Stone drills
I decided to take a few of my not so good arrow points and turn them into stone drills, I hafted two of them and drilled a hole in the pendant pictured. They work pretty well it took about 45 minutes...
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Thanks Larry. I'll give it a try soon and let you know the good news or maybe the bad.Mind you it's never really bad is it, it's all good fun?
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After reading through this I remembered a point I found on the beach last summer and at the time I thought it to be a knife or spearpoint that had been resharpened till it developed a steep edge, and...
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Lukeweb, the problem is, the piece is polished all over. If it was drilling polish it would only occur on the points that came in contact with the material being drilled. Also 2-sided drills that...
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Larry, i bet the polish is from wave action on the beach and not from use.
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Darn, but could it still have been a drill or was this guy just really terrible at making a knife/spearpoint?
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Really nice workmanship. I wish I could find a group in my area to learn primative skills from. Some things you just cannot teach yourself
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It is good to learn from other people but you can learn a lot trying stuff out yourself. Just think of what you want to achieve, then how that could be done, then try out many ways until you come...
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Not to get off the subject of stone drills but... this website has really opened alot of doors for me, so far I've learned to make cordage, drills, pine pitch glue, knapping etc. With just the help...
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Here's some drills that were found at the Kunneman Tract at Cahokia. They had been swallowed by birds and stayed in thei craws long enough to get polished, before being expelled....
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Here's one of mine, along with a flute I'm working on-replica of one recovered in Frand Gulch Utah-the flute, not the drill.
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Grand gulch. Frand Gulch Is completely different, and in West Virginia, I believe. Also, the knife blade in the pic was made by Chris Henry (paleoarts).
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I have taught myself some things and I agree there are some things one can do just by trying this or that. I have collected acorns and made bread, collected raw clay from areas to make pottery, and...
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larry have you seen the current issue of National Geographic ..there is a article on cahokia in there. Am just reading it now.... Quills
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