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Monday, 14 February 2011

Carving with flint.

I knapped some flint blades and had a go at carving something with them. By shear chance I ended up with a brilliant little chisel edge which make lovly curls in a piece of wood. Perfect for feather sticks.
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4 comments:

  1. John G14 February 2011 at 19:56

    Great curls there, Andy! I once tried my hand at flint knapping only to completely destroy a chunk of obsidian. All force and no finesse I suppose.

    I'm not sure if you saw but I responded to your question re: carving books. "Whittling Twigs and Branches" by Chris Lubkemann is a great starter book. It's how I got going into the whole whittling thing.

    Wonderful Whittlin'

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  2. Pj 19 February 2011 at 22:04

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  3. Pj 19 February 2011 at 22:06

    I have knapped a few arrowheads, but I have never tried wood working with a hand made tool before. I would like to make an all wood bow with hand knapped tools.

    http://thesuburbancaveman.blogspot.com/

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  4. Andrew Boe21 February 2011 at 13:31

    Hi John,

    I saw you rcomment and thank you for the advice mate. Hopefully I will produce a fruit of my labour soon.

    Stone age, that sounds like a brilliant project. Might try it myself

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