the technique you use for making a large river boulder into a natural whetstone is actually quite intriguing , and using river silt as an aggrigate for getting a fine polish was even more ingenious. thank you for being an awesome and entertaining teacher.

@teoandrei1791

6 жыл бұрын

Black Box Theory Productions if you cant think of that you must be as dumb as a rock;)

@cupcakeicing1456

6 жыл бұрын

Good

@raam1666

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty obvious idea to me

@joabenhernandez1574

2 жыл бұрын

I went camping to the mountains and made 2 axe heads or more like hatchet heads but I did this technique and it worked really good

@emilymiller1853

2 ай бұрын

Ingenious? Been done for thousands of years

"Jeez, man. This backpack is so heavy. So you carry rocks In it or something?" "Why yes, yes I do."

@quirkyusername1093

7 жыл бұрын

Klyborg Your comment "rocks"

@darericdareric6660

7 жыл бұрын

I😃😃😃😃😃

@vichetsom7849

7 жыл бұрын

Klyborg

@randomrhec-ness6783

6 жыл бұрын

lol. dont let the haters get to u.

I can't believe he is so fast, incredible, he is like humming bird!!

@andyphan8325

9 жыл бұрын

Plz tell me you're kidding

@pommel47

9 жыл бұрын

Abraxis86 When he was cutting the sapling with the stone axe, he reminded me more of a woodpecker.

@andyphan8325

9 жыл бұрын

It's called fast forwarding

@majorgamerz7161

9 жыл бұрын

Andy Phan they are all so messed up its Fast Forwarding '

@tazz86

8 жыл бұрын

+ZBrzezna oh my god XD

I've done some archeology work in Ontario and have seen these exact heads made by my people (Iroquois). Excellent!

@gotrocksinhead

9 жыл бұрын

Tyrone Deer That's cool! Thanks

@keelan8262

7 жыл бұрын

gotrocksinhea M

@Xylodrums105

6 жыл бұрын

Tyrone Deer what are you, 1/16th?

@TD-ik6bt

4 жыл бұрын

@@Xylodrums105??

@TD-ik6bt

4 жыл бұрын

@Winterhold Guard yea I guess your right. I've seen one two on Neutral sites. Incidental I suppose. I dont remember where I was working on 4 years ago lol

why did your camera also have to be a primitive tool?

@pandicus2719

8 жыл бұрын

Back then Filming on a potato was normal.

@gravitywave1338

8 жыл бұрын

I Guess some people just aren't smart enough to bring a $200+ camera into the creek

@plebeian3671

8 жыл бұрын

why did your username have to be a primitive joke

@EXTREEEEEEEEEME

8 жыл бұрын

+Dick Butt The camera is fine

@sherlockstownkill

8 жыл бұрын

Why are you a primitive tool?

Watching him chop down that little tree made me say thank God for steel

@freefall2250

9 жыл бұрын

Remember he hasnt finished the "handle".because with one it

@desmondtester373

9 жыл бұрын

Free Fall the leverage a handle would provide would probably make it easier

@ScienceP

9 жыл бұрын

I made an axe out of copper ore and a long stick. Cuts down a tree 2x thicker in 3 hits :P

@aderangedchair-wieldingman9168

5 жыл бұрын

Don't thank God for steel, thank the human race for utilizing it

@therustedshank9995

5 жыл бұрын

I made an axe out of slate. Breaks on impact.

This project is fantastic. I like your work Dan! Greets from Switzerland Felix

@Enigmaking

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Felix

Please be sure to register your new weapon.

@billyproctor9714

9 жыл бұрын

Spiritual€@nofwup@$$ too much testosterone in your diet ha

@spiritualnofwup9555

9 жыл бұрын

Billy Proctor sorry bill, I'm trying to cut down on meat but whenever the antelope thrash their tails around I just gotta pounce and tear ass lol

@92000

5 жыл бұрын

It's a splitting axe - therefore it is a tool ;p

@elmothewise3915

3 жыл бұрын

@@92000 he was kidding

He couldn't possibly be comfortable hitting rocks together that close to his croch

PLEASE keep working on this! I really want to see the finished product! Good stuff!

