Turning Volcanic Rock into an Obsidian Blade that's Sharper than Steel
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- I travel to a volcanic desert in Utah to collect volcanic glass (obsidian) and then learn the stone age of knapping to turn into single molecule thin blades and use them to construct a primitive bladed weapon! This begins my latest series where I will be exploring making weapons from scratch, starting from the stone age and working my way up to modern weaponry.
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Today, getting what you need is as easy as a trip to the store. From food to clothing, energy, medicine, and so much more, Andy George will discover what it takes to make everything from scratch. His mission is to understand the complex processes of manufacturing that is often taken for granted and do it all himself. Each week he’s traveling the world to bypass the modern supply chain in order to harvest raw materials straight from the source. Along the way, he’s answering the questions you never thought to ask.
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That’s some cutting-edge technology
Canadian Food Guide ha ha
Very funny
🥁
BA-DUM-TSS
No pun intended😂
Oh yeah, youtube, wouldn't want to show people how to make a gun from absolute scratch. You never know when some crazy person will have hundreds of hours on hand to mine the metals, isolate the chemicals for gunpowder, and make and test it all until it actually works safely and properly. Much safer that they just buy one the normal way.
Micah Philson I
LOL so true
Marc, right? Usually, they're more like pipe-cannons, just really simple versions of muzzle-loaders that are fuse or electronic-match triggered, and take hours or days to make even very simple versions. And often they're almost as dangerous being _behind_ the barrel!
pulpnonfiction, that's all a gun really is. A metal barrel that can contain and direct an explosion used to propel a projectile. Literally all you need is a metal tube and an ignition source.
pulpnonfiction banned
"Works for circumcision as well." 12:48
CZcams: Small channel shows gun for two seconds: *Demonetised!*
CZcams: Large Channel shows a freshly dead body for more than a minute to a bunch of kids: *Just, you know, in our opinion, without any offence intended, it would appear best to us for you to avoid content like this in the future, just until it leaves the media, thanks!*
Noah Mitchell cause he's making CZcams money whereas smaller youtubers with per say 500,000-1,000,000 subs arent
He might have just made a typo. He may have accidentally said "demonetized" while he meant to say "demonized."
*YuoToUB*
That's mainstream liberalism... Surprised they haven't endorsed PETA yet.
Pretty frustrating how much politics come into play for CZcams. I'd love to see a list of all the reasons CZcams has demonetized channels.
For how ancient this technology seems, I gotta say, it's pretty cutting-edge!
Aaaaeeeeee.. Noice!
My guy...
Micah Philson yea man you should ask the Aztecs... oh... nvm
+christian mccualey: The Aztec's fall has little to do with their use of obsidian weapons over metal ones.
The Spanish only actually had much initial military success against smaller towns and villages in Mexico/Guatamala. The first actually decently sized state (not tribe: the region's settlements were predominately urban cities with populations in the tens of thousands that had actual state goverments with courts, civil offices, and organized armies) the Spanish got into battle with, Tlaxcala (which was a confederacy of mainly 4 city-states that ruled via a collective senate), where the Tlaxcala beat them, even though the Spanish had already allied with the Totonac city of Cempoala and had a Totonac army helping them. The Tlaxcala decide to spare the Spanish at the last minute, and ally with them: Tlaxcala had been suffering due to wars of attrition and blockades by the Aztecs for decades, and saw an opportunity.
Even this combined Spanish, Totonac, Tlaxcala and Otomi (I'm not clear on the details but they picked up some otomi soldiers as well) force are badly beaten and driven out of the Aztec captial with major losses, it is only after smallpox strikes, crlipping the Aztec captial, that the Spanish are able to flip many other Aztec cities, eventually getting a combined army of over 200,000 native soldiers, launch a long siege against the starving and sick capital that it falls; and it takes the Spanish over 200 years, while still relying on native armies, and while native states continue to suffer over Black Death level population losses, to fully conquer the region.
