj LOL I was thinking the same thing. Of course in ancient times they would have used a larger stone knife edge to make the split.

[TheSonofgun666]

I made a knife very similar to this (with a few adaptations to fit my need). It's amazing for gutting fish and skinning fruit. Thanks for the Video!

[TheSonofgun666]

@lewickimikolaj It was a demonstration. And really, he could use a non-hafted stone flake to create the notch.

[lewickimikolaj]

@TheSonofgun666 sure he could, it just hit me when i saw normal knife.

[TheRoyalcrime]

handy for shaving, kinda retro

[jdmusselman]

Where do you get obsideon?

[inremembranceofruth]

Wow. In utter admiration and appreciation of your instructive videos. Thank you!

[LivingHistorySchool]

@inremembranceofruth Thanks

[XxServalcat24xX]

thanks for video.

[DMoore6977]

warning...Obsidian is EXTREMELY sharp

[TheTHEDEMON666]

what state is this it seems fimilier but i cant but my finger on it.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@TheTHEDEMON666 The Hoko archaeological site is in Washington State

[aznboy1234455]

i made one of these and gave my self a nasty cut with it ,these things are mad sharp

[MrLeonidas0001]

I never heard of a Hoko knife, but that is super neat!

[DJonX7]

Do you have any videos on making an arrow?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@DJonX7 see my survival arrow video

[DJonX7]

@LivingHistorySchool Thanks. Great videos by the way.

[420myst3ry]

Would bamboo work?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@420myst3ry yes

[TheSonofgun666]

@420myst3ry probably more efficent to just sharpen it. pungee stakes are wicked sharp

[WthzoroProductions]

@lewickimikolaj to save the edge on your blade if your skinning or some sort of carving you could split the wood with a dull as shit knife so extend its life

[lewickimikolaj]

@WthzoroProductions I'd rather find a flat stone to sharpen a stel knife, than make a flint one that is very brittle and of no use for harder jobs.

[WthzoroProductions]

@lewickimikolaj you NEVER sharpen a knife on a stone unless its an oil or a water stone thats HOW you chip a blade numb nuts 

[lewickimikolaj]

@WthzoroProductions tell that to someone like Bear Grylls, who found himself in the middle of nowhere. Besides, what I ment in first is that recreating stone age means you can't use modern knife.

[WthzoroProductions]

@lewickimikolaj bear grylls is fake dude and you dont need a knife to make this wood is easy to split for fuck sakes man think before you speak

[lewickimikolaj]

@WthzoroProductions Maybe he's fake, i don't care. But I'm not so sure that splitting that stick is that easy.

[WthzoroProductions]

@lewickimikolaj a small stick like that if you make a flake like that use a scrap piece with some edge on it and split it its easy

[iownthefrench]

man, let me go grab my spall of chert

[gunhimdown]

it looks like a prison shank..

[richzimmer]

What type of bark? And how is it so flexible? Thanks.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@richzimmer this is big leaf maple, you can use willow, it's flexible because it's a green sapling so the bark has lots of moisture in it.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@xIChromeIx you can split the handle with a spall of chert if you would like

[xIChromeIx]

@LivingHistorySchool i would like that, and it would have made a lot more sense if you did that in your video...

[doughnutugy1]

@LivingHistorySchool or you could use a WOODEN KNIFE!

[ODVenture]

@lewickimikolaj HA!

[draconianRM]

how did they make em if u need to use a real knife hmmmmmm??

[thedruidherbalist]

@draconianRM they used another piece of stone such as flint or obsidian

[oatstao]

beautiful. Thanks for s haring the technique. :D

[LivingHistorySchool]

@oatstao

your welcome

[LivingHistorySchool]

@Thelongmanable

The Hoko River Archeological Site complex, located in Clallam County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Washington, is a 2,500-year-old fishing camp were these artifacts are found.

[Slic3R1]

Obsidian is volcanic glass so i don''t know why it's called a stone knife

[LivingHistorySchool]

@Slic3R1

obsidian is a type of stone

[Slic3R1]

@LivingHistorySchool and how is that ? you can try and google it if you're so sure

[Gyradie]

@LivingHistorySchool Technichly it's naturally occuring glass.

