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Arrow Made with Stone Tools
JackCrafty:
Thanks N2. :)
Timo, the point is set with pine pitch (brewer's pitch) and wraped with deer sinew.
JackCrafty:
I guess this is a good time to describe a tool I copied from several references I've seen on Native American arrow "smoothers".
It is made of two pieces of sandstone with a channel down the centerline of each piece.
It is assumed that the arrow shoot was sanded smooth with this tool.
From my experience, this tool is better used as a "small bump and ridge remover".
Sanding the shoot with this tool is painfully slow.....and it quickly gets the wood too hot and gets clogged up with the heated dust.
It is great as a final finish tool but not very useful in the initial stages.
I find it easier to sand down knots with the rounded back of this tool than with the channel down the middle.
That slight depression on the edge of one of the pieces is for sanding the nock.....which I'll show later.
ricktrojanowski:
Pat- Great buildalong. It makes me want to get working on the Stone age bow again. Thanks for sharing.
JackCrafty:
Cool! Can't wait to see more of that bow Rick.... ;D
JackCrafty:
Next I prep a flat sanding stone by producing a layer of grit on the surface.
I rub a smaller piece of sandstone over the whole surface.
I taper the front (first 5" or so) of the arrow slightly.
I apply gentle pressure and rub diagonally in relation to the arrow shaft.
If I rub so that the scratches are in line with the shaft, it takes too long.
If I rub perpendicular to the shaft, it's faster, but the scratch marks are hard to remove.
I round off the tip with a rough piece of sandstone.
Then I flatten the nock end by using a circular motion on a flat, rough stone.
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