Lots of people should do stuff like this u rock

@aaroncabrera8949

9 жыл бұрын

Anthony Mendoza Lol you said he "rocks"

I'm very interested to see you finish this axe and the handle. I was actually disappointed that there was not another follow up video. this is the way I always wanted to see it done. Now I have confidence in using this method. Thank you for sharing.

Amazing! So much respect for the ancients!

This was very well made. I enjoyed the cinematic scenes underwater of the clay from grinding mixing with the water and the process and the progression of the tool. I really enjoyed it!

This looks really relaxing, I feel this primal urge to just go to a forest and learn to fully live on my own for some time.

You know. From the looks of this boulder it has been used for this exact purpose a lot. It would not surprise me if this thing has been used for this for a long, long time by generations of humans.

Great video. There's definitely a reason why us humans went on to invent and use better materials! although it is great knowledge to possess!

Dan: I always enjoy and admire your ability to play, explore new things and learn and I think it's great that you share your curosity with your children.

I love making primitive knives and axes!!!!!

At like 1:54 I heard the rock saying "peanut butter"

@fliegenpilztim4914

3 жыл бұрын

pov: the voices are back jk i know what you mean

@vegandonut1018

3 жыл бұрын

Genius

@stellarjay952

3 жыл бұрын

Shit I don't even remember typing this. Must have been on something

@emilymiller1853

2 ай бұрын

Is the rock in the room with us now?

It's good to see someone who realized that ...hey, we don't need all this fancy dancy technology when we can use stone tools

@BrandoCommando21

5 жыл бұрын

But then people evolved

@steveshelton3081

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrandoCommando21 and got dumber and now rely on technology to do everything. This generation is dumber than shit and can't work with their hands

@lunaze5343

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Shelton ok boomer

@williamwhite9481

4 жыл бұрын

@@steveshelton3081 yes, that is how people should be. Everybody of todays generation are just a bunch of little snowflakes who dont know how to stand up for themselves. They just whine when they get their feelings hurt.

@texandoomguy

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamwhite9481 dude not everyone is like that im gen z and trust me i love the outdoors and i love fishing hunting and i know many friends that love the outdoors

Instructions unclear, I started WWIII

@closeupbowls4207

8 жыл бұрын

The instructions were nuclear

@JHuff276

8 жыл бұрын

+Herbert The pervert I see what you did there.

@waltermorgenroth7872

8 жыл бұрын

no, you're just a pervert ;)

@themodernadventurer4320

6 жыл бұрын

WW3 will be fought with nukes and bombs. All wars thereafter will be fought with stick and stone.

Man that was an awesome demonstration. Now that I'm totally hooked, I must make one! Thanks for sharing.

Seriously?It's like that huh? THIS GUY! Crazy cool, plumbers crack & all. Enjoy all your videos. Ty.

3:58 you scared the crap out that little fish haha. awesome tool you made!

@tazz86

8 жыл бұрын

Haha he made the fish run into the rock.

Wooow! That's fantastic! So simple when you think about it, but I've always just thought about knapping for making stone tools - never grinding.

well until now, I always pictured the ancients sitting around the fire all winter long just to make one tool like the one you did in so little time. thanks for the lesson.

You have the best primitive axe making video on you tube hands down . Love all of your videos on stone tools . Wish you could upload a video on making a complete axe head though . I was a little let down when you didn't finish the head all the way. But all and all good work man ! hope to see new vids soon.

@gotrocksinhead

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Many times, primitive axes were made this way intentionally.

Sweet! I need to make one of these to finish my primitive bow! (primitive bows are tough!!!) Thanks for showing how the natives would have done this! It looks good... take care, Will

Impressive. Thanks for posting. The Maoris here in NZ made some wonderful stone adzes from argillite and jade. From a young age I was under the impression that an adze took maybe months to make. I can now see that functional stone adzes / axeheads can be made fairly quickly. Best wishes....

This is so cool man I'd rather do this than video games any day you're awesome by the way

Neanderthals would give you a Nobel prize, shelter and bunch of mammoth meat in exchange. Or you would be their leader. THIS IS AWESOME! I'M AMAZED! THANK YOU!