[recurveninja]

@LivingHistorySchool Not quite. Obsidian is a kind of Volcanic Glass.

[ForNowKing]

@Biiiiird yeah it aint 2 hard to make once you learn. its for a survival tool if you dont have a knife

[Thelongmanable]

According to Wikipedia a HOKO knive is a short sumari sword and even the name HOKO IS JAPANESE NOT NATIVE AMERICAN!

[LivingHistorySchool]

@Thelongmanable

the name comes from Hoko a place name in Washington state where the site where these artifacts were found

[orangechicken210]

what knife is that? not the hokok but the kershaw

[LivingHistorySchool]

@orangechicken210

not sure it was made in 05

[ForNowKing]

@LivingHistorySchool i made my 2 hoko knifes works great i used glue and electrical tape on the frist one to make it easy and stay fixed. the next one was abit harder to make but i did it using the bark wouldnt say put till i tighed it a bit tighter and finding obsidian was hard went to the rock shop and bought a huge stone. but all and all its a good survivle tool. thanks for the clip=)

[LivingHistorySchool]

@ForNowKing

great to hear, I would like make one to gut a fish, that's what Archaeologist believe they may have been used for, post a video on what you made, and I will stick with this video if you want

[Biiiiird]

@ForNowKing haha so its hard to make and you have to buy a stone but it's cool to survive with. Not that im against all this but shouldnt you just use a knife?

[footballguy146]

No i am in the bay area in the country. Grassy hills and oak trees

[ForNowKing]

@LivingHistorySchool great video. but one question will the willow bark stay put and hold the obsidan chip for a while?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@ForNowKing

It will temporary, the bark does dry up and become loose, use pitch or hide glue for

a longer lasting hold

[footballguy146]

where do u buy obsidian

[LivingHistorySchool]

@footballguy146

you can find it, which state are you in?

[footballguy146]

@LivingHistorySchool california

[LivingHistorySchool]

@footballguy146

You should be able to find it locally, for most of the state

[footballguy146]

@LivingHistorySchool Where tho? What kind of store? Or in the wild? ?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@footballguy146

are you in N. Cal? for wild

[jmg1957]

well done.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@jmg1957

thanks...simple yet effective

[AlexRemoSD]

This video is really great. I'm going to try and figure out what kind of material I can get down in San Diego County to make something like this. I wanna try gutting a fish with it!

[abradras]

thanks for lesson man, so if i need to create a primitive stone knife i need to use my "back up" hight end steel knife ^^ awesome.

[TheCampbell808]

just buy a knife

[pyroman675]

@TheCampbell808 this is called bush craft. not hiking

[TheCampbell808]

@pyroman675 ??? that doesnt make any sense?? what does hiking have to do with anything??

[pyroman675]

@TheCampbell808 ya my point, its for survival stuff

[rosslife1]

how do i chip off a flake from the rock

[LivingHistorySchool]

@rosslife1

with a sandstone cobble

[1acroyear1]

How do you make a knife if you don't have a knife?

[cava002]

seriously I don't know a lot about stone knives, but I think that any rock can get the job done, you only need to get it sharp with another rock using a lot of friction I made one of this like in 5 minutes with a rock that had a cool shape and another bigger rock.

[PurdyBear1]

Brilliant tutorial!  Thanks for the video.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@PurdyBear1

your welcome

[LivingHistorySchool]

@rfloresjorquez

you can use flint, jasper, chert, feldspar, etc.

