Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
primitivepathways.com Billy Berger shows how to make arrowheads from quartz. Quartz was used heavily in prehistory for spearpoints, arrowheads and knives, but today most knappers won't even touch it due to much better options being available, like glass, obsidian, and flint. I always enjoy copying the old guys, and if they used it and it was good enough for them, then I feel it's only fair that I learned how to work it too. So I have. And now I'm passing this knowledge on to you. Quartz points can be very sharp and I've even used a quartz point to harvest a deer. So they work!
primitivepathways.com Billy Berger shows how to make arrowheads from quartz. Quartz was used heavily in prehistory for spearpoints, arrowheads and knives, but today most knappers won't even touch it due to much better options being available, like glass, obsidian, and flint. I always enjoy copying the old guys, and if they used it and it was good enough for them, then I feel it's only fair that I learned how to work it too. So I have. And now I'm passing this knowledge on to you. Quartz points can be very sharp and I've even used a quartz point to harvest a deer. So they work!
