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Message started by aztec on Sep 6th, 2010 at 8:01pm

Title: new arrows
Post by aztec on Sep 6th, 2010 at 8:01pm
just got  finished with them ;D

the points are made from deer leg bone




Title: Re: new arrows
Post by colejack3 on Sep 6th, 2010 at 8:31pm
Cool! Are they garden stakes or did you collect the shafts?

Title: Re: new arrows
Post by aztec on Sep 6th, 2010 at 8:32pm
those are from my creek   ;D  i hope theyre straight enough

Title: Re: new arrows
Post by leadrocks on Sep 7th, 2010 at 1:33am
nice arrows, man. like the bone points. i find that for wood arrows from a primitive bow straight enough is straight enough. you might try to get your transition bt point and arrow smoother bc it will help with penetration. pine pitch helps even it out there. good work.

Title: Re: new arrows
Post by Paleoarts on Sep 7th, 2010 at 9:32am
beautiful, aztec. well done.  ;)

Title: Re: new arrows
Post by Bill Skinner on Sep 7th, 2010 at 10:39am
Excellant job on the arrows and the ax.  Did you peck and grind the celt?  Have you cut anything down with it?  What kind of stone is it?  I am working on a piece of greenstone, I peck and grind for an hour or so each morning, I expect to finish about this time next month.  Bill  

Title: Re: new arrows
Post by LukeWebb on Sep 7th, 2010 at 11:55am
 Wow, those look excellent!  One thing though, I can't help but notice that the notching on the bottom sticks out and then slopes backward, I think if you showed those to a game warden he would call them barbed and most places that is illegal.  I think the rule is the base of the head cannot be sloped on less than a 45 degree angle if I am saying that right.  In otherwords, straight across or curved upward.  
 I gotta get some bone and give it a go!
 Did you make those Abo or did you use a hacksaw and belt sander?  I'm not really sure how they did it abo, as it would be pretty tedious on sandstone, you could almost do slate as fast I would think, and you would still require a shard of knappable stone or glass to cut the grooves to control the split.

Title: Re: new arrows
Post by aztec on Sep 7th, 2010 at 4:07pm
thanks!

it was pretty much that shape when i found it so all i had to do was peck the edges ,grind the blade and polish it

and i used a sander for the arrow heads ;D

Title: Re: new arrows
Post by Morphy on Sep 7th, 2010 at 4:26pm
How sharp do bone points get? I've always been curious about that.

Title: Re: new arrows
Post by colejack3 on Sep 7th, 2010 at 4:38pm
morphy they get shavin sharp but they dont keep the edge for long. THats how it was on all the ones ive made anyway

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