[ashnbrandon1]

can u flake any rock? cause i have alot of sandstone where i live soo u think i can do this whith sand stone or where u get that black rock u flaked?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@ashnbrandon1

no sand stone doesn't work, chert, jasper, obsidian, you should have some chert or jasper in your creek beds

[ashnbrandon1]

@LivingHistorySchool well ty for getting to me on such short notice but i dont have a creek but theres one close to where i live and wat color is chert and jasper but wat kind of rock is easy to flake and i have alot of here i live in charleston west virginia in the mountains but ty

[LivingHistorySchool]

@ashnbrandon1

chert and jasper comes in multiple colors, a peterson's field guide to rocks and minerals may help or any rock that has a cryptocystaln structure

[saviorslegacy]

@LivingHistorySchool flint should work too

[PhillieBRidin]

HOW DARE YOU CUT DOWN THAT LIVING INNOCENT LITTLE TREE.

lol, jkjkjk.  cool vid i'mma try this=)

[macacodepapel]

yes thats true men... in all the videos that i've seen, they make a knife with another knife, of course i want to learn to make one myself with natural resources.

[branni79]

Thankyou for sharing this great video. Fantastic narrative and instruction by the way.

[LivingHistorySchool]

@branni79

Thanks Branni

[khaniu]

Just so you know.. you can use hot wather mixted with resign and place the stick in it for like 10 min. then add the flake. that will make the willow a lot more flexible and you can make the top knot a lot more tigtly.

[DancingDruidStudio]

Sure they don't have knives to make knives but they prob ripped a price with they hand and by luck has that cut there already, I've had that happen to me.

[LivingHistorySchool]

basalt spall

[polishfarmer]

hahah indians didnt carry knives for making knives... how do you split it without a real knife...?

[FixedByDoc]

Awesome I am making one tomorrow. As it just so happens I have been collecting stone blades as I can this summer and have a few that might be perfect for this. I never thought of doing this before I can't believe it. Thanks for the new task. 5/5

[LivingHistorySchool]

@FixedByDoc

I think gluing the blade in with pine pitch would be better if you want it to stay fixed,

the bark is only for a temporary knife, looking forward to it

[FixedByDoc]

@LivingHistorySchool i may do a few diffirent ways. was thinking using twine for one, bark on another, and i have a few film containers filled with pine sap waiting to be hardened so i will try using that too.

[TheASTRALDREAMER]

kewl im gona make one

[LivingHistorySchool]

knocking a flake off is basically a knife

[5tonyvvvv]

@LivingHistorySchool yep pretty much.ive butchered plenty of deer with stone blades works just as good as a razor steel blade.if not better,and its free,nothing really primitive about it..works amazing

[5tonyvvvv]

@LivingHistorySchool iam not sure what u used for the stick but it looks like Viburnum .which is great for arrows

[JrWaffl3es]

hey so how would u make this knife without bringing your own?

[FixedByDoc]

@JrWaffl3es use the chipped piece of rock to cut the stick. just need a stick and two rocks.

[MrStickbow]

i love flintknapping. thats a relly simple way to do it. heck of alot easyer to make than trying to chip a five inch long blade.

[Adawg4008]

woah- thats really cool

is it hard to find that type of rock for the blade?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@Adawg4008

obsidian comes from volcanic flows, so you would need to look there, but chert and flint also work

[CreateImagineGreater]

@Adawg4008 it depends. do you live in area where you can easily find obsidian?

[Adawg4008]

@CreateImagineGreater i live in Idaho

[BigWheelaCatPeelaYea]

no pine resin glue?

[LivingHistorySchool]

@BigWheelaCatPeelaYea

you can add that to make it last

[Bodensleim]

Back in the days I would imagine that the stick was also split by the flake taken off?

[LivingHistorySchool]

a chert flake works best for that not brittle like obsidian

[Gunnarsguns]

The aztecs made swords in this way that were said to be able to cut a man in half.. Flaked obsidian is razor sharp

[LivingHistorySchool]

I've seen pictographs with this on pottery ...warriors holding this sword in one hand and a head in the other...

[PestControl02]

good stuff!

:)

[shampoovta]

Primitive X-Acto knife.

this is cool.

[LivingHistorySchool]

yes...the basic flake taken off a core is the sharpest, once worked into a point or knife it becomes less sharp, obsidian flakes have been used for modern eye surgery over metal

[noucuratlex]

Good!

[smokepole68]

Very cool. I really like the variety of things that you show in your videos!

[LivingHistorySchool]

thanks for the nice comment

[mountaincavedwellers]

Thanks, I'll show this to my kids.