The Spanish were able to win because the entire region was inflicted with the deadliest case of epidemics in history due to exposure to European diseases, and because that, combined with the existing geopolitical situation, allowed the Spanish to enlist hundreds of thousands of native troops to help them (who were often manipulating the spanish as much if not more then the Spanish manipulated them) to topple the Aztecs and then conquer other city-states, kingdoms, and empires around the region as they were sick and dying of said diseases.
The Spanish's use of calvary, firearms, and steel weapons and armor was a factor, but it was a relatively small one, and was only able to prove useful after having native allies allowed them to negate the absolutely massive gap in numbers and logistics they had vs native states, Even with guns, horses, and steel armor, 800 Spaniards couldn't and weren't able to beat, say, a native army of 20,000 soldiers with more primitive weapons.
I'd even question calling their weapons primitive: These weren't simple clubs and such: These were designed, manufactured weapons that often were quite expensive and laberous to make: They had varities of swords, knives, maces, clubs, spears, other polearms, and various projectile weapons. Likewise, these weren't bands of warriors just fighting in individual combat, these were trained armies with a chain of command, formal ranks, and that wore armor, fought in formation, and used stuff like flags, standards, and drums to coordinate troop movement and relay orders from commanding officiers.
Their lack of use of metal weapons has more to do with geographic and cultural factors then a lack of ability as well: Mesoamerican cultures actually had rather extensive metallurgical practices, having fairly complex methods for smelting and alloying gold, silver, copper, tin, and bronze, and used it for a variety of religious, ceremonial, and domestic objects: They just didn't use it for weapons or armor. Consider that they didn't have horses, so all supplies and weapons must be carried on military campaigns by hand: Heavy, hard to replace or repair metal tools would be logistically disadvantageous; and furthermore metal was seen as a holy, religious material: It was wasteful to use it on a tool that would get damaged: This is why most of their metallurgy advancements were used to produce alloys of different colors, sheens, and tones when struck/janglees rather then for mechanical properties. Lastly, the climate was ill suited to metal armor: Even many of the Spanish that had metal plate armor chose to abandon it for native armor as a result of the heat and humidity.
Jabberwockxeno jesus christ you arent in school
"Works for circumcision, as well!"
.....
"First thing to point out is that the tip fell off..."
Ay I said that too.
I was going to say this but no
The Aztec swords were made to do that
Uriah Siner ... But he got some penetration.
HAHAHA
cant wait for the final episode, I'd love to see someone build a nuclear bomb
Dutchguy u can just make a regular one why go nuclear
Cringy Kid because its better for area control?
Nayrosnofla Alfonso regular ones are Easier
If you have funds, it can be done. But I'd rather see someone make a cold fusion reactor.
i can tell you how and how one works
Didnt know you could make an obsidian sword, hmm must be a new update.
It is...
NeusDreams
it’s just a snapshot, it’s no better than diamond right now
The name of the update is the slashing and bashing update 1.15 where theres obsidian weapons now and theres a new thing called "daggers". You can make a diamond dagger with a diamond in the mid and put a stick on the bottom to make a diamond dagger! But it does 6 damage but its cheaper than a diamond sword. And theres a new enchantment called bleed which goes up to 5 levels. Bleed is poison but less letal but the max bleed enchantment is like the poison effect 5% faster than the poison 2 effect. Thats just the snapshot so theres more coming out soon
@@eggboi4517 Well.
Just as a small word of warning, if anyone intends to do any knapping, make sure you always have good ventilation, knapping as a process leaves behind a lot of powdered glass or rock left behind after the impacts. Breathe that in and it can cause some serious issues.
edited due to misspelling
Zachey McZachFace sorry to be a grammar natzi but it's spelled knapping, it's weird I know.
Actually thank you very much, I didn't realize I was misspelling it. I'm gonna edit the original post but leave this response as an indicator that I spelled it wrong in the first place. Thanks for being willing to help me enhance my spelling.
