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JackCrafty:
Next, I shape the nock.  It will be a "swallowtail" type nock.
I am using the same stone that I used to remove the knot bumps on the shaft.













Now I switch back to scraping.....tapering the shaft toward the nock.








The first scraper is getting dull.....so I switch to a sharper stone flake for more aggressive wood removal.







Then back to sanding for final shaping.







Inspection and more shaping/tapering....






Then some sanding with the "smoother".







Then sanding the nock.
I roll the shaft against my leg to spin the shaft as I shape it.




The nock is placed into the depression on the side of the smoother.

Kitsu:
man, wish i could find some flint around my house >.> all i can find is crappy shale, broken bottles and empty bags, i live next to an eroding hill, but i got a creek down there and a river that the creek flows into :P 

Good job man, wish i had that kind of talent

JackCrafty:
Hawkeyes, the broken glass works well for scrapers.  And you can use pieces of concrete instead of sandstone. :)

JackCrafty:
Cutting the nock.
First with a piece of chert.
Then with piece of sandstone.















Then shaping the sides of the nock with the flat part of the sandstone chip.

JackCrafty:
Installing the arrowhead.








I switch to chert for final shaping of the arrowhead socket.
The shaping is more "carving" than sanding...being very carful not to split the wood or break the thin edge of the chert.






The socket is then coated with melted pine pitch and the arrowhead inserted.
Excess pitch is removed and the entire tip is heated slightly over the fire to spread the pitch evenly.
Care must be taken as the stone gets hot pretty quick (and stays hot).
It's easy to lose the arrowhead in the fire.... ::)

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