I visited Port Muck on a tip off from a friend and found a beach covered in flint nodules ready for the harvesting. A lot of the flint has had the cortex removed through wave action which means it has been bashed about a bit but I was able to make a usable knife in a few seconds. The beach is perfect for material for small blades arrow heads etc.
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Fire by hand drill
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Thursday, 18 November 2010
My kuksa continued
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| The bowl was burnt out |
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| shape i wanted marked in pen |
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| I held the saw still and moved the wood, a useful technique for small peices like this. |
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| split the bits off easily |
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| a bit more saw work then a bit of thinning with the axe and knife |
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| after alot of work with a knife. and some sand paper. |
Still more work to do. Making handle holes. Increasing bowl size and oiling to make it more water proof.
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