Ironically, it's spelled "Nazi" haha fun fun.
James Kinard *Nazi
Zachey McZachFace 8
Shows gun for two seconds
CZcams: *DEMONETIZED*
makes smoothie
CZcams: DEMONETIZED FOR VIOLENCE TOWARDS FRUIT.
cancer yesyes haha yes
Shika-U owwwwwhh
Somebody tried to demonetize youtube. There was a shooting in youtube's office.
XtreeM FaiL
Waaaayyyy too soon man
John Snow needs some of that dragon glass to kill the wights
The thing about those weapons is they were almost meant to break off inside of whatever they hit
C4rNag3 thats because usually when you stab someone you want them to die atleast that was the thought process back then wither i stab him or he stabs me non of this ok now if i stab him without self defence i will go to jail.
Not entirely true. Removing the blade would encourage bleedout. Leaving it in will do little to cause further harm.
Br!an Delta V leaving them in usually causes further tissue tearing/cutting as well as bleeding internally which is never good
Depends on how far you go. I know when it comes to bullets, you want the bullet to expand and deliver as much kinetic energy to the target but having just enough energy to exit said target thus creating two holes that blood can flow out of.
Br!an Delta V oh yeah, everybody knows how harmless having foreign bodies (let alone sharp and fragmented) in a laceration is. Just leave em in there, builds character!
You really enjoy experimental archaeology, don't you? Love this, excited to see more from this series! Also love the reference to Primitive Technology :D
Is it rare to like basic things?
Nate Dill Nope
Your big problem with the wood was that it was old and seasoned. If your working with wood and stone tools, its good to use fairly green wood, and the tools as a drawing knife.
sharpbluntobject hmm yeah. Doesn't wood shrink after seasoning? Which would mean a tighter fit with the obsidian
depends on the wood and how it's seasoned, but wood gets less flexible and more capable to hold weight, you want seasoned wood for hammers, buildings, and anything that needs to be stable.
if it dries too fast, it'll split, and it will definitely split if left to dry around a chunk of rock that's been shoved into it.
He probably won't listen to your advice. He's probably gonna ruin it with a shit ton of sriracha.
So basically where you got the rocks is where I live. It's a nice area :) I'm starting to love this channel
Super effective against white walkers. Just in time for season 8.
Have you considered a series on primitive medicines, like herbs or simple bandages?
That would be interesting
Rippertear simplest medicine? Carbon. From charcoal. It's a very basic general antidote/antacid.
It would be interesting
Interesting
then he should do weeeeeeeeeeeeedddd
Don't let CZcams bully you into changing what videos you can make. Especially when it comes to an educational channel like yours.
You need birch tar as a glue.
This works perfectly, and it is quite easy to make.
Please try making gunpowder from scratch🙏, just dont build a gun with it.
When someone with a professional education helps you it shouldnt be a problem for youtube...
Although you may have heard about codys-gunpowder-video-strike...
It is just knowledge!
Makes gun from gun powder.
Fires gun.
Gun explodes in face.
And to apply the glue first to set the obsidian.
Freizeitflugsphäre gun powder is just carbon sulfur and potassium nitrate
youtube don't give a shit if it's knowledge for the sake of knowledge, they jumped at the chance to join the kneejerk irrational emotion clouded anti gun bandwagon
Yes, I know, its very sad that it got took down...
"Located seemingly in the middle of nowhere..."
Welcome to utah.....
Nice! Just get 14 more obsidian and you can make a nether portal.
Goat n00b u onlee nead 10 u succ att meinkraft
DrearyPlane8 fak yu 1v1 pvrp knoob
Goat u goin tooo lloose yuo scroob u rae sow bard at minkrat u praboblee tinc glod sod iz beddur dan ion
Goat achyalie ittd izzs inztant damije
Goat actually u only need 10.
"Works for circumcision aswell."