I like how you showed all of it and didn't skip, only fast forwarded

Very cool! I don't know why I never thought of using water and sand grit before ... We don't have flint around here , so this will be a fun new project!

yet again minecraft lied to me

@desmondtester373

9 жыл бұрын

thats why we have terrafirmacraft

@xdsugjections3258

7 жыл бұрын

:D

@duckster7189

6 жыл бұрын

Richard its not a learning game dummyass

@duckster7189

6 жыл бұрын

Richard and it says gamer on your avatar on your channel with unturned, agario, and tf2 those games are more cringe than Minecraft

@AsianKid31240

6 жыл бұрын

Nqse lol

Really, really nice work. Very inspiring!

Awesome axe, Dan! That thing didn't take too long and it was getting the job done! Thanks for showing....Ben

Beautifully shot video. Thanks for showing the failure of your groove-cutting stone.

Excellent work!

Excellant video Dan! I dig your use of the underwater and high speed effects and your voice-overs! Nice axe too lol

AWESOME. I'm imeressed, Dan. your skills, tallend and teaching aproach are awesome. Thanks for sharing this video. Ken

Loved every *Bit* of it!

Cool brother, thanks for the inspiration, Terry.

Thanks for uploading this, it's incredibly detailed.

@gotrocksinhead

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

That is so great Dan.... Nice work!!!

Great technique. Thanks bro!!

I tried making an axe head like this and it worked faster than I thought it would, worked well too, 😊

idk why but all those Rocks were satisfying af

@thebubbler2832

5 жыл бұрын

Weirdo...

That was a well done and edited video. Thanks for taking the time to do it. I really enjoyed it.

@gotrocksinhead

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great video Dan.

@gotrocksinhead

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pete

using small wet ROCKS on a ROCK to grind a ROCK to make an axe with that ROCK. so many rocks. and this video rocks too.

Even though i have never done this, it seems familiar to me.

@teoandrei1791

6 жыл бұрын

You need jesus

@jewishcoupon

6 жыл бұрын

ScrapForge stop being an axehole

@grantcsgo2965

6 жыл бұрын

JewishCoupon ew

@Joshua-hz3cl

5 жыл бұрын

Same actually...

@92000

5 жыл бұрын

Or you transform into a CAVEMAN under the full moon. :o

your doing a great job Dan.

Makes complete sense and now I know! Thanks for that!

Wow! I'm amazed at this

Nicely honed edge! :) Grinding is always a pain in the neck, and a very easy way to speed that up is to prepare the guidelines and start the grinding with a rasp then peck and hone smooth the old-fashioned way.

Looks like quite a success! Well done!

this was the first video I watched of you got rocks head

Amazing Axe my friend! Great Job Dan.

that creek looks like it has some tasty lil fishes..

@ethanwoo5376

8 жыл бұрын

Umm... Ok then.

@charliemasovic2324

8 жыл бұрын

Ur strange

@MrPanos2000

8 жыл бұрын

smeagol??

@therustedshank9995

5 жыл бұрын

@@charliemasovic2324 no he's hungry

@glaze_tpf9791

5 жыл бұрын

It probably has aids

I always love your hand axe vids. To find a rock here without a long walk to the river is ehem very difficult. I mean if you had no car ehe. Trade was very common here for natives.

That's why I always take my steel axe everytime I come out to the nature :)

@rageshvaikkatil4778

2 жыл бұрын

What happens when you forget and is in a survival situation! This video is valuable for those occasions.

Great work on the axe! Your video editing and different shot angles are very good too. Keep it up!

Greetings, don't worry about your pecking stone breaking... it is when i snap the axe head that gets me upset. I often will hold the axe in my hand as a cushion. And I listen for a good sound in the rock when I select one. A nice clear ring, no cracks. I enjoy your work and thank you for sharing with us. pax, Puffinlittle

Wow cool, by the way this video tempt me to make stone tools, I made a stone dagger. This is awesome also

and this keeps you busy and entertained

Good stone axe for you , when I living long ago in stone age , I faund more easiest way to make stone axe :-)

@amalawi

6 жыл бұрын

Muri Salin stone age? How old are you 4901?

