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[ncboman]

I've been looking around for info on attaching stone broadheads to modern shafts and have uncovered some interesting side info along the way but finally tradgang was the source of the stuff I'm looking for.

Check this out.



tradgang

many of my questions are answered just looking at the pic.

Now I must find some agate/obsidian to work with. I may buy some knapped points to start hunting with them quickly but ultimately I want to knap my own. I have to decide on the type wood for the shafts also.

This is already fun and I'm just learnin.

[Twanger]

That book I'm gonna loan you has an extensive section on knapping. Says you can buy flint suitable for making heads. Of course, maybe you can find someone local to tell your where you can find it on the ground. That would be the best from a personal satisfaction perspective, I'd think.

[ncboman]

twanger said:

That book I'm gonna loan you has an extensive section on knapping. Says you can buy flint suitable for making heads. Of course, maybe you can find someone local to tell your where you can find it on the ground. That would be the best from a personal satisfaction perspective, I'd think.

Agree.

I see the satisfaction levels progressing in steps with this venture.

First order will be to kill a deer with a stone head, doesn't necessarily have to be one I knapped as that can come later.

I think heads knapped from stone indigenous to the hunting area may be cool also. To that end I guess I'll be adding boppers and rock collecting tools to my inventory this fall. ;D

I've been paying attention and already know where lots of stone is that may be workable near our hideout.

In 04 I noticed what I think is a vein of interesting flint in a remote part of Shade River State Forest down in Meigs Co. Also, the year before that I looked around Blue Rock SP and saw some pretty rock.

I find this new interest in the ancient aspects of our craft very exciting, much moreso than seeing 'the newest thing' on the market.

I have a few actual relic arrowheads I've found and I'm toying with the idea of killing a deer with one of those but it would have to be an almost sure bet shot so as not to lose what I consider an arrowhead of rare value.

After such a shot, I think the 30 minute wait with a fine cigar would be most pleasurable.