Dysche "the tip fell off"
Dysche then he said the tip fell off soooo
Dysche I'm surprised he said that
Haron, haha, on patreon, we get to see the rough cuts, and there's often one or two jokes like that in there. I was surprised they left that one in! Though I'm glad they did.
yea bra you will be ok i think?😂
The guy “Steve” from minecraft can break a stone by bare hand in 5 second
With a pickaxe
He can rip through space and time and go to other dimensions
He can carry tons of gold without being affected.
Breaking the planet would be ez
@Imran A he can Become a god by just saying /gamemode 1
@@vortiger7375 he can cheat in life just by turning on a button
the reason it didn't cut the paper well was because if the rough edge instead of the clean edge. I also noticed that with the porkchop it would cut as deep as the exposed obsidian was but stop at the handle.
This was such a dream of mine when I was a kid! An Obsidian weapon😍
Professor Tostevin is a great guy, he was the professor of my Human Evolution course I took freshman year at UMN, and all around great person that you could have a really in-depth conversation with and learn so much from. When I saw the title of the video I hoped you would meet up with him to learn from!
Ben H he reminds me of trump no ofense plz
Nah he looks like Roger Goodell
what does that mean :D
tiago almeida means he wants to kill you
Papa o no
Fun tip for those who want to make handles for their blades: Just use a small branch. Its far easier and you only need to carve a slot wide enough for the blade, and wrap it with string/sinew to secure it.
Learn something every day, had no idea steel was inherently sharp.
im glad you switched to power tools. That was brutal.
Who's ready to hunt some white walkers?
What is white walkers
@@josuejuaneza watch Game of Thrones, then you'll know
"You have kept that weapon perfectly maintained, I *LOVE* to see that."
Wait what is that from that sounds really familiar
Minecraft:you need to have a diamond pickaxe to brake obsidian
Real life:grab my "ROCK"
HTME, I think you should have sponsors every videos and many mid rolls in your videos. I cant see this amount of work being rewarded enough from youtube.
maybe i missed it, but is it possible your selection of wood was a part of the problem?
Likely. Another comment mentioned it's easier to work green wood with stone tools, and my wood was both very dried out and also a hardwood which might not have been ideal for stone tools either.
cool. TY for replying. I wasn't sure what you were using, but I've built some furniture in my day and found huge differences between wood varieties in terms of work-ability. This was my little attempt to give something back to such a great channel. keep up the good work. I hope you can figure out a way to get all the way to the firearm construction (though i doubt it). Thanks for the great content you produce!!!!
+How To Make Everything if you look at Aztec obsidian blades, they are very, very smooth, straight edged, and consistent in shape, vs your irregular, jagged edges and random shapes., additionally If you look up the surviving Aztec wooden drum we have, the relief work on the drum and the pattern carved into them are super fine in detail and artistry as well: I suspect you, in addition to being inexperienced making the blades, isn't using them to carve wood the same way.
I don't know how the Aztecs used woodworking, but for metal, stone, and jade jewelry, they mainly only used obsidian blades to outline/mark where they wanted to carve, and then used abrasives, much like the sandpaper wheel you eventually used here, to actually cut into the metal or stone to make the pattern or design they wanted. I suspect it was similar for wood.
i scrolled until i saw this comment just so i didnt feel like the only one loool
How To Make Everything obsidian is sharp enough to cut a horses head off just search up obsidian deadliest warrior
HTME: 6:31 some duct tape
Me: wow duct tape is realy old
Everything about this video channel is so good. From the content to the music and the visual look. So good.
Does this work for sacrificing children?
Cinnamon Squirrel I don't see why not
yes. also circumcision
Typically sacrifices work better if it is a single piece, but this should work fine in most circumstances.
If you really need the gods to love you, just use a single shard.