Really cool. Thanks so much.

such a good axe head and yet so easy to make you rule!!!!!

That sudden fish while you were getting grinding gravel made me laugh harder than I needed to. "Hey land being, what you doing in my river? Gonna dig me up some grub?"

@gotrocksinhead

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Fallion Ha ha.. the fish love the gravel being stirred up. Lots of food in there!

@emilymiller1853

2 ай бұрын

What fish?

nice camera work, gr8 shots.

So kids, this is what happens when you don't your homework and in the end don't have cash to buy an axe.

Good video and instrutional also . Keep up the great videos like this, on how to make early tools.

Great Bushcraft Slills.

we need more people like this great job man! Just think about it if it wasent for sticks and stones would not have all the technology we have today

Looks good.

Very cool. Would love to make one.

Thanks this will help me a lot when I go to wilderness camp

wow! your patience is incredible i would have taken the angle grinder already after ten minutes

Me Want More! 4 vids in a week I feel all giddy, lol... Can't wait to see it finished, have a Blessed one bud.

You fast MANG !! Looking good too !!!

I wonder if there's a way to put a handle on it. Can't believe our ancient ancestors did things like this.

@gotrocksinhead

9 жыл бұрын

dasdew2 and in many cases built thriving communities- all with primitive methods. Yes you can put a handle on it. you can google "stone axe" and see how.

@woodstockman667

9 жыл бұрын

There are several primitive ways to put a handle on it. The split stick method, where a stick is split down the middle and the head is placed inside. It is then tied in place. Then theres the forked branch method, which requires a branch that breaks off into two branches at one end. The head is clamped between these two branches and tied in place. Finally, the less reliable wrap method. You take a very long stick, and literally whittle literally half of it away, so that just the other half, and the papery bark remains. The head is then wrapped in the bark end, to secure it. It is then tied down just on case. All of these would work, sorry for the long-ass comment

@TrashMuffins

9 жыл бұрын

***** that dude is a badass. I haven't found anyone that can top how resourceful and knowledgeable than him on youtube.

@linusyootasteisking

9 жыл бұрын

Tino Vasquez no.. not even close. they just were alot more effective in using what they had. but they probably were stronger on average than an average human today. i think a chimpanzee can crush a human skull with a downward fist slam. they have really strong back and arm muscles to hold and swing on tree branches when getting food.

@Crisps0506

9 жыл бұрын

They probably would have made a cylinder like stone by grinding and used that to grind in the bottom of the head, then found a stick just a bit bigger that the hole made, and out it in

That was a truly great video...

i tried this in my backyard using a pail of water instead of a river, and a brick works just great for an abrasive surface. I made a hand-axe!

nice work! thanx for the video :)

Relaxing video :) I learned a lot! Thanks so much - I will probably try this Summer 2014 :D

@gotrocksinhead

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@novaenricarter705

6 жыл бұрын

Dad you does it in 2014? It is to late ify not oyhn noooooooo it 2019

Killer vid! Great work dude! Love your videos and your work.

@gotrocksinhead

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you

awesome. i really like the editing too

you are awesome!! love it man! I deffo gotta try this when I get a day off work lol. keep up the great vids dan!

Very very cool my friend

Very cool and informative. However, I couldn't help but wonder if you couldn't make the groove the same way you made the rest of the ax head by working it against an edge of a larger stone.

@harryjoe860

8 жыл бұрын

He could but he was showing another method

Really Nice man! I'll try that!

Great vid really informative!!😀😀😀

. I will learn this. Thanks.

When I was a kid I found a green stone axe-head. It's blade is more off center, more like an adze. I wondered why. After seeing your vid it makes sense. It would angle better for chopping something vertical without stressing the edge too much. Thanks.

nice rock on rock action there *insert lenny face*

that was awesome

Very good. Congratulation!!

Great step by step! Would love to see the complete fast forwarding feature for the grinding as you did for the notch.

Oh never mind I just had to watch a little more LOL!