Yes, actually
Cinnamon Squirrel if you get it perfectly sharp with a single shard, yes. It also depends on what god you are sacrificing to, if it's to the flying spaghetti monster, slice the stomach and eat the noodle-like intestines and burn the rest
Just blade? I can make a Portal to the other dimension with that thing -_-
Waw orang indo nonton ini juga
are you having a Stroke?
r/Ihadastroke
Uwe Montua have you heard of other languages?
@@CommanderBly5052 apparently not
Why does this seem like a show on the science channel? I love it!
That reference to Primitive Technology tho 😂😂
Minecraft should have obsidian swords also
Tinker's construct :D
“Works for circumcision as well” xD
Learned more about obsidian in this one video than I did my whole semester of science
That circumcision joke though!! 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
plss man change the title before it's got too big!
I'm Bored it was changed
Lucas Myers nice,thanks for notice me
I'm Bored no problem bro
What was the title???
Banklock01 it use then instead than
1 material that has been holding you back?
Shouldn't that be glass?
Searcot he’s actually gotten closer to making glass in his other videos just not clear
There is something really special about watching you gatering obsidian in a bucket...
These episodes are TV level quality ,it's amazing that it's just you producing such good content!
Primitive technology
you can say this is a "citing edge" technology
I was recommended this video by a steel forging video and shamefully assumed from the previous video that you proposed to forge obsidian. Completely coming here to watch and say to you it can't be done.
But by watching this video fully and re-reading the title. I am pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it. I would even try to attempt a similar project myself.
You've earned a like from me.
Loved the video. I find it really rewarding to watch your growth as a craftsman and renissance man. Don’t know what the deal is with that many dislikes - what is there to dislike?
Err....Ever tried using smouldering coals from a fire to carve wood ? It is the most easy and common way of doing what you did with that wood peice for your handle sir.
Done a good job though I believe the purpose of these weapons was to have the blades come out of the weapon and lodge themselves into enemies so I would’ve left out the gluing portion
the thing is, the aztecs don´t have steel´s weapons, but they have obsidian, and with this they really don´t kill their enemies and with that they sacrifices them for their gods (i´m mexican)
15 minutes of satisfaction that can end lives
I would love to see Adam Savage "making everything" in the style of these videos. I feel like his experience in making would lead to some really nice stuff.
I can only imagine how awful your house smells after boiling the hide
yay don't get demonetized
12:45 and seconds after it. 10/10
One of the most awesome and interesting content on YT.Keep up the good work my dude,you are awesome :).
so thats how they used to circumcise people back in the day
Notch , are you hearing that
1.12.3 should have obsidian swords
He left mojang...
Obsidian sword x5 damage of diamond 1/10 the durability of wood.
A sell out more like, lol He's been hating the rich life now, he's talked about it before.
Heard he was working on 'Minecraft 2'
LooIsBoring he didn't
He sold Minecraft to Microsoft. He still owns mojang
Nice!
I almost expected a sword made ONLY from obsidian, but this still works.
This video is genuinely interesting looking forward to more
Anyone Else Really Excited About The New Weapons Series?!
Lmao, you literally went on a damn Minecraft adventure lol
Robert Smith it's actually called "having a life"
CutieMoli stfu....its actually called "a joke"
Robert Smith maybe your life is
CutieMoli lol, I work for an airline.....I've been to places you couldn't even spell. As far as "my life"......You couldn't imagine.
Robert Smith *T R I G G E R E D*
No but seriously mate I was joking the first time and was very surprised you didn't picked up on that :P
Don't underestimate my knowledge in geography though, I'm not American
You: It's obsidian, and i'm gonna make a blade with it.
Me an intellectual: Oh wow he making dragon glass for Jon snow and the Nights watch, to stop the white walker's invasion!
lmao “you guessed it, you aren’t watching primitive technology”. he really does make it look so easy
*What mod is this*
You can't make a gun but you can make a knife lmfao
It’s because white people cant use knives
Amazing video man. Thanks a lot. I appreciated all the hard work you put into showing the entire process. I'm making a machuauhuitl myself. Thanks a lot.
I was surprised you finished the video without being covered in bandaids. Good job!
“Sharper-THAN-Steel”
I thought the same thing. Dumb title, good video.
Samuel Johnson obsidian can be many times sharper than even high quality hardened steel
Ever heard of figurative language?
Yea but it a stupid title
+cole Te Rangiita but in actual sword Play its brittle and will most likely shatter or snap
Notification squad where u at?
Obsidian Blade? That's one of my favorite book trilogies :)
This guy forreal tryna get to the Nether wit dat much Obsidian, like damn.
Minecraftkids, where are you?
I demand this put in the next minecraft update.
Oh boy. This weapon series is gonna be such a treat!! If you ever consider selling some of your work to collect funds for your channel, I'd buy that obsidian tool (without the pork flesh on it) in a heartbeat. I collect rocks and...well, ancient weapons. Great work again, cheers!
10:11 mmmmmmmmm, gooey 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who liked before watching?
Me...
Not me
“Works for circumsision aswell”
Dx
I'm not sure if you know this now, but most of primitive technology wood was usually pre-shaped while still "green"/"wet". While knapped stone and glass are very weak against dry wood, green wood can often be easily shaped with stone tools that aren't even very sharp, but need to be heavy enough. It's less finesse and more grind, but it works. I know that from making wooden bows - while you need to finish the bow after the wood is seasoned, you are best off debarking and pre-shaping it while it's freshly cut, the wetter the better. Hope this helps for next time :D
I love the channel and I think what you do is amazing.
Lemme just download the obsidian sword minecraft mod real quick.
Diamond pickaxe?
Stfu
1. Diamonds are not even that strong. The atomic composition of the molicules are made that from 1 hit from the side it is strong but cutting it from a diagonal will easily destroy it.
2. Who has enough money to make a pickaxe made diamonds
Technically he could make a diamond tipped pic axe. But it'll probably break
Joshua Armstrong its a joke why you gotta bored me out
craZy_ GamreZ Knowledge is Power my Dude
Important Chanel that always showing a good Ideas
This was such an awesome project!
It shouldn't bother me so much but there is a typo in the title
Ieuan Hunt where?
Please just take a moment to google the word volcanic.
Kawaii Desu when the video was first uploaded it said. Sharper then Steel. Not sharper than steel.
LilBanana ...... lmfao!! You keep using that word.... I do not think it means, what you think it means....
vulcanic isn’t even a word.....
Jared Sanders i think he meant the title of the video was vulcanic but he changed it into volcanic
THAN*
The nether portal made my day!
Nice video..it proves we call our ancestors primitive..but they were highly skilled using only tools available to them.
is this the real video because I just foubd it because of the silkworm vid witch seems to be a april fools joke, this would also reason the title shhhhhhh
BUT CAN YOU GO TO THE NETHER DOE
He's got the flint,just needs to find some iron..then he can spark up the portal.
Dank Flui my exact idea my brother
KingAlex 21 OMG DAT BITCH DUN GOOFED REPORTED
Dank Flui no u
Got buckets of lava and water? Then we don't need no diamonds
My Aztec relatives would be calling this guy a noob if they saw this 😂
Very nice video, shows commitment and presistent, keep making videos like these they are intresting
Who else come from that silkworms eating video
Congrats on being 1 of the like 12 people who found the hidden link!
Yeah kinda suprise that more people didin't found that link.
I found it
How To Make Everything I watched it yesterday lol
I found it on my subscriptions tab
Obsidian takes like 5 seconds with a diamond pick axe to mine you didn’t need to make a 14 minute video
5 sec!? Wow! Must have combine two efficiancy IV picks for efficiency V. A beacon too? No... A beacon can't go that high in speed! Must be a haste 3 potion!
I'm told by a friend, who is native American, that pressure flaking works better for obsidian than percussion flaking. Having seen the blades that he's made, I'll trust him on that one.
so cool! I want an obsidian lawnmower!